Meaning & use
inevitable
Certain to happen and unable to be avoided.
See it in a sentence
With every road flooded, a delay was inevitable.
Some wear is inevitable when a tool is used every day.
A note on using this word
Inevitable is stronger than likely: it presents an outcome as certain.
Words with a similar meaning
unavoidableinescapable
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Words with an opposite meaning
avoidable
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