fortune
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
bad luck caused his downfall
Types & categories
- phenomenon hypernym
- mishap hyponym
- tossup hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
Types & categories
- treasure hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
it was my good luck to be there
Types & categories
- phenomenon hypernym
- fluke hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
whatever my fortune may be
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- good luck hyponym
- providence hyponym
- bad luck hyponym
- failure hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazard |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chance |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | phenomenon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mishap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tossup |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treasure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucky |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucky |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | phenomenon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluke |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | good luck |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | providence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bad luck |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | failure |