fortunate | Definition of fortunate

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

Synonyms of fortunate

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, happy, heaven-sent, lucky, providential

Words Related to fortunate

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 of fortunate

inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely

anticipated, expected, foreseen

deliberate, intentional, planned

inauspicious, unpromising

calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous

Antonyms of fortunate

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

2 having good luck

rabbits' feet are seen as making the carrier of them fortunate

Synonyms of fortunate

Words Related to fortunate

blessed (also blest), favored, gifted, privileged

fair, golden, promising

Near Antonyms of fortunate

cursed (also curst), disadvantaged

Antonyms of fortunate

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky