Fortunate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.
  • adj. Having unexpected good fortune; lucky. See Synonyms at happy.
  • n. One who has good fortune, especially a wealthy person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
  • adj. Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
  • adj. Presaging happiness.
  • adj. Auspicious.
  • adj. Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
  • adj. Lucky, favored by fortune.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious
  • adj. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky.
  • Bringing or presaging good fortune; resulting favorably, as something uncertain; having a happy issue; auspicious; felicitous: as, a fortunate speculation; a fortunate accident.
  • Synonyms Felicitous, Lucky, etc. (See happy.) Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous, favored. Fortunate implies the attainment of success more by the operation of favorable circumstances, or through accident, than by direct effort; successful denotes that effective effort has been made; prosperous has nearly the same meaning as successful, but does not at all emphasize the effort made, and applies rather to a series of things than to a single event. We say a fortunate gambler, a successful merchant, a prosperous line of business.
  • n. In astrology, a favorable planet. Nares. See extract under fortitude, 3.
  • To make fortunate; prosper.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. presaging good fortune
  • adj. supremely favored
  • adj. having unexpected good fortune
  • Equivalent
    auspicious    blessed    blest    felicitous    better-off    lucky    miraculous    happy    fortuitous    good   
    Antonym
    unfortunate    unlucky   
    Cross Reference
    auspicious    unluckily    luckily   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lucky    prosperous    happy    favored    auspicious    successful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lucky    unfortunate    happy    favourable    wealthy    brave    illustrious    able    desirable