Thesaurus
fortunate
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of FORTUNATE
1
coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly <in a fortunate turn of events, the motel had one last vacancy>
Related Words convenient, opportune, seasonable, timely; unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for; accidental, chance, coincidental, serendipitous; auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious; benign, favorable, golden, good, halcyon; advantageous, beneficial, profitable
Near Antonyms inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely; anticipated, expected, foreseen; deliberate, intentional, planned; inauspicious, unpromising; calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous
2
having good luck <rabbits' feet are seen as making the carrier of them fortunate>
Near Antonyms cursed (also curst), disadvantaged
Antonyms hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky
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