DESTINED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in fated

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verb

past tense of destine

as in doomed

to determine the fate of in advance his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball

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His younger brother Princewill Umanmielen currently leads college football in sacks at LSU, with eight and seems destined to join Princely in the NFL one day. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 Some survive because treatment works, not because the cancer was detected earlier; others survive because they were overdiagnosed (diagnosed with a cancer not destined to cause symptoms or death). — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 Now it’s destined to become the nation’s biggest natural gas power plant built to supply electricity to multiple large data centers as well as power to thousands of homes. — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 If not, they are destined to bow out much earlier than anyone wants. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Despite his parents’ showbiz failures, Stallone was convinced that he was destined for success as an actor. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Many of his supporters believed Charlie was destined for the Oval Office one day. — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Ella’s father himself was due to leave in the next day or two, destined—even he—for the front. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026 These are not pieces destined to live in the back of the closet after the collaboration buzz fades. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2026

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Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
In retrospect, Sumner seemed predestined to become a famous abolitionist lawyer.

— Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Definition of predestined

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In some cases, House Democrats are campaigning on the bill that’s doomed in its current form, presenting a further contrast to the vast majority of Senate Democrats who want nothing to do with it.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, don’t assume that everyone currently at HBO Max is safe and everyone at Paramount is doomed.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of doomed

Adjective

The South's joint chiefs said Saturday the military stepped up surveillance and vigilance for possible further launches from the North and was closely sharing information with the United States and Japan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
As Yemen returns to a level of fighting intensity not seen since the 2022 truce, the civil war has entered a decisive phase, with several possible avenues forward.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of possible

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It will also be broadcast by Catholic media giant EWTN and livestreamed on the YouTube channel of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, the diocese where Sheen was ordained.

— Aleja Hertzler-McCain, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
The Episcopal Church has allowed women to be in ministry since 1974, and Ashby was ordained by Lamb.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordained

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The path to closing the merger was often a rocky one and at times seemed likely to derail.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Other Grail investigators modeled the likely impact of their multicancer test, estimating a 25% reduction in the death rate for all cancers combined.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of likely

Adjective

Meanwhile, linebacker Ezekiel Marcelin has been upgraded to probable after initially being listed as questionable.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Her students turn Percy Shelley into a misogynist and probable rapist, then attack the idea that anything written by such a man might remain worth reading.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of probable

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