Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, destiny |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, accident, break, breaks, chance, circumstance, decree, doom, foreordination, fortune, hand one is dealt, hazard, karma, kismet, plight, portion, predestination, run of luck, way cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
about to be, about to happen, at hand, brewing, close at hand, coming, destined, forthcoming, going to happen, hanging over one's head, imminent, impending, in embryo, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the wind, in the womb of futurity, in the womb of time, instant, looming in the distance, looming in the future, looming in the horizon, near, near at hand, on the cards, overhanging, pregnant, preparing, that is to be, that will be, to come, unborn
|
| Concept: | Destiny. |
| Category: | 2. COMPLEX CHANGE; Future events |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
destiny (necessity); future existence, post existence; hereafter; future state, next world, world to come, after life; futurity; everlasting life, everlasting death; life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave; prospect (expectation).
|
| Browse Concept Index » | |
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
