fortune
fortune is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. Cowley.
- 2.That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. Swift.
- 3.Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Fortune book, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it. Crashaw. - Fortune hunter, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage. -- Fortune teller, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another. -- Fortune telling, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another.
- 4.To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 5.To provide with a fortune. Richardson.
- 6.To presage; to tell the fortune of. [Obs.] Dryden.
- 7.To fall out; to happen. It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advantage
- adventure
- aim
- all
- aright
- aruspex
- aruspice
- astrologer
- attempt
- augur
- behalf
- behoof
- beneficial
- benefit
- best
- blessing
- bold
- boon
- boot
- chance
- charmer
- clairvoyant
- commendable
- common
- conjuror
- consummation
- country
- coup
- crystal
- cunning
- debut
- devoutly
- empirical
- endeavor
- essay
- exertion
- exorcist
- experiment
- experimental
- experimentally
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is fortune.
- What is that which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. You, who men's fortunes in their faces read. Cowley called?
- What is to make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
- What is to presage; to tell the fortune of. [Obs.] Dryden called?
- What is to fall out; to happen. It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning. Knolles called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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