Synonyms of inevitability

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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

inevitable

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adjective

i-ˈne-və-tə-bəl 

as in necessary

impossible to avoid or evade

getting wet is inevitable if you are going to try to give your dog a bath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• necessary
• possible
• unavoidable
• inescapable
• definite
• ineluctable
• unescapable
• probable
• destined
• sure
• likely
• certain
• in the cards
• in the bag
• relentless
• ineludible
• decided
• settled
• inexorable
• fated
• preordained
• unstoppable
• predetermined
• unremitting
• predestined
• foreordained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• avoidable
• unsure
• preventable
• doubtful
• unclear
• questionable
• dubious
• unlikely
• shaky
• evadable
• unreliable
• unsettled
• improbable
• undecided
• undependable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inevitability

Noun

The Arsenal manager was talking about the way his team responded to going a goal behind inside two minutes on Sunday, and the wave after wave of attacks that produced a sense of inevitability that the champions would turn this game around. — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

If anything, recent years have built to this moment with a sense of inevitability. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Pulled into the action is Liz Gold, an idealistic young woman whose courage and conviction force Leamas to navigate a world where loyalties fracture and betrayal is inevitable. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Pulled into the action is Liz Gold (O’Casey), an idealistic young woman whose courage and conviction force Leamas to navigate a world where loyalties fracture and betrayal is inevitable. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026