GOOD FORTUNE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stroke of luck

Synonyms:

fluke; good fortune; good luck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("good fortune" is a kind of...):

fortune; luck (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good fortune"):

serendipity (good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes

Synonyms:

good fortune; good luck; luckiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("good fortune" is a kind of...):

circumstances; destiny; fate; fortune; lot; luck; portion (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good fortune"):

prosperity; successfulness (the condition of prospering; having good fortune)

blessing; boon (a desirable state)

Antonym:

misfortune (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)

Credits

Context examples:

“'Tis a sign of good fortune,” quoth Sir Nigel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In one respect, my good fortune is undoubted, that of being able to subscribe myself,

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

By good fortune Hunter pulled a good oar.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Clerval continued talking for some time about our mutual friends and his own good fortune in being permitted to come to Ingolstadt.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"Full of courage," replied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

If there is a good fortune on one side, there can be no occasion for any on the other.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

William's good fortune returned again upon her mind, and seemed of greater value than at first.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

We must not all expect Jane's good fortune.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It would have been all over with her, likewise, if, by good fortune, a tailor who was travelling in search of work, had not sat down to rest by the brook.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Vintana means luck and refers to the good fortune its discoverer, researcher Joe Sertich, then of Stony Brook University, had in finding the fossil.