inevitable

[in-ev-i-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛv ɪ tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

certain; cannot be avoided

Synonyms

STRONGEST

imminent impending inescapable inexorable irresistible necessary unavoidable undeniable

STRONG

binding doomed pat

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

avoidable distant escapable later

WEAK

doubtful fortuitous preventable uncertain unlikely unsure

Example Sentences

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Pirro’s decision always seemed like it was inevitable given Tillis’ stance, said Tobin Marcus, head of policy and politics at Wolfe Research.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Morbid though it is to contemplate, those kinds of numbers probably make more congressional deaths in the near future inevitable.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Many articles, papers and books have been written about this, but “Beef” boils it down to the system’s inevitable perversion of simple affection.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Flu pandemics are inevitable, even if the timing of the next global outbreak is uncertain.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

From one point of view, the knowledge we end up with seems to be culturally relative, contingent, peculiar; from another it seems to be commonsensical, predictable, inevitable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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