Synonyms of fatality
56 similar words
Another word for fatality is certainty. Other synonyms of fatality are fortune, destiny, doom, certitude and portion.
Synonyms and similar words for fatality
nounThe state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and...
- inevitability
- banker British
- cert informalA certainty; something guaranteed to happen.
- certaintyA fact or truth unquestionably established.
- certitudeSomething that is a certainty.
- cinch
- dead cert informalA practically guaranteed outcome.
- racing certaintyAnything considered certain to happen; a sure thing.
- sure thingThat which is certain.
- fair betAn assumption that is likely to be true.
- good betSynonym of safe bet, sure bet, fair bet.
- safe betSomething that is almost certainly true.
- sure betSynonym of safe bet, good bet, fair bet.
nounTendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
- mortalityDeath.
nounThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
- destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
- doomDestiny, especially terrible.
- fate
- foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
- foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
- fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
- kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
- lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
- orlayFate, 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.
- demiseDeath; decease.
- the big sleep
- death
- end
- tomb literary
- celestial transfer slangThe act of dying; death.
- deceaseDeath, departure from life.
- decomposition
- dematerialization
- 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
- crash
- downfall
- fall
- (the) bane
- (the) end
- defunction obsoleteDeath.
- sleep of the just dated, euphemisticA peaceful death or burial.
Meaning of fatality
- noun The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
- noun Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
- noun That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
fatality in other languages
Questions about synonyms of fatality
- What is another word for fatality?
- Fatality has 56 synonyms on Word.ws, such as certainty, fortune, destiny, doom, certitude, portion, lot and kismet.
- What does fatality mean?
- Fatality means the state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
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