A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

lucky I am very lucky to have friends who care about me.
blessed Blessed are You, oh Lord, Who sustains everything.
auspicious It's an auspicious time to launch a new organization.
fortuitous How fortuitous that you were there on the same night!
privileged Sami lived a privileged life thanks to his parents.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
fortunate		steady
lucky		rising
blessed		rising
auspicious		steady
fortuitous		falling
privileged		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: good¹, well¹, rosy²
5 letters: white¹, happy², lucky²
6 letters: golden²
7 letters: blessed¹, favored², charmed¹
8 letters: thriving², favoured
9 letters: favorable⁴, opportune³
10 letters: successful³, privileged², prosperous³, favourable, auspicious³, fortuitous⁴, propitious³, felicitous⁴
11 letters: flourishing³
12 letters: advantageous⁴, providential⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rosy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: fortuné