fortune

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. fate, lot, destiny; chance, luck; wealth, possessions, property; money.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Chance]

Syn. luck, fate, lot; see chance 1 , destiny 1 .

2. [Great riches]

Syn. wealth, prosperity, possessions, estate; see wealth 2 .

3. [A large sum of money]

Syn. a small fortune, tidy sum, mint, pretty penny*, bundle*, pile*, wad*, big bucks*, megabucks*, king's ransom*, packet*, heap*, loads*.

• tell one's fortune,

Syn. predict, prognosticate, foretell; see forecast 2 , foretell .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. riches wealth, affluence, money, assets, treasure, estate, *miser's hoard.

2. chance luck, fate, destiny, providence, serendipity, fortuity, *wheel of fortune, happenstance, *toss of the dice. A tide in the affairs of men.''—Shakespeare. That arrant whore.''—Shakespeare. Like glass, the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.''—Pubilius Syrus.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, hap, hazard, luck. See CERTAIN. 2. Success attained as a result of chance: fortu-nateness, luck, luckiness. Idiom: good fortune (or luck). See LUCK. 3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value: asset (used in plural), capital, mean3 (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal. See OWNED. 4. A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions: affluence, pelf, riches, treasure, wealth. See OWNED, RICH. 5. A large sum of money: mint. Informal: bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum, wad. Slang: pile. See RICH. 6. That which is inevitably destined: destiny, fate, kismet, lot, portion, predestination. See CERTAIN.