Synonyms for predestined
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Foreordained — fated, predetermined, or doomed; something whose outcome has been set beforehand
foreordained, fated, preordained, destined, doomed, certain, fateful, sure, weird, predestinate dated, fatidic dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Fated, predetermined, or doomed; something whose outcome has been set beforehand.
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.
- preordained My life seems to have followed a preordained path.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| predestined | rising | |
| destined | steady | |
| fated | rising | |
| preordained | rising | |
| foreordained | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sure1
- 5 letters
- weird1, fated2
- 6 letters
- doomed1
- 7 letters
- certain2, fateful2, fatidic
- 8 letters
- destined2
- 11 letters
- preordained3
- 12 letters
- foreordained, predestinate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fated2 = 2 syllables).