fortunate

fortunate is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
2. noun. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.
3. adjective. presaging good fortune

   "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"

   "rosy predictions"

   Synonyms: rosy

4. adjective. supremely favored

   "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"

   Synonyms: golden

5. adjective. having unexpected good fortune

   "other, less fortunate, children died"

   "a fortunate choice"

Synonyms

rosy, golden

Common word forms

fortunates, fortunately, fortunateness

Words from these letters

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