Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3adjective
presaging good fortune
"she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"
"rosy predictions"
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- 4adjective
supremely favored
"golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
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- 5adjective
having unexpected good fortune
"other, less fortunate, children died"
"a fortunate choice"
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