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fortune - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | fortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, possessions |
| Synonyms: | affluence, capital, estate, gold mine*, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth |
| Antonyms: | hardship, misfortune, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, lot in life |
| Synonyms: | accident, break*, certainty, chance, circumstances, contingency, destiny, doom, expectation, experience, fighting chance*, fluke*, hazard, history, karma*, kismet*, life, luck, lucky break*, portion, providence, star, success, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, fortunateness, good break, lucked into, lucked out, luckiness, lucky hit, roll of the dice, run of luck, streak of luck, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great amount or supply |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bounty, copiousness, fortune, myriad, opulence, plenty, plethora, profusion, prosperity, riches, thriving, wealth, ampleness, plenitude, prosperousness |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, lack |
| Main Entry: | affluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth |
| Synonyms: | abundance, fortune, luxury, opulence, plenty, prosperity, riches, wealthiness |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | Judgment Day, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fortune, judgment, karma, kismet, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, Moira, annihilation, fixed future, foreordination, handwriting on wall, lap of the gods, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance occurrence |
| Synonyms: | accident, blessing, break, contingency, fortunate, fortune, good luck, incident, lucky break*, quirk, stroke of luck*, windfall, fortuity, good fortune, odd chance |
| Antonyms: | certainty, design, plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | longing; dream |
| Synonyms: | Utopia, achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side, buoyancy, castles in air, concern, confidence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fool's paradise, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers, wish |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lot of money |
| Synonyms: | boodle, bundle, fortune, heap, packet, pile, pot, roll, wad, million |
| Main Entry: | opulence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, belongings, excess, fortune, goods, lavishness, luxury, means, money, property, prosperity, riches, substance, lap of luxury, plenitude, possessions, prosperousness, stocks and bonds, substantiality |
| Main Entry: | oracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prophecy |
| Synonyms: | answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, revelation, vision, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | predestination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destiny |
| Synonyms: | God's will, course of events, divine decree, fate, foreordination, fortune, inevitability, karma, kismet*, ordinance, portion, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affluence, good fortune |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses*, benefit, boom, do, ease*, easy street*, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors*, fortune, good, gravy train*, growth, increase, inflation, interest, luxury, opulence, plenty, riches, success, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being, clover, good times, high on the hog, life of luxury, plenteousness, prosperousness, successfulness, the good life |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss, poorness, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resource |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial |
| Synonyms: | ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | product |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riches |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money and possessions |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, assets, fortune, gold, means, opulence, plenty, property, resources, richness, substance, treasure, wealth, worth, clover, lap of luxury |
| Antonyms: | debt |
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposure, flyer*, fortune, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, liability, luck, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, exposedness, fortuity, header, liableness, openness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, surety, sureness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bread*, bread and butter, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt*, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, necessities |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | success |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorable outcome |
| Synonyms: | éclat, Easy Street*, accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses*, benefit, boom*, consummation, eminence, fame, flying colors*, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, gravy train*, happiness, hit, killing, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, triumph, victory, walkaway*, win, big hit, clover, do well, good times, grand slam, happy days, lap of luxury, laugher, maturation, successfulness, walkover |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something amazing; state of amazement |
| Synonyms: | amazement, astonishment, attack, awe, bewilderment, consternation, curiosity, disappointment, disillusion, fortune, godsend*, incredulity, jolt*, kick*, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, portent, precipitation, prodigy, rarity, revelation, shock, start, stupefaction, unexpected, unforeseen, whammy*, wonder, wonderment, abruptness, astoundment, bombshell, curveball, epiphany, eureka, eye-opener, miscalculation, precipitance, precipitousness, suddenness, thunderbolt* |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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