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Fortunate vs Flukish - What's the difference?

fortunate | flukish |

As adjectives the difference between fortunate and flukish

is that fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance while flukish is like a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable.

fortunate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
  • Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
  • Presaging happiness.
  • Auspicious.
    • a fortunate event
    a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
    a fortunate investment
  • Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
  • Lucky, favored by fortune.

    • Synonyms

    * lucky

    Antonyms

    * unlucky * unfortunate

    Derived terms

    * unfortunately * fortunately

    See also

    * unluckily * luckily (Webster 1913) ----

    flukish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Like a fluke; remarkably fortunate or improbable.

    • Synonyms

    * fluky, flukey

    Derived terms

    * flukishly * flukishness