fortune

Examples

• All

• We've grown up learning that bad fortune can hit anyone.

  Sabine Hossenfelder

• You won't believe our good fortune.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• We are all subject to fortune, and fortune can be good and fortune can be bad.

  Lex Fridman

• Is this my good fortune?

  Here (2024)

• You seem to have found good fortune.

  Wuthering Heights (1970)

• A friend's good fortune is a blessing.

  Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

• His parents and brother emigrated to the United States, where fortune did not smile on them.

  Fiction book (1993)

• How had Kit deserved such good fortune while he was left to struggle against the plague?

  Fiction book (1993)

• And after all, as the ancient Latin proverb states, fortune favors the bold.

• Many believe that fortune can change at any moment, bringing either joy or sorrow.

Synonyms

L

luck

vsfortune

∞ 1.0

A force that makes good or bad things happen by chance

is the conceptual name for this unpredictable force rather than everyday speech

C

chance

vsfortune

780 2.1

An unplanned event or meeting that happens without reason

is seen as an active power producing those events rather than mere occurrence

G

good luck

vsfortune

547 1.0

A fortunate event that happens by chance

is the broader power behind such events and also causes bad outcomes

G

good fortune

vsfortune

66 2.5

A lucky event or success that happens by chance

is the causal force that can bring both good and bad results

D

dumb luck

vsfortune

• Informal

8 3.9

Good luck that happens by chance, not because you worked for it

is a neutral causal force able to produce good or bad outcomes

S

stroke of luck

vsfortune

8 3.2

A sudden lucky event that brings good results

is a broader power that can cause many outcomes, not just one event

F

fortuity

vsfortune

• Formal

1 9.1

An unexpected event that happens by chance

is the underlying force causing outcomes rather than only a single event

L

luckiness

vsfortune

2.0

A state when good things happen by chance

describes the active unpredictable force that produces outcomes, not a state

Antonyms

M

misfortune

75 3.7

A bad event that causes trouble

Idioms

R

to rake in a fortune

• Informal

1 4.3

To earn a lot of money quickly with little work

Compounds

G

good fortune

66 2.5

A lucky event or success that happens by chance

F

fortune cookie

• US

29 2.8

A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants

S

small fortune

17 3.3

A large amount of money that is more than you expect

F

fortune teller

16 3.5

A person who claims to tell the future using cards or palm reading

F

fortune telling

5 5.8

A way of finding out what will happen to someone in the future using mysterious methods

F

fortune hunter

• Offensive

3 5.9

A person who tries to become rich by marrying someone rich

S

soldier of fortune

3 7.9

A person who fights for money for other countries or groups

How Fortunate

good fortune

66 2.5

fortune

235 3.1

misfortune

75 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology