Synonyms of in the cards

in the cards

phrase

variants also on the cards

as in necessary

impossible to avoid or evade

They knew a career as a ballet dancer wasn't in the cards for their clumsy daughter.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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