Downfall and Fortune

Opposite meaning words

Downfall noun - Something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life.

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Fortune is an antonym for downfall in disgrace topic.

Fortune noun - What is going to happen to someone in the time ahead.

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Downfall is an antonym for fortune.

Nearby Words: fortunate, fortuneless, fortuned

original	original downfall	original fortune
initial	initial downfall	initial fortune
real	real downfall	real fortune
eventual	eventual downfall	eventual fortune
Other adjectives: literal, recent, industrial, biggest.

The opening of The Saddest Music in the World has a fortune teller warn Chester about his moral conduct and how it may become his downfall.

Source: Fortune Teller
He's spent his life as a fugitive since his downfall, no longer having any purpose in his life except perhaps rebuilding his fortune.

Source: Film / Lost Horizon
The change of fortune leads to his downfall (in this case, suicide).

Source: Literature / Things Fall Apart

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