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

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

History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026

The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Responsible leadership means proactively preparing the enterprise workforce for this imminent organizational down-sizing and structural workplace transition rather than denying its clear historical inevitability. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

But Norway held out and then, with a sense of inevitability, Haaland intervened at the end. — Stuart James, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Naturally, Doctorow has some ideas about how to push back against the prevailing narrative of AI’s inevitability. — ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026