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fortunate
Overview of adj fortunate
The adj fortunate has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) fortunate -- (having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice")
2. (1) favored, fortunate, golden -- (supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust")
3. fortunate, hopeful, rosy -- (presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions")
Grep of noun fortunate
unfortunate
Antonyms of adj fortunate
3 senses of fortunate
Sense 1
fortunate (vs. unfortunate)
unfortunate (vs. fortunate)
=> abject
=> black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
=> dispossessed, homeless, roofless
=> hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
=> doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
=> downtrodden
=> infelicitous, unhappy
=> regrettable, too bad
Sense 2
favored, fortunate, golden
INDIRECT (VIA blessed) -> cursed, curst
Sense 3
fortunate, hopeful, rosy
INDIRECT (VIA auspicious) -> inauspicious, unfortunate
Similarity of adj fortunate
3 senses of fortunate
Sense 1
fortunate (vs. unfortunate)
=> better off(predicate)
=> felicitous, happy
=> fortuitous
=> good, well(predicate)
=> heaven-sent, providential, miraculous
=> lucky
=> well-off
Also See> lucky#2; privileged#1; successful#1
Sense 2
favored, fortunate, golden
=> blessed (vs. cursed), blest
Sense 3
fortunate, hopeful, rosy
=> auspicious (vs. inauspicious)
Pertainyms of adj fortunate
Attributes of adj fortunate
Domain of adj fortunate
Domain Terms of adj fortunate
Familiarity of adj fortunate
fortunate used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj fortunate
fortunate
misfortunate
unfortunate
Grep of adv fortunate
fortunately
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