Term: inevitable

inevitable (adj) /ɪnˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/

Similar to: unavoidable; certain; fated; inexorable; sure to happen
Definition: certain to happen; completely unavoidable due to nature, logic, or a specific chain of events.
Translation: neizbēgams, neizbēgami
Examples: “With both sides refusing to compromise, a strike became inevitable.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

inevitable (adjective)

incapable of being avoided or evaded - an inevitable outcome

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

inevitable (adjective)

impossible to avoid or evade

SYNONYMS:

certain, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, necessary, sure, unavoidable, unescapable

RELATED WORDS:

decided, definite, settled; likely, possible, probable; destined, fated, foreordained, predestined, predetermined, preordained; inexorable, relentless, unremitting, unstoppable

in the bag, in the cards ( on the cards)

NEAR ANTONYMS:

preventable ( preventible); doubtful, dubious, questionable, shaky, unclear; undecided, unsettled; undependable, unreliable; improbable, unlikely

avoidable, evadable, uncertain, unsure

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