kismet C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈkɪzmɛt/ UK /ˈkɪzmɛt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun destiny or fate Meeting her on that platform felt like pure kismet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · destiny or fate fatedestinyfortunelotprovidencepredestination ↔ Opposites chancechoicefree will Etymology AI details From Turkish kısmet ('lot, destiny'), from Arabic qisma ('portion, lot'), from qasama ('to divide, allot'). kısmet Turkish qisma Arabic View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # kismet **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɪzmɛt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɪzmɛt/ ## Meanings 1. destiny or fate ## Examples - Meeting her on that platform felt like pure kismet. ## Synonyms - fate - destiny - fortune - lot - providence - predestination ## Antonyms - chance - choice - free will ## Roots and Affixes - Root: kısmet - Root: qisma ## Etymology From Turkish kısmet ('lot, destiny'), from Arabic qisma ('portion, lot'), from qasama ('to divide, allot'). ## AI Etymology Kismet is from Turkish kısmet ('lot, destiny'), from Arabic qisma ('portion, lot'), from qasama ('to divide, allot'). In present-day use, it means destiny or fate. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown