Synonyms of destiny
18 similar words
Another word for destiny is fate. Other synonyms of destiny are fortune, doom, portion, lot and kismet.
Synonyms and similar words for destiny
nounThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a...
- fateThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
- orlayFate, destiny.
- doomDestiny, especially terrible.
- fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
- foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
- foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
- fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
- kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- portionOne's fate; lot.
- predestinationDestiny or fate.
- preordinationThe state or process of things being preordained.
- qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
- wyrdFate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
- chance archaicWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
- destin obsolete
- predestiny obsoletePredestination.
- weird archaicFate; destiny; luck.
Meaning of destiny
- noun That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- noun One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- noun The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
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Questions about synonyms of destiny
- What is another word for destiny?
- Destiny has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fate, fortune, doom, portion, lot, kismet, fatality and wyrd.
- What does destiny mean?
- Destiny means that to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
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