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What is another word for Serendipitous? – 218 Serendipitous Synonyms

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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    fortunate lucky chance accidental unexpected coincidental happy felicitous propitious advantageous favorable opportune timely auspicious providential lucky fortunate coincidental unforeseen unintended unplanned spontaneous haphazard random casual incidental serendipic favorable advantageous beneficial profitable gainful useful helpful lucky fortuitous happy fortunate successful prosperous thriving flourishing blooming booming lucky felicitous propitious auspicious.

    Meaning of Serendipitous

    The occurrence of finding something valuable or delightful when you are not looking for it

    Definitions

    • Having a knack for making fortunate discoveries, especially those of an agreeable or valuable nature made by chance
    • Relating to or denoting the occurrence of finding something valuable or delightful when you are not looking for it

    Example Uses

    • The discovery of the new species was a serendipitous find for the team of scientists
    • The couple had a serendipitous encounter with their old friends at the concert
    • The invention of the post-it note was a serendipitous discovery made by a scientist

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    unlucky unfortunate unhappy unhappy inopportune untimely inauspicious unpropitious disadvantageous unfavorable unadvantageous deleterious harmful hurtful adverse calamitous catastrophic disastrous ill-fated ill-starred star-crossed hapless luckless miserable wretched woeful unhappy unsuccessful unprosperous declining failing foundering sinking unfruitful barren sterile futile useless unhelpful unprofitable fruitless abortive stillborn lamentable deplorable regrettable sorrowful.

    Related Nouns

    discovery find encounter meeting chance coincidence accident happenstance occurrence event experience incident episode circumstance situation luck fortune fate destiny serendipity coincidence accident discovery finding invention innovation breakthrough windfall bonanza boon blessing godsend stroke of luck good fortune.

    Related Verbs

    discover find encounter meet chance happen occur experience stumble trip fall blunder bump collide crash strike hit come arrive reach get gain obtain acquire receive win score strike hit succeed prosper thrive flourish bloom boom grow develop progress advance improve enhance better increase augment enlarge expand.

    Related Adjectives

    lucky fortunate happy felicitous propitious advantageous favorable opportune timely auspicious providential beneficial profitable useful helpful successful prosperous thriving flourishing blooming booming lucky fortuitous chance coincidental accidental unexpected unforeseen unintended unplanned spontaneous haphazard random casual incidental serendipic favorable advantageous beneficial profitable gainful useful helpful.