Fateful

7 lettersadjectivemoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Having highly significant or decisive consequences, often carrying a sense of inevitability or destiny.

“That fateful meeting on the station platform changed the course of both their lives.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

fate·ful

Related Words

Synonyms

fatalforebodingportentousblackcalamitousdisastrous

Antonyms

inconsequentialtrivialinsignificant

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains FAT and ends in -FUL with F appearing twice, testing F in positions 1 and 7 together is useful

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Scrabble

Worth 13 points, F appears twice adding 4 points each time and -FUL is a common scoring suffix

Words Related to Fateful

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hateful

Words you can make from Fateful

Shorter words formed from the letters in “fateful”.

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