predestined
Meant to happen
Predestined means determined in advance by fate or divine will.
Something predestined was always going to happen—the outcome was fixed before events unfolded: They seemed predestined to meet.
In theological contexts, predestined often refers to God's foreordaining of souls to salvation or damnation.
More loosely, it describes anything that feels inevitable: a predestined failure.
Determined by destiny
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
dharma · providence · decree · inescapable · inevitable · unavoidable · fixed · immutable
Deity's intended course
- electionOrganized public voting
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
- preordainDecide fate beforehand
decreed · ordained · providence · salvation · chosen · elect · grace · sovereignty
Predicted future events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- omenProphetic indicator
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
divination · seer · soothsayer · portent · harbinger · presage · sibyl · revelation
Strongly felt purpose
- vocationDedicated career path
- missionPurpose-driven task
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
fated
Determined by destiny
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- kismetPreordained future outcome
karma · dharma · providence · decree · inescapable · inevitable · unavoidable · fixed · immutable · unalterable
divine plan
Deity's intended course
- electionOrganized public voting
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
preordain · decreed · ordained · providence · salvation · chosen · elect · grace · sovereignty · determinism
foretold
Predicted future events
augury · divination · seer · soothsayer · portent · harbinger · presage · sibyl · revelation · foreseen
calling
Strongly felt purpose
- vocationDedicated career path
- missionPurpose-driven task
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
ill-fated
Destined to fail
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- foredoomedCondemned in advance
jinxed · damned · tragic · star-crossed · blighted · accursed · hapless · snakebit · marked · fey
predestinedrandom
Occurring without pattern
accidental · chance · coincidental · fortuitous · haphazard
predestinedself-determined
Decided by oneself
willed · voluntary · chosen · deliberate · elected
predestineduncertain
Not firmly known
undetermined · contingent · unfated · open-ended · indeterminate
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