Synonyms of fatal
60 similar words
Another word for fatal is terminal. Other synonyms of fatal are lethal, mortal, calamitous, woeful and harmful.
Synonyms and similar words for fatal
adjectiveProceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- inevitable
- necessary
- certain
- foregone
- impreventableNot preventable; inevitable.
- ineluctableImpossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
- inescapableImpossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
- inexorableImpossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
- irresistible
- naturalAs expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- predictableAble to be predicted.
- unavoidable
- unforestallableThat cannot be forestalled.
- unescapableImpossible to avoid or escape.
- unpreventableNot preventable.
- avoidless rareUnavoidable; inevitable.
adjectiveForeboding death or great disaster.
- inauspiciousNot auspicious; ill-omened.
- portentousOminously prophetic.
- augurousFull of augury; foreboding.
- balefulPortending evil; ominous.
- bodefulPortentous; ominous; foreboding.
- bodingForeboding, ominous, portending.
- direWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- disastrousForeboding disaster; ill-omened.
- forebodingOf ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
- ill-bodingWhich bodes evil; portending bad things.
- ill-fatedUnlucky; doomed.
- ill-omenedHaving a bad omen; inauspicious; unlucky.
- ill-starredDoomed to a bad fate; hapless.
- ominous
- brooding
- presagefulFull of presages; ominous.
- presagiousForeboding; ominous.
- sinisterInauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate.
- star-crossedIll-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.
- divine obsoleteForeboding; prescient.
- inauspicate obsoleteInauspicious.
- nefastous rareInauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened.
- omenic rareHaving the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
- prodigious archaicHaving the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
- sullen obsoleteMischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
adjectiveCausing death or destruction.
- calamitousCausing or involving calamity; disastrous.
- deadly
- destructive
- lethalOf, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
- mortalCausing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
- terminalFatal; resulting in death.
- apocalyptic
- cataclysmalAs noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
- cataclysmicOf or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
- catastrophic
- debacularOf, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous; tragic; suddenly shameful.
- devastatingCausing devastation.
- eradicativeTending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
- extirpativeOf, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
- harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- pernicious
- ruinous
- woefulBringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
- disadventurous obsoleteUnfortunate; calamitous.
Meaning of fatal
- adjective Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- adjective Foreboding death or great disaster.
- adjective Causing death or destruction.
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Questions about synonyms of fatal
- What is another word for fatal?
- Fatal has 60 synonyms on Word.ws, such as terminal, lethal, mortal, calamitous, woeful, harmful and devastating.
- What does fatal mean?
- Fatal means proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
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