Synonyms for foreordained
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Predestined
predestined, preordained, fated, destined, fateful, predestinate, doomed dated, weird dated, fatidic dated
Other
predecided, aforeset, predevote formal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having been ordained or arranged in advance; predetermined.
Example sentences
- destined I always knew that Tom was destined for greatness.
- fated Yanni lost his life in his ill-fated attempt to kill Skura.
- predestined Today is the day of my predestined meeting.
- preordained My life seems to have followed a preordained path.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| foreordained | rising | |
| destined | steady | |
| fated | rising | |
| predestined | rising | |
| preordained | rising | |
| predecided | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- weird1, fated2
- 6 letters
- doomed1
- 7 letters
- fateful2, fatidic
- 8 letters
- destined2, aforeset
- 9 letters
- predevote
- 10 letters
- predecided
- 11 letters
- predestined3, preordained3
- 12 letters
- predestinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fated2 = 2 syllables).