Fortune

Quick meaning: Fortune is a noun meaning Destiny, especially favorable.

Meaning

Destiny, especially favorable.

More Meanings

1. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
2. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
3. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
4. Good luck.
5. One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
6. A large amount of money.
7. To provide (someone) with a fortune.

Example Sentences

fame and fortune

Fortune favors the brave.

'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.

you, who men's fortunes in their faces read

Word Forms

• fortunes
• fortuning
• fortuned

Synonyms for fortune

Depending on context, synonyms include doom, fate, chance, destin, destiny, fatality.

Antonyms for fortune

Common opposites include doom, fate, misfortune.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include luck, chance, lot, fate, destiny, hazard.

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