Synonyms for fortuitous
fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu-for·tu·itous

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1. fortuitous

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

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1. fortuitous

   Synonyms:
   accidental, undesigned

   Antonyms:
   designed, purposed

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1. causeless, fortuitous, uncausedadjective

   having no cause or apparent cause

   "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

   Synonyms:
   causeless, reasonless, uncaused

   Antonyms:
   unfortunate, intended

2. fortuitousadjective

   occurring by happy chance

   "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"

   Synonyms:
   uncaused, causeless

   Antonyms:
   intended, unfortunate

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1. fortuitousadjective

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance

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1. List of paraphrases for "fortuitous":

   adventitious, accidental, incidental

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1. Eric Hoffer:

   However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human affairs everything in more or less fortuitous. We do not even believe in the inevitability of our own death. Hence the difficulty of deciphering the present, of detecting the seeds of things to come as they germinate before our eyes. We are not attuned to seeing the inevitable.

2. Alan Keenan:

   The fact it is politically helpful to the new government - in that it weakens the chances of the Rajapaksas coming back - is also fortuitous but it shouldn't be the primary motivation.

3. Herbert Westren Turnbull:

   Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.

4. Alex Gansa:

   Now that the inauguration has happened, things have gotten even more contentious between Trump and the intelligence community, which is what our whole season was about crazily enough, so some of it was fortuitous and some of it was terrifying, but it is what it is.

5. State Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe:

   It was fortuitous that the trooper was outside and that the other troopers were inside, we had civilian dispatchers and others inside the building that were protected. Im just thankful they were there.