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

Next came an exhibition around a creepy Howdy Doody-ish figure that met countless violent fates while being cast about mechanistically on chains in 2016. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Also unclear is the status of characters played by Gibson, Bridges, Kang, and Emmanuel, all of whom were in a plane that was shot down in the sequel, leaving their fates unknown. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

With Jax and many of the biker drama’s beloved characters meeting grisly fates, a traditional reunion was always unlikely. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Last year, amid a blizzard of hirings and sackings at the upper level of the major houses, a group of top designers maintained a WhatsApp group chat dedicated to complaining about Sherman’s coverage of their fates. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Data centers are now a hot-button political issue that could determine some politicians' fates. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

Given the fates of the others, that has to count for something. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Their fates are reversing in early trading Thursday, with Micron surging higher and Adobe selling off. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Merely playing postseason baseball might not guarantee Brown or manager Joe Espada new deals in Houston, but missing out on it altogether might seal their fates with owner Jim Crane. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 27 July 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