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Synonyms of predestination

18 similar words

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

Synonyms and similar words for predestination

nounDestiny or fate.

  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
  • 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.
  • fate
  • foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
  • foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
  • kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
  • lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
  • orlayFate, destiny.
  • portionOne's fate; lot.
  • 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 predestination

  1. noun The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
  2. noun The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
  3. noun Destiny or fate.

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Questions about synonyms of predestination

What is another word for predestination?
Predestination has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fortune, destiny, doom, portion, lot, kismet and fatality.
What does predestination mean?
Predestination means the doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

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