Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: auspicious, better off(p), blessed, blest, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, golden, good, happy, heaven-sent, hopeful, lucky, miraculous, providential, rosy, well(p), well-off

Antonyms: unfortunate

See Also: privileged, successful

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