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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth, possessions |
| Synonyms: | affluence, capital, estate, gold mine, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth |
| Antonyms: | hardship, misfortune, poverty |
| Main Entry: | abundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great amount or supply |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ampleness, bounty, copiousness, fortune, myriad, opulence, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, thriving, wealth |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, inadequacy, lack |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | affluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealth |
| Synonyms: | abundance, fortune, luxury, opulence, plenty, prosperity, riches, wealthiness |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, chance, favorable circumstances, fortune, good luck, luck, occasion, opening, opportunity, shot, show, stroke of luck, time |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial assets |
| Synonyms: | CD, IRA, business, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, substance, treasure, ways and means, wealth, wherewithal |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails, hit*, in the cards, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, toss-up, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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