Fortune

Good luck or a valuable amount of wealth or success.

Reach for it when naming good luck or a large amount of wealth in a positive context

Good fortune brought clear weather for the village fair.

• playful

  good break

  informal speech marks a lucky opportunity

  not when Good break is too casual for financial or solemn contexts.

• everyday

  luck

  chance outcomes are the whole meaning

  not when Luck does not cover accumulated wealth.

• everyday

  windfall

  an unexpected material gain is specific

  not when A windfall is one gain, not an enduring fortune.

• professional

  prosperity

  sustained material wellbeing matters

  not when Prosperity can be earned and need not involve chance.

• professional

  wealth

  substantial assets are intended

  not when Wealth omits luck and can sound socially loaded.

• literary

  destiny

  a person's future feels shaped by fate

  not when Destiny suggests inevitability rather than chance.

• misfortune
• poverty
• bad luck

• good fortune

  Good fortune brought clear weather.

• make a fortune

  The inventor did not expect to make a fortune.

• change of fortune

  A change of fortune reopened the workshop.