DESTINED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in fated

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destined

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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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Recent Examples of destined

Verb

Before the pandemic, nearly 90% of the company’s products were destined for overseas markets. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Avoiding the entire iPad app ecosystem is another choice that might not age well; so is asking developers to jump on board with a device that’s clearly destined to eventually run into the iPad. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026 That night, the life of a young man destined to serve and protect our country was extinguished. — Tara Molina, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Related Stories Rice, however, was not destined to advise on matters of Uno and Matchbox cars. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 The company explicitly framed the ultra-high-tech monster as the roadmap for a rollout of seven new road-going models destined for global markets over the next four years. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 But no matter where your opinion falls on that particular spectrum, the film seems destined to flop upon its initial release before being reclaimed as a cult classic over the next quarter century. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 But this time, his concert is destined to draw an even larger crowd. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026 As the ball got past James Pantemis and seemed destined for the net, the stands erupted. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for destined

Adjective

His paintings and ceramics are layered and collage-like, driven by instinct rather than by a predestined end point.

— Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of predestined

Verb

And writer Faran Krentcil digs through her dating and designer past to find out whether a partner’s dislike of your fashion sense means the relationship is doomed from the start.

— InStyle, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026
Those feelings shift and change with age, trending from excitement to doomed from the age range of 10-13 to 19-24.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of doomed

Adjective

There was palpable excitement, especially after Barringer noted that national Democrats had put the seat on a list of ones to watch for a possible upset.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The embassy said in a statement Monday that partial curfews had been introduced in several French cities, with additional restrictions possible.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of possible

Verb

Annie is the latest in a line of women, some 300 in all, scattered across the United States and in at least nine other countries, who in the last two decades have defied the Catholic Church to be ordained as deacons, priests and bishops.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
He was ordained in 2018 after studies at the University of Dallas and Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ordained

Adjective

Sanders, the Vermont socialist and two-time presidential candidate, is likely to chair the Senate panel responsible for overseeing labor, education, and healthcare next year if Democrats reclaim the chamber.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, there will be heavy pressure on Eisenkot to reach a deal with the Arab parties, while Netanyahu and his allies are likely to cast any such alliance as illegitimate and even treasonous.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of likely

Adjective

When a conjunction is probable, SSA/STC service providers alert the operators involved, who then decide whether to undertake a collision-avoidance maneuver.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The former will undoubtedly be supplied by Jacob Misiorowski, the Brewers’ 24-year-old flame-throwing phenom and probable Cy Young Award winner.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of probable

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