Synonyms for ineluctable
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imminent
adjective. at hand, on the way
- about to happen
- approaching
- brewing
- close
- coming
- expectant
- fast-approaching
- following
- forthcoming
- gathering
- handwriting-on-the-wall
- immediate
- impending
- in store
- in the air
- in the cards
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inevasible
- inevitable
- likely
- looming
- menacing
- near
- nearing
- next
- nigh
- on its way
- on the horizon
- on the verge
- overhanging
- possible
- probable
- see it coming
- threatening
- to come
- unavoidable
- unescapable
inescapable
adjective. unavoidable
inevitable
adjective. certain; cannot be avoided
- all locked up
- assured
- binding
- compulsory
- decided
- decreed
- destined
- determined
- doomed
- fated
- fateful
- fixed
- for certain
- foreordained
- imminent
- impending
- in the bag
- ineluctable
- ineludible
- inescapable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- irresistible
- irrevocable
- necessary
- no ifs ands or buts
- obligatory
- ordained
- pat
- prescribed
- settled
- sure
- unalterable
- unavoidable
- undeniable
- unpreventable
- without recourse
inexorable
adjective. cruel, pitiless
- adamant
- adamantine
- bound
- bound and determined
- compulsory
- dead set on
- dogged
- hard
- harsh
- hell bent on
- immobile
- immovable
- implacable
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inflexible
- ironclad
- like death and taxes
- locked in
- mean business
- merciless
- necessary
- no going back
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- remorseless
- resolute
- rigid
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- stubborn
- unappeasable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmovable
- unrelenting
- unyielding
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