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

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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

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

Belle and Cal were ambushed in the finale and shot at by gunmen who were later revealed to be hired by Tom Wheeler, and the episode ended without confirming either of their fates. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Gamblers would bet on the fates of prisoners awaiting execution and of prominent people whose illnesses were reported on in the newspaper. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Amid the social unrest gripping France, the fates of Valjean, Cosette, her lover Marius, and Javert become entangled in the turbulent, revolutionary streets of Paris. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Similarly, for the protagonist of Conrad’s story, Captain Whalley, the true life is the life of ships, and changes of fates onshore seem only laterally relevant, near unreal. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

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

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

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