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good fortune - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall, good fortune |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| 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: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content |
| Synonyms: | achievement, amends, amusement, atonement, bliss, cheerfulness, comfort, compensation, complacency, contentment, delight, ease, enjoyment, fulfillment, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, joy, justice, peace of mind, pleasure, pride, recompense, redress, refreshment, reimbursement, relief, reparation, resolution, reward, serenity, settlement, vindication, well-being, conciliation, contentedness, good fortune, indemnification, propitiation, repletion, satiety |
| Antonyms: | discontent, dissatisfaction, need, unhappiness, want |
| Main Entry: | welfare/well-being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | health and prosperity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, easy street*, euphoria, felicity, good, happiness, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stroke of luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of good luck |
| Synonyms: | blessing, fate, fluke, lucky break, good break, good fortune, lucky strike, one in a million, run of luck |
| Main Entry: | welfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, euphoria, felicity, good, happiness, health, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being, east street, good fortune, pogey |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
| Synonyms: | asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, interest, nugget*, plum*, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall, good fortune |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | big win |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirable chance discovery |
| Synonyms: | luck, serendipity, accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune |
| Main Entry: | blessing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | asset, benediction, benefit, boon, bounty, break, favor, gain, gift, godsend, good, good luck, help, kindness, lucky break, manna from heaven*, miracle, profit, service, stroke of luck*, windfall, good fortune |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, curse, disadvantage, bad fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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