fortunate

adjective

How many syllables in fortunate?

There are 3 syllables in the word fortunate.

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for · tu · nate

How to pronounce fortunate:

Definition of fortunate:

fortunate (adjective):: having good luck; having unexpected good fortune.; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain auspicious

Synonyms for fortunate:

born with a silver spoon in your mouth

bright

coincidental

convenient

favorable

favoured

felicitous

flukey

fortuitous

golden

good

happy

having a charmed life

heaven-sent

in luck

jammy

lucky

miraculous

on a roll

privileged

promising

providential

rosy

successful

unexpected

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Antonyms for fortunate:

abject

adverse

afflicted

awful

awkward

burdened

calamitous

cataclysmal

cataclysmic

catastrophic

cursed

damning

desperate

detrimental

dire

disadvantageous

disastrous

distressful

distressing

dreadful

forlorn

hapless

harsh

heartbreaking

hopeless

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