Need another word that means the same as “destiny”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “destiny” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Destiny” are: fate, circumstances, fortune, lot, luck, portion, future, doom, providence
Destiny as a Noun
Definitions of "Destiny" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “destiny” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you.
- The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.
- The hidden power believed to control future events; fate.
- The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman.
- An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
Synonyms of "Destiny" as a noun (9 Words)
| circumstances | Your overall circumstances or condition in life including everything that happens to you. A victim of circumstances. |
| doom | Death, destruction, or some other terrible fate. A day like that of the last doom. |
| fate | The course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control. Fate decided his course for him. |
| fortune | Luck, especially good luck. Whatever my fortune may be. |
| future | A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future. Work on the building will be shelved for the foreseeable future. |
| lot | A plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use. He will need a second lot of tills to handle the second currency. |
| luck | Chance considered as a force that causes good or bad things to happen. I don t like Friday it s bad luck. |
| portion | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. He could repeat large portions of Shakespeare. |
| providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources. It was considered a duty to encourage providence. |
Usage Examples of "Destiny" as a noun
- We are helpless in the face of destiny.
- He believed in destiny.
- She was unable to control her own destiny.
Associations of "Destiny" (30 Words)
| auspice | A favorable omen. |
| blessedness | A state of supreme happiness. |
| circumstances | Your overall circumstances or condition in life including everything that happens to you. A victim of circumstances. |
| destine | Design or destine. She was destined to become a great pianist. |
| destined | Governed by fate. A flight destined for New York. |
| doom | (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement. A day like that of the last doom. |
| fatalism | A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable. He experienced a sense of fatalism that kept his fear at bay. |
| fatalist | Of or relating to fatalism. A fatalist person. |
| fate | An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. Fate decided his course for him. |
| fateful | Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev. A fateful error. |
| felicitate | Express congratulations. The award winner was felicitated by the cultural association. |
| foreknowledge | Knowledge of an event before it occurs. There was the foreknowledge of every role she would dance. |
| foreordination | Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind. |
| fortunate | Supremely favored. A federal programme aimed at helping less fortunate families. |
| fortunately | By good fortune. Fortunately no shots were fired and no one was hurt. |
| fortune | The success or failure of a person or enterprise over a period of time. It was as if fortune guided his hand. |
| kismet | (Islam) the will of Allah. What chance did I stand against kismet. |
| luck | An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. They say luck is a lady. |
| lucky | Having or bringing good fortune. Lucky stars. |
| omen | Indicate as with a sign or an omen. The ghost s appearance was an ill omen. |
| ominous | Presaging ill fortune. A dead and ominous silence prevailed. |
| opportunist | Opportunistic. Most burglaries are committed by casual opportunists. |
| predestination | (in Christian theology) the doctrine that God has ordained all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin. |
| predestine | Decree or determine beforehand. Calvinists believed that every person was predestined by God to go to heaven or to hell. |
| prophecy | Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source. The gift of prophecy. |
| randomly | Without method or conscious decision; indiscriminately. The houses were randomly scattered. |
| superstition | An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. She touched her locket for luck a superstition she d had since childhood. |
| tallow | Smear something especially the bottom of a boat with tallow. I tallowed my boats with our candles. |
| want | Feel or have a desire for want strongly. We want to go to the beach. |
| wish | Prefer or wish to do something. It was his last wish. |
