make a fortune

VERB

line one's pockets

Synonyms

WEAK

clean up coin money feather one's nest fill one's pockets get rich have one's ship come in have the golden touch make a bundle make a mint make a wad put money in one's pocket strike it rich

VERB

succeed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish achieve benefit flourish gain get overcome prevail prosper realize thrive triumph win

STRONG

acquire arrive avail conquer distance earn fulfill hit obtain outdistance outwit possess profit reap receive recover retrieve score secure surmount vanquish work worst

WEAK

be successful carry off come off do all right do the trick get to the top grow famous make good make it make out pull off turn out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail forfeit give in hinder languish lose miss pass surrender yield

STRONG

give give up offer relinquish

WEAK

precede

Example Sentences

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Kroenke went on to make a fortune in real estate and marry Ann Walton, a Walmart heiress, before diving into sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"Businesses are going to make a fortune, and that's why you cannot continue to have a payroll tax system that taxes jobs and then subsidizes automation," the governor said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

They were correctly betting that the winners would make a fortune.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Posing as an aristocratic novelist, she saw an opportunity to make a fortune - by convincing 1,000 islanders to relocate to a patch of Australian swamp.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

When I thought he was finished, I asked him, “Did Upton tell you how he did that rainmaking?You’d make a fortune if you could do it.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

make a fortune

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