INEXORABILITY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

inexorability

noun

Definition of inexorability

as in likelihood

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Recent Examples of inexorability The events set in motion at the end of Season 2 do flip the boulder that starts to roll down the hill, and there is the sense of inexorability. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 June 2026 These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time. — Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability. — Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Visibility wasn’t exceptional, but neither was the likelihood of accidentally assaulting an oncoming driver’s eyes.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
That probability has now dropped to around 57%, while the likelihood of a 25-basis-point rate hike has risen to 43%.

— , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of likelihood

Noun

Slight, lightning quick and with mesmerizing ballhanding, Iverson attacked defenses on the perimeter and in the paint with equal parts of fearlessness and relentlessness, guile and gumption.

— Rob Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The same relentlessness that built Ackman’s reputation as a scourge of corporate excess—and, to critics, a bully spoiling for a fight—has increasingly spilled beyond balance sheets and boardrooms.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of relentlessness

Noun

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

Definition of inevitability

Noun

Officials say the probability that it will be extended is between 30% and 60%.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
While Chicago’s postseason probabilities are high, its chances of overtaking Milwaukee in the National League Central are low, meaning the Cubs are unlikely to receive a first-round bye.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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