| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, stars, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
| Notes: | fate is an event or a course of events that will inevitably happen in the future or the supposed force or power that predetermines events while a fete is an elaborate, usually outdoor, party or festival |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
Synonyms: |
adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
Antonyms: |
calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
Synonyms: |
Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | coincidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental happening |
Synonyms: |
accident, chance, eventuality, fate, fluke, fortuity, happening, happy accident, incident, luck, stroke of luck |
Antonyms: |
design, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
Synonyms: |
allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, decide |
Synonyms: |
destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, finger*, fix, foreordain, make up mind, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle |
Antonyms: |
doubt, hesitate, waver |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time to come |
Synonyms: |
aftertime, afterward, by and by, destiny, eternity, expectation, fate, futurity, hereafter, infinity, life to come, millennium, morrow, offing, outlook, posterity, prospect, subsequent time, to be, tomorrow, world to come |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, destiny, fate, fifty-fifty, fortuity, fortune, hap, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up, unforeseen event |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; intend |
Synonyms: |
aim, anticipate, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, destine, direct, expect, fate, fit, make, match, plan, predestine, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, set out, suit, want, wish |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Main Entry: | predestination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destiny |
Synonyms: |
God's will, course of events, divine decree, fate, foreordination, fortune, inevitability, karma, kismet*, ordinance, portion, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written |