Synonyms & related words for misfortune

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of misfortune — including mischance, calamity, mishap, misadventure, adversity, catastrophe. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to misfortune

Explore words related to misfortune — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include unluckiness, unlucky, luckless, unfortunate, schlimazel, misery, befalling, fortuitousness. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for misfortune

Common synonyms for misfortune include mischance, calamity, mishap, misadventure, adversity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does misfortune come from?

The word misfortune breaks down into 2 roots of other and Latin origin: mis-, from other missi (“wrongly”); and -fortun, from Latin fortuna (“luck, fortune”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.