Synonyms of the word

predestination

• n. (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God or by fate.
• n. (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes…
• n. Destiny or fate.

destiny

• n. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the…
• n. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as…

fate

• n. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• n. The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
• n. Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
• n. (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of…
• v. (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

foreordination

• n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

predetermination

• n. The act of determining beforehand.
• n. Something that has been decided in advance.

preordination

• n. The state or process of things being preordained.
• adj. Before ordination.