Synonyms of inevitability

inevitability

noun

as in likelihood

the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade

a hockey team that has refused to accept the inevitability of defeat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• likelihood
• inevitableness
• certainty
• probability
• ineluctability
• inexorability
• relentlessness
• inexorableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertainty
• improbability
• unlikelihood
• preventability
• doubtfulness
• unlikeliness
• dubiousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inevitability

The Mets were sellers from the cellar of the National League East at this year’s trade deadline, a once-inconceivable turn of events whose inevitability eroded its surprise. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

And that could happen even before the Fed takes formal action if banks preemptively raise their rates to account for that inevitability. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 July 2026

But whether nestled in lush forests or barren deserts, these towns bear the scars of time, showcasing human ingenuity while reminding us of the inevitability of decay. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

MediaNews Group via Getty Images Automakers have been touting electric vehicles (EVs) as the future of transportation for the past decade, treating the technology as an inevitability, not a bet. — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Argentina’s supporters, meanwhile, lorded their success over others as their team kept winning with a crushing inevitability. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

For weeks, there have been murmurs in DC about a coming White House move to address the inevitability of powerful, open-source Chinese AI models being used by people and businesses across the globe. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Even Flynn, a high school history teacher whose curriculum recounts the cyclical nature of wars and revolutions, needed to believe in that possibility of a reprieve, despite reiterating death’s inevitability in the classroom. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026

Norvell enters this season fighting perception that his dismissal is an inevitability. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026