Meaning & use

inevitable

adjective·Advanced

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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