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destination
Synonyms:
purpose, intention, design, consignment, object, end, fate, doom, arrival, application, use, scope, appointment, point, location, goal, aimAntonyms:
operation, tendency, exercise, action, movement, design, initiation, project, effort
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finish, destination, goalnoun
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
«a crowd assembled at the finish»; «he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view»
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refinement, coating, last, polish, finale, culture, ending, end, cultivation, finish, close, finis, finishing, stopping point, address, goal, terminus, name and address, conclusion -
destination, terminusnoun
the ultimate goal for which something is done
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address, destination, name and addressnoun
written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
Synonyms:
savoir-faire, terminus, speech, goal, computer address, finish, address, name and address, reference
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destinationnoun
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destinationnoun
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destinationnoun
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goal, harbor, haven, landing-place, resting-place
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List of paraphrases for «destination»:
target, destinations, fate, destiny, destino, destined, consignee, targetname, dest, receiving, addressee, recipient, purpose, destinies
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Georgia Tech.That year Booker:
I knew back then that football was going to be an extraordinary ticket but not a destination.
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As people are a little travel-deprived, they’re looking to pet names as a way to remember some of the things they miss, and when we give our pets a name inspired by our favorite food or our favorite travel destination, it’s a way for us to kind of live that fantasy.
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Christophe Landais:
Mashhad is the destination for pilgrims. Actually Mashhad receives more pilgrims than Mecca in Saudi Arabia — about 25 million.
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Ben Sweetland:
Success is a journey, not a destination.
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Ben Gaye, III:
No amount of travel on the wrong road will bring you to the right destination.
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Pronunciation:
[ dˌɛstɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], [ dˌɛstɪnˈeɪʃən], [ d_ˌɛ_s_t_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
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adj.
• objective (adjective)
- end of the line.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- future.
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- line,
- path,
- angle,
- course,
- track,
- direction,
- way,
- passage.
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- cattle auction.
• address (noun)
- address.
• arrival (noun)
- attainment,
- homecoming,
- approach,
- landfall,
- ingress,
- landing,
- achievement,
- coming,
- appearance,
- fulfillment,
- accomplishment,
- reception,
- debarkation,
- arrival,
- return,
- welcome,
- advent,
- entrance,
- touchdown.
• chance (noun)
- peradventure,
- in the cards,
- toss up,
- throw of the dice,
- hazard,
- turn of the cards,
- heads or tails,
- tossup,
- luck out,
- happenchance,
- lottery,
- way cookie crumbles,
- hap,
- even chance,
- way the cookie crumbles.
• cognition (noun)
- destination,
- terminus.
• depot (noun)
- halting places,
- stopping-places,
- halting place,
- haltingplace,
- stopping places,
- stoppingplace,
- halting-places,
- stoppingplaces,
- haltingplaces.
• destination (noun)
- name and address.
• doom (noun)
- lap of god,
- lap gods,
- lap the god,
- de crees,
- lap the gods,
- way ball bounces,
- lap of gods,
- de-cree,
- pre-determination,
- pre determination,
- handwriting wall,
- pre destinations,
- pre-determinations,
- pre destination,
- foreordinations,
- pre-destination,
- fore ordination,
- predeterminations,
- fixed futures,
- fore-ordinations,
- de-crees,
- lap of the god,
- way the ball bounce,
- pre-destinations,
- lap god,
- way ball bounce,
- pre determinations,
- de cree,
- fore ordinations.
• fate (noun)
- moirais,
- up shots,
- divine wills,
- handwriting the wall,
- up-shot,
- inescapablenesses,
- up-shots,
- up shot.
• finish line (noun)
- last stop,
- stopping place,
- journey’s end,
- finishing line.
• goal (noun)
- de-sign,
- in tents,
- de signs,
- ground zeroes,
- de sign,
- ground zeros,
- de-signs,
- in-tents,
- in tent.
• goal; place one wants to go (noun)
- harbor,
- resting-place,
- design,
- intention,
- ambition,
- landing-place,
- object,
- objective,
- haven,
- end.
• hap (noun)
- haza.
• limit (noun)
- limits,
- farthest point,
- cutoff point,
- the max,
- absolutes,
- maxes,
- the most,
- farthest reach,
- max,
- ultimates,
- end point,
- end points,
- bourne.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- predetermination,
- stopping-place,
- fixed future,
- lap of the gods,
- Intendment,
- mecca,
- whatfor,
- Fore-ordination,
- whyfor,
- garage,
- limit,
- terminal,
- depot,
- why and wherefore,
- inescapableness,
- whole idea,
- stop,
- hub,
- bourns,
- bourn,
- big idea,
- target,
- predestination,
- ground zero,
- horoscope,
- handwriting on wall,
- foreordination,
- purpose,
- bulls-eye,
- halting-place,
- divine will,
- intents,
- goal,
- doom,
- where one’s headed,
- way the ball bounces,
- ulterior motive,
- sentences,
- Foci,
- finish line,
- fate,
- chance,
- intendments,
- bull’s eye,
- kismet.
• purpose (noun)
- pro positions,
- whole ideas,
- where one’s headeds,
- pro spects,
- where headed,
- whatfors,
- de terminations,
- pro spect,
- re solves,
- pre meditations,
- de sires,
- pro-spects,
- where ones headeds,
- re solve,
- where one headeds,
- why wherefores,
- de-termination,
- de-sire,
- de sire,
- why and wherefores,
- pro position,
- re-solve,
- de-terminations,
- big ideas,
- where headeds,
- where ones headed,
- whyfors,
- pro-positions,
- why wherefore,
- de-sires,
- re-solves,
- ulterior motives,
- pre-meditations,
- de termination,
- pre meditation,
- where one headed,
- pre-meditation.
• pursuit (noun)
- profession,
- life work,
- lodestar,
- quest,
- aspiration,
- vocation,
- search,
- undertaking,
- pursuit,
- mission.
• target (noun)
- bull-eye,
- bullseye,
- bull eye,
- bull’seye,
- bulleye,
- bulls eye.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)
- aim.
• predestinate (verb)
- karmaing,
- pre ordained,
- divines will,
- divined will,
- horoscoping,
- pre-determining,
- providencing,
- pre-determines,
- Consequencing,
- fore-ordains,
- fore-ordaining,
- endinging,
- starsed,
- inescapablenessing,
- pre-ordained,
- handwritinging the wall,
- wheels fortune,
- kismeted,
- fore-ordain,
- handwritings the wall,
- handwritinged the wall,
- handwritinged wall,
- predestinationed,
- upshoted,
- pre determined,
- inescapablenessed,
- pre-ordains,
- destinied,
- kismeting,
- pre-determine,
- pre determining,
- pre-ordaining,
- terminationing,
- pre determine,
- pre-ordain,
- pre ordaining,
- terminationed,
- outcomed,
- nemesised,
- consequenced,
- upshoting,
- predestinationing,
- divining will,
- destinationing,
- wheeling of fortune,
- fore ordaining,
- karmaed,
- wheeling fortune,
- providenced,
- futured,
- handwritings on wall,
- handwritinged on the wall,
- handwritinged on wall,
- fore ordain,
- destinying,
- handwritinging wall,
- horoscoped,
- out coming,
- starses,
- handwritings wall,
- moiraiing,
- destinationed,
- moiraied,
- pre ordains,
- fore ordained,
- wheeled fortune,
- handwritinging on the wall,
- endinged,
- pre ordain,
- out-coming,
- wheeled of fortune,
- nemesises,
- fore ordains,
- handwritings on the wall,
- handwritinging on wall,
- wheels of fortune,
- nemesisses,
- futuring,
- nemesising,
- pre-determined,
- starsing,
- pre determines.
• predestine (verb)
- pre destining,
- pre-destined,
- pre destine,
- pre destined,
- pre-destines,
- pre destines,
- pre-destining,
- pre-destine.
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- labyrinth,
- haunt,
- TARDIS,
- anchorage,
- dumping ground,
- rendezvous,
- center of excellence,
- final destination,
- cradle,
- smoke-filled room,
- stronghold,
- midpoint,
- resting place,
- pickup point,
- mill,
- hangout,
- warren,
- disaster area,
- dodge city,
- hotbed,
- incubator,
- dust trap,
- site,
- testing ground,
- goldfish bowl,
- home ground,
- meeting place.
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- perch,
- station,
- shrine,
- pickup,
- aerie.
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- host,
- spot,
- seat,
- nest,
- flashpoint.
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- pitch.
• Other relevant words:
- locus,
- last part,
- finish,
- predestinate,
- finale,
- whereabouts,
- predestine,
- situation,
- position,
- location.
• predestinate
- Lotted,
- lucked,
- Lotting,
- circumstancing,
- Dooming,
- fortuned,
- fortuning,
- lucking,
- Circumstanced,
- outcoming,
- foreordain,
- Cupped,
- cupping.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- finis,
- culmination,
- weird,
- last words,
- term,
- tendency,
- inscription,
- airport,
- catastrophe,
- end in view,
- decease,
- effect,
- game,
- computer address,
- destiny,
- cup,
- quarry,
- landing strip,
- ending,
- peroration,
- eschatology,
- letterhead,
- completion,
- coda,
- home,
- Planets,
- doomsday,
- social skill,
- stoppage,
- inevitableness,
- refinement,
- fortune,
- expiration,
- last word,
- expiry,
- final cause,
- runway,
- terminal figure,
- cultivation,
- disposition,
- extermination,
- By-purpose,
- fatality,
- unlucky day,
- coating,
- portion,
- final twitch,
- culture,
- outcome,
- envoi,
- Bunder,
- refuge,
- close,
- extinction,
- last,
- Apodosis,
- final words,
- reason for being,
- delivery,
- port,
- crack of doom,
- omega,
- name,
- goalpost,
- coat,
- Dies Irae,
- quietus,
- spaceport,
- death,
- landing place,
- finishing,
- last breath,
- Quintain,
- mark,
- inevitability,
- stopping point,
- assignation,
- determination,
- election,
- speech,
- cessation,
- point,
- endpoint,
- fatalism,
- preordination,
- epilogue,
- denouement,
- terminal point,
- function,
- consummation,
- Cui bono,
- plan,
- Moira,
- teleology,
- constellation,
- final solution,
- zip code,
- Izzard,
- resolution,
- swan song,
- lot,
- windup,
- harbour,
- finality,
- conclusion,
- appointed lot,
- Wheel of fortune,
- astrology,
- focus,
- drift,
- spell,
- By-end,
- meaning,
- curtains,
- astral influences,
- Billhead,
- termination,
- payoff,
- butt,
- book of fate,
- designation,
- instruction,
- appointment,
- stars,
- prey,
- period,
- polish,
- zone,
- Ceasing,
- superscription,
- curtain,
- foredoom.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
destinations.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
directions.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Adjective
intended, Targeted.
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Proper noun, singular
destined, Addresses, DEST, destino.
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Noun, plural
Stations, Classifications, fortunes, allowances, terminals, endeavours.
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Noun, singular or mass
accommodation, aim, allocation, arrival, departure, designation, direction, duty, goal, hotspot, importer, intention, journey, objective, place, spot, vocation, end-use, end-result.
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Verb, past tense
conveyed, intended, posted, Went, Happened.
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Verb, past participle
bound, destined, directed, headed, intended, Aimed, Exported, Targeted, Consigned.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
goes, assignments, happens, becomes.
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target.
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target, DST.
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addressee, consignee, destiny, target, addressees, assignments, postings, targets.
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target, Destinies, assignments, targets.
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Noun, singular or mass
addressee, assignment, attraction, attractiveness, beneficiary, consignee, destiny, host, orientation, resort, station, target, venue, whereabouts.
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target, Targeted.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
target, targets.
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Homophones for Destination:
- deoxythymidine, distention.
Hypernym for Destination:
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location
finish line, finishing line.
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location
Hyponym for Destination:
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cognition
end, goal.
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location
end, terminal.
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cognition
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- destinates
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- harbor
- haven
- station
- stop
- target
- terminal
- aim
- ambition
- design
- end
- intention
- object
- objective
- purpose
- terminus
- journey’s end
- landing place
- resting place
On this page you’ll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to destination, such as: harbor, haven, station, stop, target, and terminal.
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WORDS RELATED TO DESTINATION
- accident
- advantage
- adventure
- bad luck
- break
- cast
- casualty
- coincidence
- contingency
- destination
- destiny
- doom
- even chance
- fluke
- fortuity
- fortune
- future
- gamble
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit
- in the cards
- kismet
- lot
- lottery
- luck out
- lucky break
- misfortune
- occurrence
- odds
- outcome
- peradventure
- peril
- providence
- risk
- stroke of luck
- throw of the dice
- toss-up
- turn of the cards
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
- annex
- armory
- base
- depository
- destination
- garage
- halting-place
- haven
- junction
- loft
- lot
- magazine
- office
- repository
- stopping place
- store
- storehouse
- storeroom
- terminal
- terminus
- waiting room
- warehouse
- yard
- Judgment Day
- Moira
- annihilation
- calamity
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- circumstance
- conclusion
- condemnation
- death
- decree
- destination
- destiny
- destruction
- disaster
- downfall
- end
- fixed future
- foreordination
- fortune
- handwriting on the wall
- judgment
- karma
- kismet
- lap of the gods
- lot
- opinion
- portion
- predestination
- predetermination
- ruin
- sentence
- tragedy
- verdict
- way the ball bounces
- way the cookie crumbles
- Moirai
- break
- chance
- circumstance
- consequence
- cup
- destination
- destiny
- divine will
- doom
- effect
- end
- ending
- fortune
- future
- handwriting on the wall
- horoscope
- inescapableness
- issue
- karma
- kismet
- lot
- luck
- nemesis
- outcome
- portion
- predestination
- providence
- stars
- termination
- upshot
- wheel of fortune
- destination
- finishing line
- goal
- journey’s end
- last stop
- resting place
- stopping place
- tape
- wire
- ambition
- design
- destination
- duty
- end
- ground zero
- intent
- intention
- limit
- mark
- mission
- object
- objective
- target
- use
- zero
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destinations
noun
Definition of destinations
plural of destination
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a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed
A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service.
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Nglish: Translation of destinations for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of destinations for Arabic Speakers
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