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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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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preordained

Adjective

Now, academic visa holders will instead be able to stay in the country for a predetermined period of time, generally four years.

— Abigail Boggs, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
The attacker is no longer simply automating a predetermined sequence of steps.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of predetermined

Verb

As things stand, the imperial family will continue as long as 19-year-old prince Hisahito, destined for the throne, one day has a son.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
Stage six’s partly-gravel climb up the Puerto El Bartalo will surely be too tough for him, but Saturday’s flat finish in Xeraco already seems destined to end in a Brennan victory.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of destined

Adjective

Her foray into television, which started in 2017, was not exactly foreordained.

— Tammy LaGorce, New York Times, 14 May 2024
With all of those movements, when the central issue was really crystallized as a choice between what is clearly right and just, and what is clearly unjust and wrong and deadly and dangerous, then the outcome becomes foreordained.

— Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024

Definition of foreordained

Verb

Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
As a result, the Swift observatory is doomed to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere later this year.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of doomed

Verb

So what if the credulous smallfolk now believe that the Usurper’s rule is ordained by the Gods?

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
The program was slowly implemented, and the first native African ministers ordained in Kenya, Ishmael Semler and William Jones, were ordained in 1885.

— Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordained

Adjective

Choose one repeatable step, book it into your calendar, and let consistency make the plan more possible.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Lawmakers in Canada, in an effort to be diplomatic, had rescinded that Online Streaming Act to get more favorable terms on a possible cross-border trade and tariffs deal.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of possible

Adjective

That description equally well applies to our probable timeline on this planet, the way things are progressing.

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
The more probable future is a heterogeneous computing environment where classical high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum processors collaborate.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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