People and roles

Synonyms for destiny

The synonym for destiny recorded in this bank is fate, in the sense "the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for destiny

fatenoun, in the sense "the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for destiny.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events

We are helpless in the face of destiny.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

fate

Same sentence, swapped: We are helpless in the face of fate.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot destiny is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

actor
worker
nature

Where destiny turns up in the game

destiny is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where destiny is the trap

opportunitynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is chance, in the sense "a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances", with destiny sitting one tile away.

Play destiny

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so destiny reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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The ring widens as it goes, from people and roles at Foothills outward to the whole bank.

datenounappointmenta meeting arranged in advanceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line daughternoungirla female human offspringFoothillsHas a reason line eavesdropverbsnoopto secretly listen to a conversation without the speakers' knowledgeFoothillsHas a reason line successnounwinnera person with a record of successesFoothillsHas a reason line successornounreplacementa person who follows next in orderTreelineHas a reason line supernaturalnounoccultsupernatural forces and events and beings collectivelyRidgelineHas a reason line typenouncasea person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)Foothills underfootadverbbeneathon the ground beneath one's feetFoothillsHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. destiny carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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