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Definition of Good fortune
1. Noun. An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes.
Exact synonyms: Good Luck, Luckiness
Generic synonyms: Circumstances, Destiny, Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion
Specialized synonyms: Prosperity, Successfulness, Blessing, Boon
Antonyms: Misfortune, Bad Luck
Derivative terms: Lucky, Lucky, Lucky
Generic synonyms: Circumstances, Destiny, Fate, Fortune, Lot, Luck, Portion
Specialized synonyms: Prosperity, Successfulness, Blessing, Boon
Antonyms: Misfortune, Bad Luck
Derivative terms: Lucky, Lucky, Lucky
2. Noun. A stroke of luck.
Exact synonyms: Fluke, Good Luck
Generic synonyms: Fortune, Luck
Specialized synonyms: Serendipity
Derivative terms: Flukey, Fluky
Generic synonyms: Fortune, Luck
Specialized synonyms: Serendipity
Derivative terms: Flukey, Fluky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Fortune
Literary usage of Good fortune
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER VIII EUSTACIA HEARS OF good fortune AND BEHOLDS EVIL In the meantime
Eustacia, left alone in her cottage at ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... bo more honored by him, and to show him that hu waa now elected general, and
was able to do him either good or harm. And thus it was the good fortune of ..."
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