Synonyms and Antonyms of fortune
1
what is going to happen to someone in the time ahead
- the telephone psychic proceeded to tell me my fortune—at great length
2
a very large amount of money
- the billionaire's huge mansion must have cost a fortune
big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, wad
heap, pot
bonanza, mine, treasure trove
assets, capital, means, property, riches, wealth, wherewithal
bread [slang], cash, chips, currency, dough, gold, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, pelf, tender, wampum
3
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
- it was his fortune that he should wander in the wilderness before becoming king
accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck
predestination
aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
4
success that is partly the result of chance
- in a streak of good fortune, she won the lottery twice that year
blessing, boon, fluke, godsend, hit, serendipity, strike, windfall
break, chance, opportunity
coup, stroke
knock, misadventure, mishap
adversity, curse, debacle (also débâcle), sorrow, tragedy, trouble
calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster
defeat, failure, fizzle, nonachievement, nonsuccess
accident, casualty
disappointment, lapse, letdown, reversal, reverse, setback, slipup
circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion
hex, jinx
5
the total of one's money and property
- the family fortune is mostly in rare paintings and real estate
