English dictionary

fate

/f/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

noun.event

Synonyms destiny

Source: WordNet 3.0
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

noun.state

Examples
Deserved a better fate.

Synonyms circumstances destiny fortune lot luck portion

Source: WordNet 3.0
A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

noun

Source: webster1913