INELUCTABILITY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

ineluctability

noun

Definition of ineluctability

as in likelihood

the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade the continuing debate over the ineluctability of global warming

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Noun

The downward moves come as investors continue to monitor inflationary pressures and the likelihood of further interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve against a backdrop of surging government bond yields.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
The environmental impact report approved by the city identified six special-status species present on the site and found another seven species with a high likelihood of being found there, based on the ecosystem and habitat suitability.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of likelihood

Noun

Jay has always skillfully folded each turn into his larger mythology, going from drug dealer to rapper to label boss to executive with an air of inevitability, every choice subsumed into the glory of the hustle.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
As feminists fought patriarchy’s attempt to render women vulnerable socially and leave us dependent on men for money and more, the all-too-human inevitability of vulnerability and dependence got lost in the muck.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of inevitability

Noun

But a permanent commissioner provides the certainty and reliability FDA leadership needs to turn this shift into a true inflection point for the agency.

— Scott Gottlieb, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
Baturevych said the state will likely find funding to keep textbooks in print, but there’s less certainty about the rest of the industry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

Worse, some of the industry’s representatives have been trying to impress the public by quantifying the probability of catastrophe.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
The probability of Kessler syndrome becomes much higher if humans start deliberately blowing things up in space.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of probability

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