'Fortunate' definitions:
Definition of 'fortunate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" [ant: unfortunate]
adjective
Supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: fortunate, golden]
adjective
Presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: fortunate, rosy]
Definition of 'Fortunate'
From: GCIDE
- Fortunate \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fortunate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantageous,
- appropriate,
- assured of success,
- auspicious,
- befitting,
- benign,
- benignant,
- blessed,
- blessed with luck,
- bright,
- coming,
- convenient,
- crowned with success,
- dexter,
- expedient,
- fair,
- favorable,
- favored,
- favoring,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitting,
- fortuitous,
- full of promise,
- golden,
- good,
- happy,
- in luck,
- lucky,
- lucky dog,
- made,
- man of substance,
- meet,
- of good omen,
- of happy portent,
- of promise,
- on the up-and-up,
- on top,
- opportune,
- out in front,
- promising,
- propitious,
- prosperous,
- providential,
- ripe,
- seasonable,
- sortable,
- succeeding,
- successful,
- suitable,
- surefire,
- timely,
- triumphant,
- well,
- well-timed,
- white