fatal

/fˈeɪtəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. bringing death
2. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev
   “that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea”
3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin- Charles Darwin- Douglas MacArthur
   “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”
4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
   “a fatal series of events”

Synonyms for fatal

• deadly
• terminal
• fateful
• decisive
• black
• calamitous
• disastrous
• unfortunate
• inevitable

Antonyms of fatal

• nonfatal

Words that rhyme with fatal

• natal
• neonatal
• nonfatal
• postnatal
• prenatal
• beightol