Synonyms of preordained

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adjective

as in destined

Related Words

• destined
• predetermined
• foreordained
• fated
• predestined
• possible
• probable
• inexorable
• unstoppable
• relentless
• likely
• unremitting
• decided
• inevitable
• definite
• settled
• inescapable
• unavoidable
• ineluctable
• necessary
• unescapable
• certain
• sure
• ineludible

Dissimilar Words

• uncertain
• avoidable
• preventable
• unsure
• unclear
• questionable
• doubtful
• dubious
• evadable
• shaky
• unlikely
• improbable
• undecided
• unsettled
• unreliable
• undependable

preordained

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verb

past tense of preordain

as in doomed

to determine the fate of in advance

my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destined
• doomed
• ordained
• foreordained
• predetermined
• predestined
• fated
• foredoomed
• predicted
• condemned
• prophesied
• foretold
• forecast
• sentenced
• presaged
• anticipated
• predestinated
• prognosticated
• portended
• foresaw
• divined
• augured
• preconceived
• prejudged
• boded
• foreboded
• foreknew

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of preordained

Verb

This mythologizing of a masculine, European (though crucially not British) version of Columbus supported burgeoning American ideals of Manifest Destiny (the idea that the United States was preordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and beyond). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

The script by Strippoli and Salvatore de Chirico shrewdly underplays that hand, instead cushioning the vanity factor in sincere parental concern for the children’s health, well-being and preordained path to success. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

One day, during my visit, Cole used a step stool to access a small cubbyhole in a high corner of a bedroom wall—a sort of illogical nook that seemed preordained to house some private, upsetting object. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

The literary poster child for the old type of soldier was Ernest Hemingway, who, like many men of his generation, had preordained military service as a child. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Experts say the outcome of the review seems preordained, although the matter is playing out in unexplored legal territory. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Just because there is some constraint, doesn’t mean that your path has to be preordained. — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Given the slow start to his pro career, a spot at the World Cup, never mind the starting nod, was far from preordained. — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 June 2026

The purchase seems preordained, given that both Gert-Jan and Corinne, like Pascon and Boccara, are lively and curious intellectuals. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026