Synonyms for fortuitous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Fortunate — happening by fortune or chance; accidental, coincidental. Happening by good fortune or success; fortunate…
fortunate, accidental, random, casual, unforeseen, lucky, incidental, providential, by accident, chance, unintended, unintentional, happy, contingent, adventitious, causeless, serendipitous, unplanned, hapchance formal rare
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Happening by fortune or chance; accidental, coincidental. Happening by good fortune or success; fortunate, lucky.
Related words
- Word family
- fortuitously fortuitousness fortunate fortune fortuity
- Other spellings
- fortuituous
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Fortuitous is applied to what occurs without any known cause, and in opposition to what has been foreseen; as, a fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- random Tom opened the book at random and started reading.
- fortunate You are very fortunate that you have such friends.
- accidental The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
- unforeseen Insurance protects against unforeseen predicaments.
- irresistible With this perfume, you're absolutely irresistible.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fortuitous | falling | |
| random | steady | |
| fortunate | steady | |
| accidental | falling | |
| unforeseen | steady | |
| irresistible | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- happy2, lucky2
- 6 letters
- chance1, random2, casual3
- 8 letters
- uncaused
- 9 letters
- fortunate3, unplanned2, causeless, hapchance
- 10 letters
- accidental4, contingent3, incidental4, unintended4, unforeseen3
- 12 letters
- irresistible5, providential4, adventitious
- 13 letters
- unintentional5, serendipitous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).