- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
When someone is fortunate, it means that they are lucky.
Chris is fortunate to have a friend who has a pool in his backyard, and he lives next door!- synonyms:
- lucky
- antonyms:
- poor, unfortunate, unlucky
- similar words:
- rich, successful
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| definition 2: |
When a good thing happens instead of a bad thing, we say it is fortunate.
There was a big storm, and it was fortunate that nobody was hurt.- synonyms:
- lucky
- antonyms:
- unfortunate
- similar words:
- favorable, ripe
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| derivations: |
fortunately (adv.), fortunateness (n.) |
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