Fortune and Need

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

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Need is an antonym for fortune.

Nearby Words: fortunate, fortuneless, fortuned

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Fortune is an antonym for need in topics: want, poverty, emergency.

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

old	old fortune	old need
good	good fortune	good need
particular	particular fortune	particular need
natural	natural fortune	natural need
Other adjectives: current, original, many, legitimate, sheer, real, large, extreme, great, huge, little, bad, absolute, personal, secret, new, less, overwhelming, greater, last, increasing, sudden.

While you do not need The Reveal and reversal of fortune stemming from it, Aristotle considered those tragedies superior to those without it.

Source: Tragedy
It turns out this is because the family fortune is gone and they desperately need Sarah's dowry to get them back on their feet.

Source: Film / Easy Virtue
After he inherited a fortune, he realized that he didn't need to commit crimes to make money any more.

Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check

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