About The Word Fortunate
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Fortunate
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What's The Definition Of Fortunate?
[adj] presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
[adj] supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [adj] having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fortunate: auspicious | better off(p) | blessed | blest | favored | felicitous | fortuitous | golden | good | happy | heaven-sent | hopeful | lucky | miraculous | providential | rosy | well(p) | well-off Related Terms | Find terms related to Fortunate: advantageous | appropriate | assured of success | auspicious | befitting | benign | benignant | blessed | blessed with luck | bright | coming | convenient | crowned with success | dexter | expedient | fair | favorable | favored | favoring | felicitous | fit | fitting | fortuitous | full of promise | golden | good | happy | in luck | lucky | lucky dog | made | man of substance | meet | of good omen | of happy portent | of promise | on the up-and-up | on top | opportune | out in front | promising | propitious | prosperous | providential | ripe | seasonable | sortable | succeeding | successful | suitable | surefire | timely | triumphant | well | well-timed | white See Also | privileged | successful Fortunate In Webster's Dictionary \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of
fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See
{Fortune}, n.]
1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some
good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness;
auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence
of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
2. 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.
Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored;
happy.
Usage: {Fortunate}, {Successful}, {Prosperous}. A man is
fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has
unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he
gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in
those things which men commonly desire. One may be
fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful;
he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in
the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that
reason fail to be prosperous.
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