| Main Entry: | predetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decided in advance |
Synonyms: |
agreed, arranged, calculated, cut and dried, deliberate, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fixed, foredestined, foreordained, forethought, planned, prearranged, precogitated, predestined, premeditated, preordained, preplanned, proposed, set, set up, settled |
Antonyms: |
unarranged, undetermined, unplanned, unsettled |
| Main Entry: | predetermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destine |
Synonyms: |
determine, doom, fate, foreordain, predestine, predispose |
| Main Entry: | predetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
advised, advisedly, aforethought, calculated, cunning, designed, intended, maturely considered, predesigned, premeditated, prepense, studied, well-devised, well-laid, well-weighed
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| 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: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intentional |
Synonyms: |
advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, considered, cut-and-dried, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged, predesigned, predeterminate, predetermined, premeditated, prepense, projected, provident, prudent, purposed, purposeful, purposive, reasoned, resolved, schemed, scrupulous, studied, studious, thought out, thoughtful, voluntary, wary, weighed, willful, with forethought, witting |
Antonyms: |
chance, indeterminate, unintentional, unmethodical, unsystematic, unwitting |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
Synonyms: |
at hand, brewing, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over, impending, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces |
Antonyms: |
avoidable, unscheduled |
| 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: | 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: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, guess |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, anticipate, augur, calculate, call the turn, conclude, conjecture, demonstrate, determine, divine, dope out, estimate, figure, figure out*, foresee, foretell, gather, gauge, in the cards, infer, plan, portend, predetermine, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, reason, see it coming, soothsay, surmise, telegraph |
| Main Entry: | foreordain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doom, fate |
Synonyms: |
destinate, destine, foredoom, foreshadow, foretell, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, reserve |