Noun

• S: (n) destiny, fate (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) inevitable (an unavoidable event) "don't argue with the inevitable"
• S: (n) karma ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation)
• S: (n) kismet, kismat ((Islam) the will of Allah)
• S: (n) predestination (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)
• S: (n) doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world (an unpleasant or disastrous destiny) "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) fate [Related to: fate] (decree or designate beforehand) "She was destined to become a great pianist"
• S: (n) destiny, fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)) "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
• S: (n) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion (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"

Verb

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