Synonyms of fates

fates 1 of 2

noun

plural of fate

1

as in destinies

a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand

the belief that it was this country's fate to extend from sea to sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in outcomes

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 & Similar Words

• outcomes
• consequences
• results
• resultants
• effects
• products
• aftermaths
• issues
• developments
• implications
• aftereffects
• sequels
• fruits
• children
• matters of course
• precipitates
• corollaries
• sequences
• conclusions
• ramifications
• outgrowths
• upshots
• repercussions
• backwashes
• denouements
• echoes
• side effects
• by-products
• aftershocks
• fallouts
• offshoots
• ripples
• blowbacks
• spin-offs
• afterclaps
• afterglows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• factors
• reasons
• causes
• considerations
• antecedents
• occasions
• determinants
• causations
• foundations
• grounds
• incentives
• bases
• bases
• stimuli
• sources
• mothers
• origins
• roots
• springs
• inspirations
• groundworks
• instigations
• impetuses

3

as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

he met his fate in a tragic highway accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deaths
• demises
• passings
• dooms
• dissolutions
• graves
• ends
• curtains
• expirations
• passages
• exits
• deceases
• sleeps
• endings
• suicides
• assassinations
• fatalities
• casualties
• destructions
• quietuses
• great divides
• expiries
• martyrdoms
• ruins
• executions
• annihilations
• killings
• exterminations
• massacres
• slaughters
• self-destructions
• self-murders
• self-slaughters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• nativities
• creations
• originations
• rises
• geneses

fates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fate

as in destines

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 & Similar Words

• destines
• dooms
• ordains
• predetermines
• predestines
• preordains
• sentences
• foredooms
• foreordains
• predicts
• condemns
• presages
• prophesies
• forecasts
• prognosticates
• augurs
• foretells
• prejudges
• bodes
• portends
• forebodes
• divines
• predestinates
• foreknows
• foresees
• anticipates
• preconceives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fates

Noun

At the same time, that also prevents us from becoming too invested in the fates of people who seem to be dying for our viewing pleasure — and sometimes one another’s. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

In contrast, very little is known about how the hindbrain and spinal cord adopt different fates; the new paper cites only one reference on the topic. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

As a result, some opted to cut their losses, selling their towers at steep losses or leaving their fates to the foreclosure block. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Queenie also visits her personal hell and the fates of LaLaurie and Laveau. — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2026

Season 2 of the spinoff picks up after multiple characters’ fates were left hanging in the balance in the season 1 finale. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

The fates of several college basketball programs in 2026-27 could be determined by the courts and the NCAA Eligibility Center. — Cj Moore, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The sequel, directed by Bird Box helmer Susanne Bier, sees shocking fates doled out for two of its core characters. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

The expansion of the category and Nolan’s increased Oscar success since Dunkirk have changed his films’ Oscar fates. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026