FORTUNATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FORTUNATE?

Need another word that means the same as “fortunate”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “fortunate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Fortunate” are: rosy, golden, lucky, favoured, blessed, blessed with good luck, in luck, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star, charmed, happy, favourable, advantageous, providential, auspicious, welcome, heaven-sent, beneficial, propitious, fortuitous, promising, encouraging, fruitful, opportune, felicitous, profitable, gainful, rewarding, helpful, useful, valuable, timely, well timed, convenient, expedient, wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, prosperous, well off, moneyed, well heeled, comfortable

Fortunate as an Adjective

Definitions of "Fortunate" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fortunate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Presaging good fortune.
• Having unexpected good fortune.
• Supremely favored.
• Favoured by or involving good luck; lucky.
• Materially well off; prosperous.
• Auspicious or favourable.

Synonyms of "Fortunate" as an adjective (44 Words)

advantageous	Involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial. Socially advantageous to entertain often.
affluent	Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. The affluent societies of the western world.
auspicious	Conducive to success; favourable. He was respectful to his auspicious customers.
beneficial	Promoting or enhancing well-being. The appellant had no beneficial interest in the house.
blessed	Roman Catholic proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration. He ll want to go and see his blessed allotment.
blessed with good luck	Characterized by happiness and good fortune.
born under a lucky star	Brought into existence.
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth	Being talented through inherited qualities.
charmed	Filled with wonder and delight. I felt that I had a charmed life.
comfortable	(of a person) physically relaxed and free from constraint. The home team had a comfortable lead.
convenient	Large and roomy convenient is archaic in this sense. I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient.
encouraging	Giving someone support or confidence; supportive. Encouraging advances in medical research.
expedient	Appropriate to a purpose; practical. Holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient.
favourable	(of weather, or a period of time judged in terms of its weather) fine. Their demands rarely received a favourable response.
favoured	Preferred or recommended. The most favoured destination of visitors to Canada.
felicitous	Well chosen or suited to the circumstances. A felicitous life.
fortuitous	Happening by chance rather than intention. Profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials.
fruitful	(of a person) producing many offspring. Be fruitful and multiply.
gainful	Serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit. He soon found gainful employment.
golden	Suggestive of gold. A golden crown.
happy	Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service. A happy outcome.
heaven-sent	Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.
helpful	Giving or ready to give help. Helpful staff.
in luck	Directed or bound inward.
lucky	Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome. Three s my lucky number.
moneyed	Characterized by affluence. Moneyed interests.
opportune	Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose. An opportune arrival.
opulent	Wealthy. His more opulent tenants.
profitable	(of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain. A professionally run and profitable company.
promising	Showing signs of future success. A promising young man.
propitious	Presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success. The timing for such a meeting seemed propitious.
prosperous	Presaging or likely to bring good luck. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
providential	Resulting from divine providence. Providential care.
rewarding	Providing satisfaction; gratifying. A rewarding career as a paramedic.
rich	Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. Novels have always been a rich source of material for the film industry.
rosy	Presaging good fortune. Rosy predictions.
timely	Done or occurring sufficiently early; prompt. A timely warning.
useful	Having a useful function. A useful member of society.
valuable	Having worth or merit or value. My time is valuable.
wealthy	Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich. The burden of taxation on the wealthy.
welcome	Allowed or invited to do a specified thing. You are welcome to join us.
well heeled	Resulting favorably.
well off	Wise or advantageous and hence advisable.
well timed	In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.

Usage Examples of "Fortunate" as an adjective

• She made a fortunate decision to go to medical school.
• Fortunate son.
• A federal programme aimed at helping less fortunate families.
• A fortunate choice.
• It was fortunate that the weather was good.
• A most fortunate match for our daughter.
• She'd been fortunate to escape serious injury.
• Other, less fortunate, children died.

Associations of "Fortunate" (30 Words)

auspice	A divine or prophetic token.
auspicious	Characterized by success; prosperous. They said it was an auspicious moon it was rising.
coincide	Occur at the same time. Publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition.
coincidence	The fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence. The interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable.
confiscation	Seizure by the government. A court ordered the confiscation of her property.
crimson	Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. A pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson they were horrid to behold.
destiny	The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. She was unable to control her own destiny.
fate	The inescapable death of a person. The guards led her to her fate.
felicitate	Congratulate. The award winner was felicitated by the cultural association.
felicitous	Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. A felicitous speaker.
flushed	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Flushed with success I was getting into my stride.
fortuitous	Occurring by happy chance. Fortuitous encounters strange accidents of fortune.
fortune	An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. I spent a fortune on drink.
hope	Be optimistic be full of hope have hopes. I hope that the kids are OK.
hopefully	With hope; in a hopeful manner. He rode on hopefully.
incidentally	In an incidental manner; as a chance occurrence. Incidentally it was many months before the whole truth was discovered.
kismet	Destiny; fate. What chance did I stand against kismet.
luck	Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. They say luck is a lady.
lucky	Having, bringing, or resulting from good luck. My lucky day.
miraculous	Being or having the character of a miracle. A miraculous cure.
optimism	The belief that good must ultimately prevail over evil in the universe. The talks had been amicable and there were grounds for optimism.
optimistic	Expecting the best. The government was optimistic that reform would take place.
propitious	Favourably disposed towards someone. A propitious alignment of planets for space exploration.
providential	Resulting from divine providence. They took it for granted that the order of the world reflects a designing providential hand.
rosy	Promising or suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful. A rosy cheeked schoolgirl.
ruddy	Make ruddy in colour. Young people today they re a ruddy shower.
superstition	Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural. He dismissed the ghost stories as mere superstition.
tallow	Smear something especially the bottom of a boat with tallow. I tallowed my boats with our candles.
want	Feel or have a desire for want strongly. It wanted twenty minutes to midnight.
wish	Order politely express a wish for. Anne wishes me to visit her.