fate

Nouns

• (n) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future destiny,
• (n) the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
  • we are helpless in the face of destiny
  destiny,
• (n) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • whatever my fortune may be
  • deserved a better fate
  • has a happy lot
  • the luck of the Irish
  • a victim of circumstances
  • success that was her portion
  circumstances, luck, destiny, fortune, lot, portion,

Verbs

• (v) decree or designate beforehand
  • She was destined to become a great pianist
  destine, doom, designate,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity