inevitable
Plural: inevitables
Noun
- an unavoidable event
- "don't argue with the inevitable"
- Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
Adjective
- incapable of being avoided or prevented
- "the inevitable result"
Adjective Satellite
- invariably occurring or appearing
- "the inevitable changes of the seasons"
Adj
- Impossible to avoid or prevent.
- Predictable or always happening.
Examples
- My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.
- We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
Synonyms
avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, irresistible, natural, necessary, predictable, unavoidable, unescapable, unforestallable, unpreventable
Antonyms
evitable, avoidable, escapable, impossible, incidental, preventable
Scrabble Score: 15
inevitable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinevitable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inevitable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary