Synonyms of doom
61 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for doom is fortune. Other synonyms of doom are destiny, portion, lot, fate and kismet. The opposite of doom is fortune.
Synonyms and similar words for doom
nounDestiny, especially terrible.
- lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
- orlayFate, destiny.
- destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
- fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
- fateDestiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- 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.
nounDeath.
- mortalityDeath.
- death
- end
- tomb literary
- celestial transfer slangThe act of dying; death.
- deceaseDeath, departure from life.
- decomposition
- dematerialization
- demiseDeath; decease.
- dirt nap slangA state of permanent rest; the state of death.
- exit euphemisticThe act of departing from life; death.
- expirationThe last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
- liquidationThe action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the murder of dehumanized victims.
- passing
- quietusDeath.
- repose
- sunset
- the big sleep
- crash
- downfallA precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
- fall
- (the) bane
- (the) end
- defunction obsoleteDeath.
- sleep of the just dated, euphemisticA peaceful death or burial.
verbTo pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
- deemTo judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- sentenceTo declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
- adjudgeTo award judicially; to assign.
- convict
- condemnTo judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- damnTo condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- judge obsoleteTo sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
verbTo destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
- curse
- foreordainTo predestine or preordain.
- preordainTo determine the fate of something in advance.
verbTo judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
Opposite of doom
nounAn undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
Meaning of doom
- noun Destiny, especially terrible.
- noun An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- noun Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
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