| Main Entry: | fated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by fate |
Synonyms: |
decided by fate, destined, doomed, foreordained, imminent, impending, in the stars, inescapable, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, prejudged, preordained, unavoidable |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
Synonyms: |
apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty-bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made, necessitated, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, under compulsion, under necessity, urged |
Antonyms: |
allowed, free, permitted, unbounded, unobliged, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
Synonyms: |
about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | decided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, definite |
Synonyms: |
absolute, assured, categorical, cinched, clear, clear-cut, clinched, destined, determined, distinct, emphatic, explicit, express, fated, for sure, in the bag, indisputable, nailed, on ice, positive, prearranged, predetermined, pronounced, resolved, runaway, settled, sure, unalterable, unambiguous, undeniable, undisputed, unequivocal, unmistakable, unquestionable |
| Notes: | decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive |
Antonyms: |
indefinite, uncertain, undecided |
| 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: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
Synonyms: |
bedeviled, bewitched, convicted, cursed, cut down, damned, dead duck, destroyed, done, done for, fated, fey, foreordained, ill-fated, ill-omened, in the cards, kiss of death, lost, luckless, menaced, overthrown, overwhelmed, predestined, que sera sera, reprobate, ruined, sentenced, star-crossed, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown down, undone, unfortunate, unredeemed, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
hopeful, lucky |
| Main Entry: | dying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | failing, expiring |
Synonyms: |
at death's door, at end of rope, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated, final, giving up the ghost, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, on last leg, one foot in grave, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering |
Antonyms: |
creating, developing, growing, living, reviving |
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
Synonyms: |
accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, awaited, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap, oncoming, open, pending, predestined, prospective, ready, resulting, upcoming |
Antonyms: |
bygone, distant, gone, past |
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
Synonyms: |
approaching, booked, budgeted, close at hand, coming, coming up, destined, down the line, down the pike, down the road, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, imminent, impending, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, inevitable, just around the corner, later, likely, looked toward, near, next, planned, prospective, scheduled, subsequent, to be, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, unfolding, up |
Antonyms: |
past |