PREORDAINED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in destined

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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

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Just because there is some constraint, doesn’t mean that your path has to be preordained. — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Whatever happened—injury, illness, flood, or drought—felt preordained, part of God’s grand scheme. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 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 What wasn’t preordained is just how beautifully executed the entire venture turns out to be. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026 Will this year’s Oscar awards be another fait accompli, a bloated snoozer that’s as boring and seemingly preordained as this year’s Super Bowl? — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 Some might assume that Gooding’s Hollywood career was preordained. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026 Sports are inherently fraught with tension, but some seem preordained to it more than others. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained

Adjective

Identity, purpose and engagement don’t disappear at a predetermined age.

— Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
On Thursday morning, one of the two landlord representatives, Christina Smyth, resigned, ripping the rent freeze as a predetermined conclusion the board had worked to justify.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026

Definition of predetermined

Verb

Trailing by 13 points in the fourth quarter, Kansas’ alumni men’s basketball team looked as if it was destined to drop its second game in two nights to Kansas State and bow out of the TBT mighty early.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The revenue is then destined for the families participating in the program.

— Angie Acosta M, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of destined

Adjective

What unfolds next is both foreordained and unpredictable: a performance superficially the same as any other rendition of the same score, but also profoundly different — wondrous, perhaps, or merely rote.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
The film is a tragedy in which everything comes out right: Coppola builds his protagonist’s absurd overreach into a foreordained happy ending, and the movie itself is a happy outcome from the very start.

— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024

Definition of foreordained

Verb

Well, the one who wouldn’t let a creepy old man buy her cough drops knows what is up, but State Farm is doomed.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Hawley suggested another avenue to up the pressure on Republicans who are against it would be to hold more votes doomed to fail, a floor tactic Thune has purposefully avoided that would put vulnerable members such as Collins in a tough spot.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 23 July 2026

Definition of doomed

Verb

The ceremony was officiated by actor Adam Sandler, who is legally ordained.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.

— Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of ordained

Adjective

Widespread totals of 2 to 4 inches, with up to 6 inches in the strongest thunderstorms, are possible from the western Florida Panhandle to southern portions of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and possibly the Texas coast.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
To make that possible, companies must study their audience, track behavior, collect feedback and continually improve the experience rather than treating the website as a frozen asset.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of possible

Adjective

On Sunday, the Braves announced their probable starting pitchers for an upcoming four-game series against the Padres this week at Truist Park.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 19 July 2026
Because of the probable length of the report, Silver was asked about reading such a voluminous amount of information and if things would be resolved before the start of next season.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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