Word Meanings - FORTUITOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott. Syn. -- Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See Accidental. -- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- For*tu"i*tous*ness, n. (more info)

Additional info about word: FORTUITOUS

Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott. Syn. -- Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See Accidental. -- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- For*tu"i*tous*ness, n. (more info) 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms. It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed. Robertson. So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon the whole. Hazlitt.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FORTUITOUS)

• Incidental
• Casual
• occasional
• appertinent
• concomitant
• concurrent
• accidental
• fortuitous

Related words: (words related to FORTUITOUS)

• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• FORTUITOUS
  Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott. Syn. -- Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See Accidental. -- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- For*tu"i*tous*ness, n. (more info)
• APPERTINENT
  Belonging; appertaining. Coleridge.
• OCCASIONALISM
  The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
• INCIDENTAL
  Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious
• CASUALISM
  The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
• CASUALTY
  Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident. Syn. -- Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune. (more info) 1. That which comes
• CONCOMITANTLY
  In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.
• OCCASIONALLY
  In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. Stewart. The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by his preferment. Fuller.
• CONCOMITANT
  Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.
• ACCIDENTALNESS
  The quality of being accidental; casualness.
• CASUALNESS
  The quality of being casual.
• OCCASIONAL
  1. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts. The... occasional writing
• CONCURRENTNESS
  The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
• CASUALLY
  Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
• ACCIDENTALITY
  The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Coleridge.
• CONCURRENTLY
  With concurrence; unitedly.
• OCCASIONALITY
  Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.
• ACCIDENTALISM
  Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
• CONCURRENT
  Meeting in one point. Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united. (more info) 1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with
• SEMIOCCASIONALLY
  Once in a while; on rare occasions.
• COINCIDENTAL
  Coincident.