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

Consider the fates of the British Invasion superstars who emerged from England alongside the Stones in the 1960s. — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Jones shattered, the way this league can crush a QB if the fates are unkind. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026

Some legacy acts have never quite found an audience on these websites, but Jackson certainly has, and his fates on streaming charts improved significantly earlier this year thanks to the release of his biopic, Michael. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Season 1 ends with some shocking revelations, leaving the fates of three central characters up in the air. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

She’s sustained by her love for her husband, their home in the megacity Losan (strikingly similar to Los Angeles), until a prophecy draws her to an enemy and a clash that will determine the fates of their peoples. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Indeed, as in modern meritocracy, a major purpose of emphasizing human beings’ intrinsic equality was to make excuses for their unequal fates. — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

As the book published, the two wanted to know the fates of some of the US pilots lost in combat in Thailand, including McKinney. — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

After Phil Nevin and Ron Washington also failed to hold the managerial job for more than two seasons, Minasian hired first-time manager Kurt Suzuki from his own front-office staff last fall, giving him a one-year deal with the acknowledgment that their fates were tied. — ABC News, 26 June 2026