fortunate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having unexpected good fortune
    • other, less fortunate, children died
    • a fortunate choice
  2. adjective satellite supremely favored
    golden.
    • golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust
  3. adjective satellite presaging good fortune
    rosy.
    • she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school
    • rosy predictions

WordNet

For"tu*nate adjective
Etymology
L. fortunatus, p.p. of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See Fortune, n.
Definitions
  1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
  2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky. Syn. -- Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy. -- Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. 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. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous.

Webster 1913