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

A lot of things scare me about the inevitability of that transition. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Aug. 2026

The Sky spent the last week teetering on the edge, racking up a few last-gasp wins to hold off the looming inevitability of their own elimination. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Donalds’ spoken acceptance of the inevitability of massive data centers, and their support for his candidacy, is one of his biggest political liabilities. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Like November rain in Vancouver or heartbreak for the Canucks at the draft lottery, expansion is an inevitability for the NHL. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

But what once seemed like the realm of fiction is now discussed as a possibility, even an inevitability. — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

State lawmakers can show that the domination of hyperscale AI data centers over our communities is not an inevitability. — Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Recent advancements have extended runway, and Epoch's own analysis treats continued scaling through 2030 as plausible but not an inevitability. — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Given the near inevitability of natural, accidental, and weaponized biological incidents in the future, anxiety about growing risks is warranted, and it is magnified by the absence of a strategy to effectively manage those risks. — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026