Synonyms for In the cards:

• adj.

  •cut-and-dried (adjective)
  • written,
  • fixed,
  • definite,
  • set,
  • ordinary,
  • Familiar,
  • precise,
  • routine,
  • cut and dried,
  • plotted,
  • prearranged,
  • specific,
  • trite,
  • old hat.
  •destined (adjective)
  • designed,
  • near,
  • compulsory,
  • que sera sera,
  • compelled,
  • settled,
  • foreordained,
  • inescapable,
  • coming,
  • unavoidable,
  • certain,
  • directed,
  • closed,
  • threatening,
  • inexorable,
  • menacing,
  • inevitable,
  • stated,
  • predetermined,
  • sealed,
  • ineluctable,
  • at hand,
  • Meant,
  • Looming,
  • intended,
  • condemned,
  • predestined,
  • brewing.
  •doomed (adjective)
  • done for,
  • cut down,
  • convicted,
  • kiss of death,
  • undone,
  • ill-fated,
  • wrecked,
  • suppressed,
  • damned,
  • lost,
  • done,
  • bewitched,
  • sunk,
  • ruined,
  • cursed,
  • fey,
  • Sentenced,
  • threatened,
  • luckless,
  • unfortunate,
  • destroyed,
  • bedeviled,
  • overwhelmed,
  • reprobate,
  • overthrown.
  •forthcoming (adjective)
  • available,
  • on tap,
  • awaited,
  • accessible,
  • obtainable,
  • anticipated,
  • approaching,
  • pending,
  • Nearing,
  • upcoming,
  • ready,
  • open.
  •future (adjective)
  • looked toward,
  • to be,
  • close at hand,
  • down the line,
  • from here in,
  • in the offing,
  • in the course of time,
  • from now on in,
  • from here on,
  • from here to eternity.
  •imminent (adjective)
  • following,
  • immediate,
  • nigh,
  • gathering,
  • close,
  • expectant,
  • about to happen.
  •impending (adjective)
  • Portending,
  • ominous,
  • Hovering,
  • proximate.
  •likely (adjective)
  • fair,
  • attainable,
  • workable,
  • credible,
  • promising,
  • disposed,
  • practicable,
  • liable,
  • prone,
  • favorite,
  • ostensible,
  • true,
  • feasible,
  • predisposed,
  • tending,
  • presumable,
  • conceivable,
  • subject to,
  • achievable,
  • expected,
  • assuring,
  • seeming,
  • rational,
  • acceptable,
  • reasonable,
  • given to,
  • plausible,
  • thinkable,
  • inclined.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • eventual,
  • hanging over,
  • illomened,
  • terminal,
  • in the habit of,
  • impending,
  • predesigned,
  • in favor of,
  • in the wind,
  • in prospect,
  • over hanging,
  • ensuing,
  • verisimilar,
  • probable,
  • Inferable,
  • supposable,
  • on the verge of,
  • doomed,
  • oncoming,
  • Star-crossed,
  • Conjecturable,
  • unescapable,
  • down the road,
  • believeable,
  • in store,
  • in the air,
  • cut-and-dried,
  • in preparation,
  • way the ball bounces,
  • ill-omened,
  • dead duck,
  • up-and-coming,
  • instant,
  • that is to be,
  • in view,
  • odds-on,
  • forthcoming,
  • Inevasible,
  • in evidence,
  • waiting to,
  • likely,
  • down the pike,
  • fast-approaching,
  • that will be,
  • thrown down,
  • odds on,
  • imminent,
  • overhanging,
  • destined,
  • on the horizon,
  • Menaced,
  • to come,
  • unredeemed,
  • ordained,
  • on its way,
  • imaginable,
  • fated,
  • handwriting-on-the-wall,
  • on the verge,
  • looking to,
  • overall.
  •probable (adjective)
  • earthly,
  • mortal,
  • presumed,
  • illusory,
  • apparent,
  • believable,
  • most likely.

• n.

  •
  • future.
  •good fortune (noun)
  • luck.
  •luck (noun)
  • occasion,
  • karma,
  • health,
  • opportunity,
  • blessing,
  • smile,
  • success,
  • victory,
  • windfall,
  • stroke,
  • prosperity,
  • godsend,
  • wealth,
  • Fortunateness,
  • profit,
  • happiness,
  • triumph,
  • win.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • serendipity,
  • big break,
  • run of luck,
  • weal,
  • Luckiness,
  • chance,
  • prospect,
  • streak of luck.
  •prospect (noun)
  • contemplation,
  • irons in fire,
  • anticipation,
  • probability,
  • presumption,
  • expectation,
  • expectancy,
  • irons in the fire,
  • promise,
  • proposal,
  • likelihood,
  • calculation,
  • possibility,
  • thought,
  • opening.

• v.

  •believe strongly; anticipate (verb)
  • expect.
  •expect (verb)
  • await,
  • suppose,
  • forecast,
  • assume,
  • conjecture,
  • figure,
  • take,
  • reckon,
  • think,
  • see coming,
  • gather,
  • predict,
  • look forward to,
  • divine,
  • foresee,
  • contemplate,
  • presume,
  • suspect,
  • understand,
  • feel,
  • look ahead to,
  • calculate,
  • presuppose,
  • foreknow,
  • envisage,
  • bargain on,
  • bargain for,
  • watch for,
  • hope for,
  • wait for,
  • look,
  • trust,
  • sense,
  • surmise,
  • count on,
  • look for,
  • be afraid,
  • imagine,
  • hope,
  • apprehend.

• Other synonyms:

  •expect
  • is afraid,
  • Hoped,
  • looked for,
  • looks for,
  • Foreknown,
  • foreknows,
  • looking for,
  • Foreknew,
  • waited for,
  • watching for,
  • Predicting,
  • looking forward to,
  • watched for,
  • hoped for,
  • waiting for,
  • Foreknowing,
  • predicts.
  •Other relevant words:
  • determine,
  • augur,
  • see it coming,
  • anticipate,
  • foretell,
  • presage,
  • portend,
  • predetermine,
  • conclude,
  • prognosticate,
  • demonstrate,
  • telegraph,
  • adumbrate,
  • prophesy,
  • infer,
  • plan,
  • estimate,
  • reason,
  • call the turn.
  •perhaps
  • maybe.

Antonyms for In the cards:

• adj.

  • cut-and-dried
    vague.
  • destined
    avoidable, remote, distant, unscheduled, unsettled.
  • doomed
    intact, blessed, nice, restored, protected, saved, hopeful, successful, lucky.
  • eventual
    unlikely, beginning, past.
  • forthcoming
    bygone, gone.
  • future
    later.
  • imminent
    doubtful, future, far, never, Escapable.
  • likely
    implausible, inapt, impossible, unforeseeable, unreasonable.
  • probable
    unbelievable, improbable, inconceivable.

• n.

  • chance
    safeguard, assurance, aim, plan, certainty, safety, law, loss, surety, design, disadvantage, protection, reality, scheme.
  • luck
    forfeit, bad luck, poverty, sorrow, sadness, unhappiness, failure, bad fortune, misfortune.
  • prospect
    unlikelihood, hopelessness, impossibility.

• v.

  • expect
    know, disbelieve, disregard, misunderstand, neglect, overlook.
  • forecast
    start, begin, doubt.