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Synonyms for fortuitous
fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu-for·tu·itous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
fortuitous
Synonyms:
accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnectedAntonyms:
congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
fortuitous
Synonyms:
accidental, undesigned
Princeton's WordNet
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, uncausedAntonyms:
unfortunate, intendedfortuitousadjective
occurring by happy chance
"profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
Antonyms:
intended, unfortunate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
fortuitousadjective
Synonyms:
accidental, casual, contingent, incidental, happening by chance
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List of paraphrases for "fortuitous":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1642 | external | |
#4833 | casual | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#8668 | supplemental | |
#11733 | accidental | |
#12548 | transient | |
#13621 | incidental | |
#16784 | outward | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37914 | superimposed | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#71442 | fortuitous | |
#113054 | adventitious | |
#266918 | uncaused | |
#272822 | causeless |
How to use fortuitous in a sentence?
Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.
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.
I think the U.K. got its delta wave at a fortuitous time, whereas Austria, for example, it’s the exact opposite.
I think it' s overdue telling this story, I think it's taken 100 years to tell this story, which seems crazy because it is the story of our basic civil rights, all these conversations that are happening about the gender pay gap and woman's rights and woman's issues are overdue as well. It all seems to be coming to a head at the same time, which is fortuitous.
They can come and ask and speak to us. We'll be here waiting, this event was completely fortuitous; there was nothing untoward.
Translations for fortuitous
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- مصادفةArabic
- случаен, неволенBulgarian
- náhodnýCzech
- tilfældigeDanish
- durch einen glücklichen Zufall, zufälligGerman
- hazardaEsperanto
- sattumanvarainen, onnekas, tahatonFinnish
- fortuit, fortuiteFrench
- आकस्मिकHindi
- véletlen, váratlanHungarian
- hazardala, hazardaIdo
- מִקרִיHebrew
- toevalligDutch
- fortuitoPortuguese
- неожиданный, случайныйRussian
- tillfällig, slumpartadSwedish
- rastlantısal, şans eseri olarak, kazara, tesadüfîTurkish
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