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Synonyms of foreordination

18 similar words

Another word for foreordination is fortune. Other synonyms of foreordination are destiny, doom, portion, lot and kismet.

Synonyms and similar words for foreordination

nounPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

  • destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
  • fate
  • foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
  • 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.

Meaning of foreordination

  1. noun Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

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Questions about synonyms of foreordination

What is another word for foreordination?
Foreordination has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fortune, destiny, doom, portion, lot, kismet, fatality and wyrd.
What does foreordination mean?
Foreordination means previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

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