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- [fawr-chuh-nit]
- /ˈfɔr tʃə nɪt/
- /ˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-chuh-nit]
- /ˈfɔr tʃə nɪt/
Definitions of fortunate word
- adjective fortunate having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play. 1
- adjective fortunate bringing or indicating good fortune: resulting favorably; auspicious: She made a fortunate decision to go on to medical school. 1
- adjective fortunate well-to-do; comfortable; prosperous: a summer camp for less fortunate fourth graders. 1
- noun fortunate Favored by or involving good luck or fortune; lucky. 1
- adjective fortunate situation: fortuitous 1
- adjective fortunate person: lucky 1
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Origin of fortunate
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English fortunat < Latin fortūnātus made prosperous or happy (past participle of fortūnāre). See fortune, -ate1
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Parts of speech for Fortunate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fortunate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fortunate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fortunate
adj fortunate
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- prosperous — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- successful — achieving or having achieved success.
- well-off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
adjective fortunate
- encouraging — Giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
- favourable — Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- privileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- jammy — very lucky.
noun fortunate
- fluke — Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.
Antonyms for fortunate
adj fortunate
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- unsuccessful — not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
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