Synonyms of destinies

destinies

noun

plural of destiny

as in fates

a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fates
• fortunes
• circumstances
• luck
• chances
• dooms
• portions
• accidents
• kismets
• hazards
• consequences
• effects
• lots
• outcomes
• happenstances
• issues
• haps
• results
• developments
• casualties
• resultants
• aftermaths
• fruits
• sequences
• aftereffects
• sequels
• happenchances
• predestinations
• conclusions
• outgrowths
• upshots

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of destinies

People looking out for themselves have compromised the fates of those who have less control over their destinies. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Mirren wants to store her fest statue, which keeps mysteriously appearing next to an Oscar statuette, in its box in a different take on Karlovy Vary winners’ and trophies’ destinies. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026

Drawn into a love story with a familiar collaborator as her path intersects with women of different ages and cultural backgrounds, all fighting to take control of their own destinies, Maxine finds herself on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront the choices shaping her life. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 June 2026

In August 1781, a couple of months before the end of the war, Sedgwick and his co-counsel, a law professor named Tapping Reeve, appeared in the Great Barrington Inferior Court of Common Pleas, a small wooden building where a jury would decide the destinies of Freeman and Brom. — New York Times, 22 June 2026

People want to control their own destinies. — Jon Ostenson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Cannes is a maker of destinies. — Norine Raja, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026

And for all of that time, our destinies as Nations have been interlinked. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

But Calle, like any writer, sketches her characters and frames their destinies. — Elisa Wouk Almino editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026