fortunate

Adjective

Synonyms: golden rosy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

having unexpected good fortune“other, less fortunate, children died”“a fortunate choice”
supremely favored“golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust”Synonyms: golden
presaging good fortune“she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school”“rosy predictions”Synonyms: rosy

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See Fortune, n.]

1.Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. [1913 Webster]

2.Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.

Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy.

Usage: Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous. [1913 Webster]