Synonyms & related words for serendipitous

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Words related to serendipitous

Explore words related to serendipitous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include serendipitously, serendipity, fortuitous, fortuitousness, happenstance, fortuitously, fortuity, coincidental. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does serendipitous come from?

The word serendipitous breaks down into one root of Eponym origin: the root serendip-, from Eponym serendip (“from Serendip (old Sri Lanka)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.