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fate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fate

to determine the fate of in advance

  • the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings
Synonyms of fate

destine, doom, foredoom, foreordain, ordain, predestine, predetermine, preordain
Words Related to fate

predestinate

augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

preconceive, prejudge

condemn, sentence

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

fate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fate

1 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

  • the belief that it was this countryʼs fate to extend from sea to sea
Synonyms of fate

circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, kismet, lot, portion
Words Related to fate

accident, casualty [archaic], chance, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard, luck

predestination

aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

2 a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause

  • the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state
Synonyms of fate

aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot
Words Related to fate

ramification

denouement (also dénouement), echo, implication, repercussion

afterclap, afterglow, aftershock

blowback, by-product, fallout, offshoot, ripple, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off
Phrases Synonymous with fate

matter of course
Near Antonyms of fate

consideration, determinant, factor

base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork

impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus

mother, origin, root, source, spring
Antonyms of fate

antecedent, causation, cause, occasion, reason

3 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

  • he met his fate in a tragic highway accident
Synonyms of fate

curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
Words Related to fate

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter
Near Antonyms of fate

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise
Antonyms of fate

birth, nativity

Synonym Discussion of fate

fate, destiny, lot, portion, doom mean a predetermined state or end. fate implies an inevitable and usually an adverse outcome.
    • the fate of the submarine is unknown
destiny implies something foreordained and often suggests a great or noble course or end.
    • the country's destiny to be a model of liberty to the world
lot and portion imply a distribution by fate or destiny, lot suggesting blind chance
    • it was her lot to die childless
, portion implying the apportioning of good and evil.
    • remorse was his daily portion
doom distinctly implies a grim or calamitous fate.
    • if the rebellion fails, his doom is certain

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