Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fate

3 senses of fate

Sense 1
destiny, fate -- (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)

Sense 2
destiny, fate -- (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny")
       => causal agent, cause, causal agency -- (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

Sense 3
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion")
       => condition -- (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fate

1 sense of fate

Sense 1
destine, fate, doom, designate -- (decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist")
       => ordain -- (issue an order)