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Synonyms for inevitable
adj certain; cannot be avoided- imminent
- impending
- inescapable
- inexorable
- irresistible
- necessary
- unavoidable
- undeniable
- binding
- doomed
- pat
- all locked up
- assured
- compulsory
- decided
- decreed
- destined
- determined
- fated
- fateful
- fixed
- for certain
- foreordained
- in the bag
- ineluctable
- ineludible
- inflexible
- irrevocable
- no ifs ands or buts
- obligatory
- ordained
- prescribed
- settled
- sure
- unalterable
- unpreventable
- without recourse
Antonyms for inevitable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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destined
adjective. bound for, fated in near future
- at hand
- brewing
- certain
- closed
- coming
- compelled
- compulsory
- condemned
- designed
- directed
- doomed
- foreordained
- forthcoming
- hanging over
- impending
- in prospect
- in store
- in the cards
- in the wind
- ineluctable
- inescapable
- inevitable
- inexorable
- instant
- intended
- looming
- meant
- menacing
- near
- ordained
- overhanging
- predesigned
- predestined
- predetermined
- que sera sera
- sealed
- settled
- stated
- that is to be
- that will be
- threatening
- to come
- unavoidable
- way the ball bounces
dogmatic
adjective. based on absolute truth
- a priori
- as a matter of course
- assertive
- authoritarian
- authoritative
- axiomatic
- by fiat
- by natural law
- by nature
- canonical
- categorical
- deducible
- deductive
- derivable
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- eternal
- excathedra
- formal
- imperative
- inevitable
- on faith
- oracular
- orthodox
- peremptory
- positive
- pragmatic
- prophetic
- reasoned
- systematic
- theoretical
- unchangeable
- unerring
- unqualified
eventual
adjective. future, concluding
fatal
adjective. critical, very important
fated
adjective. governed by fate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.