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The synonyms of “Fortuitous” are: causeless, uncaused, chance, unexpected, unanticipated, unpredictable, unforeseen, unlooked-for, serendipitous, casual, incidental, coincidental, haphazard, random, accidental, inadvertent, unintentional, unintended, unplanned, unpremeditated, lucky, fortunate, providential, advantageous, timely, opportune, expedient, heaven-sent, auspicious, propitious, felicitous, convenient, apt
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fortuitous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| accidental | Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. A verdict of accidental death. |
| advantageous | Giving an advantage. Socially advantageous to entertain often. |
| apt | (usually followed by `to’) naturally disposed toward. He is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant. |
| auspicious | Conducive to success; favourable. An auspicious beginning for the campaign. |
| casual | Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. A casual remark. |
| causeless | Having no cause or apparent cause. A causeless miracle. |
| chance | Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. A chance meeting. |
| coincidental | Resulting from a coincidence; happening by chance. It s convenient that his plan is coincidental with the group s closure. |
| convenient | Large and roomy convenient is archaic in this sense. Guests were relaxing beneath a convenient palm tree. |
| expedient | Appropriate to a purpose; practical. Holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient. |
| felicitous | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. A felicitous phrase. |
| fortunate | Materially well off; prosperous. A most fortunate match for our daughter. |
| haphazard | Marked by great carelessness. A haphazard plan of action. |
| heaven-sent | Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention. |
| inadvertent | Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning. With an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table. |
| incidental | (sometimes followed by `to’) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence. Incidental expenses. |
| lucky | Occurring by chance. A lucky man. |
| opportune | Done or occurring at a favourable time; well timed. He couldn t have arrived at a less opportune moment. |
| propitious | Presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success. Propitious omens. |
| providential | Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention. They took it for granted that the order of the world reflects a designing providential hand. |
| random | Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance. Apparently random violence. |
| serendipitous | Lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries. A serendipitous encounter. |
| timely | Done or occurring at a favourable or useful time; opportune. Timely diagnosis and subsequent early administration will be imperative. |
| unanticipated | Not expected or predicted. Unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development. |
| uncaused | Having no cause or apparent cause. We cannot regard artistic invention as uncaused and unrelated to the times. |
| unexpected | Not expected or regarded as likely to happen. Unexpected guests. |
| unforeseen | Not anticipated- H.W.Glidden. Our insurance package enables you to protect yourself and your dependants against unforeseen circumstances. |
| unintended | Not deliberate. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unintentional | Not done on purpose. The offense was unintentional. |
| unlooked-for | Not anticipated- H.W.Glidden. |
| unplanned | Without apparent forethought or prompting or planning. An unplanned pregnancy. |
| unpredictable | Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals. The unpredictable weather of the Scottish islands. |
| unpremeditated | Not prepared or planned in advance. It was a totally unpremeditated attack. |
| accidental | Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. Horn parts are usually written without key signature the necessary accidentals being added. |
| accidentally | Without intention; in an unintentional manner. Accidentally knocked the vase over. |
| apropos | Introducing a different topic; in point of fact. The song feels apropos to a midnight jaunt. |
| auspice | A divine or prophetic token. |
| coincide | Be present at the same place and at the same time. The two events coincided. |
| coincidence | The temporal property of two things happening at the same time. It was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura s. |
| concurrent | (of two or more prison sentences) to be served at the same time. There are three concurrent art fairs around the city. |
| contemporaneous | Of the same period. A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation. |
| contemporary | Living or occurring at the same time. The event was recorded by a contemporary historian. |
| encounter | A casual or unexpected convergence. There was a brief encounter in the hallway. |
| exist | Have an existence be extant. Two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking. |
| fortunate | Having unexpected good fortune. Other less fortunate children died. |
| hap | An accidental happening. Where er I happ d to roam. |
| happen | Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance Santayana. I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants. |
| happenstance | An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. It was just happenstance that I happened to be there. |
| inadvertently | Without intention; accidentally. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
| incidental | An incidental expense event etc. For the fieldworker who deals with real problems paperwork is incidental. |
| incidentally | In an incidental manner; as a chance occurrence. Incidentally it was many months before the whole truth was discovered. |
| luck | Chance considered as a force that causes good or bad things to happen. They say luck is a lady. |
| occur | Exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions. Radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite. |
| providential | Relating to or characteristic of providence- M.R.Cohen. Providential care. |
| sequent | Following or accompanying as a consequence. Some of the inferences are not sequent on the premises. |
| simultaneous | Occurring, operating, or done at the same time. A simultaneous withdrawal of troops. |
| simultaneously | At the same instant. The telethon was broadcast simultaneously on 31 US networks. |
| synchronism | The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. |
| unessential | Not basic or fundamental. A train has broken down resulting in a call to postpone all unessential travel. |
| unintended | Not planned or meant. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unintentionally | Not on purpose. She hit him unintentionally. |
| unwitting | Not aware or knowing. An unwitting subject in an experiment. |
| unwittingly | Without knowledge or intention. He unwittingly deleted the references. |
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