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Synonyms of fate

20 similar words · 6 opposite words

Another word for fate is destiny. Other synonyms of fate are fortune, lot, kismet, fatality and predestination. The opposite of fate is fortune.

Synonyms and similar words for fate

nounThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

  • destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
  • natural order

nounDestiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • portionOne's fate; lot.
  • wyrdFate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.

nounThe mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all...

  • developmental pathway

nounMore synonyms

  • 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.
  • lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
  • orlayFate, destiny.
  • predestinationDestiny or fate.
  • preordinationThe state or process of things being preordained.
  • qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
  • chance archaicWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
  • destin obsolete
  • predestiny obsoletePredestination.
  • weird archaicFate; destiny; luck.

Opposite of fate

nounThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

  • free willThe ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.

nounAn event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

  • accident
  • chanceWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

nounDestiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

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Meaning of fate

  1. noun The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
  2. noun The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
  3. noun An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

Full definition of fate

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Questions about synonyms of fate

What is another word for fate?
Fate has 20 synonyms on Word.ws, such as destiny, fortune, lot, kismet, fatality, predestination, qadar and doom.
What is the opposite of fate?
The opposite of fate is fortune. Other antonyms of fate are choice.
What does fate mean?
Fate means the presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

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