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FATAL Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word fatal. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word fatal. (close relations)
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deadly
adjectiveadj
adverb

• as if dead

• (used as intensives) excessively

adjective satellite

• causing or capable of causing death

• of an instrument of certain death

• extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

• involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

• exceedingly harmful

• (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

destructive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing destruction or much damage

mortal
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• subject to death

noun

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

adjective satellite

• involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

• unrelenting and deadly

• causing or capable of causing death

baleful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deadly or sinister

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

dangerous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

adjective satellite

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

fatalistic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to fatalism

harmful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing or capable of causing harm

hurtful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing hurt

• harmful to living things

injurious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• harmful to living things

lethal
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of an instrument of certain death

pernicious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exceedingly harmful

• working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

fateful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having momentous consequences; of decisive importance

• ominously prophetic

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined

calamitous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

black
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

noun

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

adjective satellite

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

verb

• make or become black

disastrous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

inevitable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of being avoided or prevented

noun

• an unavoidable event

adjective satellite

• invariably occurring or appearing

necessary
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• absolutely essential

noun

• anything indispensable

adjective satellite

• unavoidably determined by prior circumstances

terminal
nounn
adjective

• of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route

• relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time

• being or situated at an end

noun

• station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

• either extremity of something that has length

• electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

adjective satellite

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• causing or ending in or approaching death

Best Hypernyms For FATAL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for fatal, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (5)
deadly destructive lethal life-threatening mortal

Alternatives for DEADLY

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