fatal
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
bringing death
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea
Related & opposite
- decisive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
the stock market crashed on Black Friday
Related & opposite
- tragedy derivation
- unfortunate similar to
Sense 4 adjective
controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
a fatal series of events
Related & opposite
- inevitable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonfatal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fatality |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | deadly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lethal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | terminal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | decisive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tragedy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfortunate |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inevitable |