DESTINY
Dictionary entry overview: What does Destiny mean?
• DESTINY (noun)
The noun DESTINY has 3 senses:
1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2. the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)
3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Familiarity information: DESTINY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DESTINY (noun)
Meaning:
An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
destiny; fate
Hypernyms ("destiny" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "destiny"):
inevitable (an unavoidable event)
karma ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation)
kismat; kismet ((Islam) the will of Allah)
predestination (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)
day of reckoning; doom; doomsday; end of the world (an unpleasant or disastrous destiny)
Meaning:
The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Destiny; Fate
Context example:
we are helpless in the face of Destiny
Hypernyms ("Destiny" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Holonyms ("Destiny" is a part of...):
occult; supernatural (supernatural forces and events and beings collectively)
Meaning:
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
circumstances; luck; lot; fate; destiny; fortune; portion
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("destiny" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "destiny"):
good fortune; good luck; luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
providence (a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures)
bad luck; ill luck; misfortune; tough luck (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)
failure (lack of success)
