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.
  •probable (adjective)
  • earthly,
  • mortal,
  • presumed,
  • illusory,
  • apparent,
  • believable,
  • most likely.

• n.

  •
  • future.
  •good fortune (noun)
  • 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.
  •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.