Synonyms for predestine
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
Related words
- Word family
- predestinarian predestination predestined predestiny
Forms
- Past participle
- predestined
e.g. predestined → preordained, foreordained, pre-determined, destined…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| predestine | rising | |
| preordain | rising | |
| foreordain | rising | |
| destine | steady | |
| predestinate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- destine
- 9 letters
- preordain3
- 10 letters
- foreordain
- 12 letters
- predestinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (preordain3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prédestiner