What is "fortunate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fortunate mean in English? Meaning of fortunate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fortunate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fortunate": having unexpected good fortune

Adjective

  • Meaning: having unexpected good fortune
  • Example: other, less fortunate, children died a fortunate choice
  • Synonyms: fortunate
  • Antonyms: unfortunate
  • Similar: better off felicitous fortuitous good happy heaven-sent lucky miraculous providential well well-off
  • Also see: lucky privileged successful
  • Meaning of "fortunate": supremely favored

    Adjective

  • Meaning: supremely favored
  • Example: golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust
  • Synonyms: fortunate golden
  • Similar: blessed blest
  • Meaning of "fortunate": presaging good fortune

    Adjective

  • Meaning: presaging good fortune
  • Example: she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school rosy predictions
  • Synonyms: fortunate rosy
  • Similar: auspicious
  • Adjective: Coming by good luck or favorable chance.Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.Presaging happiness.Auspicious. a fortunate event a fortunate concurrence of circumstances a fortunate investmentReceiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.Lucky, favored by fortune.
  • Synonyms:

    profitable, helpful, prosperous, successful, well-off, lucky, encouraging, healthy, fortuitous, wealthy, affluent, happy, advantageous, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, golden, hopeful, on a roll, opportune, promising, propitious, rosy, sitting pretty, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, well-to-do, providential, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, sunny side,

    Antonyms:

    disadvantageous, failing, unsuccessful, hopeless, destitute, unfortunate, unlucky, lacking, needy, wanting, adverse, upset, unprofitable, losing, poor, sad, unhappy, untoward,

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    fortunate in English: fortunate
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