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fortune

[fawr-chuhn] / ˈfɔr tʃən /
NOUN
wealth, possessions
Synonyms
STRONG
affluence capital estate inheritance opulence portion property prosperity resources riches substance treasure worth
WEAK
gold mine
Antonyms
STRONG
debt poverty
WEAK
hardship misfortune
NOUN
fate, lot in life
Synonyms
STRONG
Moirai accident break certainty chance circumstances contingency destiny doom expectation experience fluke fortuity hazard history karma kismet life luck luckiness portion providence star success
WEAK
fifty-fifty fighting chance fortunateness good break lucked into lucked out lucky break lucky hit roll of the dice run of luck streak of luck way the ball bounces way the cookie crumbles wheel of fortune
Antonyms
STRONG
assurance design misfortune plan reality surety
WEAK
hardship poverty

Example Sentences

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The release could signal a turn of fortune for the company following the underwhelming debut of its last open-source model, Llama 4, in April 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Steyer, who has a net worth of $2.4 billion according to Forbes, has painted himself as a reformed billionaire who walked away from Farallon because of angst about how he earned his fortune.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The Magnani-Rocca Foundation contains the art collection of musicologist and art critic Luigi Magnani, the heir to a dairy fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Those foundations will be recipients of the Buffett fortune of around $140 billion after his death.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

That was the beauty of credit default swaps: They enabled him to make a fortune if just a tiny fraction of these dubious pools of mortgages went bad.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis