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

3 senses of predestine

Sense 1
predestine -- (decree or determine beforehand)
       => ordain -- (issue an order)

Sense 2
predestine, predestinate, foreordain -- (foreordain by divine will or decree)
       => predetermine -- (determine beforehand)

Sense 3
predestine, foreordain, preordain -- (foreordain or determine beforehand)
       => predetermine -- (determine beforehand)

Antonyms of adj predestined

1 sense of predestined

Sense 1
foreordained, predestinate, predestined -- (established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world")

INDIRECT (VIA certain) -> uncertain -- (not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain")

Similarity of adj predestined

1 sense of predestined

Sense 1
foreordained, predestinate, predestined -- (established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world")
       => certain (vs. uncertain), sure -- (certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win")