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fate - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | fate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predetermined course |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | destine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predetermine, ordain |
| Synonyms: | allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, preordain, purpose, reserve, doom to, mark out, predestine, preform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time to come |
| Synonyms: | afterward, destiny, eternity, expectation, fate, hereafter, infinity, millennium, outlook, posterity, prospect, aftertime, by and by, futurity, life to come, morrow, offing, subsequent time, to be, tomorrow, world to come |
| Antonyms: | past |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | happenstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | coincidence, fate, incident, luck |
| Main Entry: | Lady Luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good luck |
| Synonyms: | Chance, Fortune, Luck, fate, wheel of fortune, Dame Fortune, Fortuna, Lady Fortune |
| Main Entry: | stroke of luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of good luck |
| Synonyms: | blessing, fate, fluke, lucky break, good break, good fortune, lucky strike, one in a million, run of luck |
| Main Entry: | writing on the wall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ominous indication |
| Synonyms: | fate, hunch, omen, portent, fair warning, foretaste, sign of the times |
| Main Entry: | predetermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destine |
| Synonyms: | determine, doom, fate, foreordain, predispose, predestine |
| Main Entry: | death warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal order to execute someone |
| Synonyms: | apocalypse, bane, doom, end of the world, fate, quietus, coup de grace, cutoff, death knell, deathblow, end point, final blow |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke*, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn, fortuity |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coincidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, chance, eventuality, fate, fluke, happening, incident, luck, stroke of luck, fortuity, happy accident |
| Antonyms: | design, plan, scheme |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, break, destiny, fate, fortune, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, hap, unforeseen event |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, suit, want, wish, predestine, set out |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, decide |
| Synonyms: | destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, finger*, fix, foreordain, predetermine, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle, make up mind, predestine, preform |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitate, waver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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