fortunate
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- lucky, favoured, in luck, jammy (Brit. slang), successful, well-off
- favourable, advantageous, convenient, expedient, felicitous, fortuitous, helpful, opportune, providential, timely

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Antonyms: disastrous, unfortunate

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English Thesaurus: lucky, fortunate, it’s a good thing (that), miraculous, fortuitous, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

for‧tu‧nate S3 /ˈfɔːtʃənət $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: fortune, misfortune, unfortunate; adverb: fortunately ≠ unfortunately; adjective: fortunate ≠ unfortunate]

1. someone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation Synonym : lucky
fortunate to do something
I’ve been fortunate to find a career that I love.
I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.
fortunate in doing something
She felt fortunate in being able to please herself where she lived.
fortunate that
I’m fortunate that I have such an understanding wife.
more/less fortunate than somebody
We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers.

2. a fortunate event is one in which something good happens by chance, especially when this saves you from trouble or danger Synonym : lucky:
By a fortunate coincidence, a passer-by heard her cries for help.

3. the less fortunate people who are poor:
We should all consider the plight of the less fortunate.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fortunate
adj.
VERBS be, feel, seem | consider sb, count yourself, think sb We consider ourselves extremely fortunate.
ADV. extremely, particularly, really, very | comparatively, quite, rather | indeed He was indeed fortunate in his friends.
PREP. for It was fortunate for us that the rain stopped.
in We are fortunate in having quite a lot of land.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lucky happening because of good luck, or bringing you good luck:
a lucky guess
Seven is considered a lucky number.
It’s lucky that I’ve got some spare keys.
Italy got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game.
‘How did you know he’d be there?’ ‘It was a lucky guess.’
fortunate happening because of good luck. Fortunate is more formal than lucky:
It was extremely fortunate that there was no one in the building when the bomb went off.
I’m in the fortunate position of doing a job I love.
Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.
it’s a good thing (that) (also it’s a good job (that) British English) spoken used when saying that there would have been problems if something had not happened:
It’s a good thing that you brought an umbrella with you.
It’s a good job I’m here to help.
miraculous extremely lucky in a way that is almost unbelievable:
A teenager had a miraculous escape last night when the car she was travelling in overturned.
The doctor gave her a month to live but she made a miraculous recovery.
It was miraculous that no one was seriously injured in the accident.
fortuitous /fɔːˈtjuːətəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-, fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs $ fɔːrˈtuː-/ formal happening because of good luck:
a fortuitous decision
a fortuitous coincidence
It was fortuitous that no one else was hurt.
a fluke /fluːk/ informal something that happens by chance, not because of skill or good judgement:
The goal was a fluke.
By a fluke, he managed to get the question right.
be in the right place at the right time used when saying that someone is lucky and the situation is right for them:
Making money from buying property is easy – you just have to be in the right place at the right time.

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