Synonyms for inevitable
ɪnˈɛv ɪ tə bəlin·evitable

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1. inevitableadjective

   Synonyms:
   inescapable, unavoidable

2. inevitableadjective

   impossible to avoid or prevent

   We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.

   Synonyms:
   unavoidable, inescapable

3. inevitableadjective

   predictable, or always happening

   My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.

   Synonyms:
   inescapable, unavoidable

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1. inevitable

   That is necessary which must exist, occur, or be true; which in the nature of things can not be otherwise. That which is essential belongs to the essence of a thing, so that the thing can not exist in its completeness without it; that which is indispensable may be only an adjunct, but it is one that can not be spared; vigorous health is essential to an arctic explorer; warm clothing is indispensable. That which is requisite (or required) is so in the judgment of the person requiring it, but may not be so absolutely; thus, the requisite is more a matter of personal feeling than the indispensable. Inevitable (Latin in, not, and evito, shun) is primarily the exact equivalent of the Saxon unavoidable; both words are applied to things which some at least would escape or prevent, while that which is necessary may meet with no objection; food is necessary, death is inevitable; a necessary conclusion satisfies a thinker; an inevitable conclusion silences opposition. An infallible proof is one that necessarily leads the mind to a sound conclusion. Needed and needful are more concrete than necessary, and respect an end to be attained; we speak of a necessary inference; necessary food is what one can not live without, while needful food is that without which he can not enjoy comfort, health, and strength.

   Synonyms:
   essential, indispensable, infallible, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable

   Antonyms:
   casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, optional, unnecessary, useless, worthless

   Preposition:
   Necessary to a sequence or a total; for or to a result or a person; unity is necessary to (to constitute) completeness; decision is necessary for command, or for a commander.

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1. inevitable

   Synonyms:
   unavoidable, infallible, certain, irresistible, fixed

   Antonyms:
   avoidable, uncertain, indeterminate

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1. inevitableadjective

   an unavoidable event

   "don't argue with the inevitable"

   Antonyms:
   avertable, evitable, avoidable, unpredictable, avertible

2. inevitableadjective

   incapable of being avoided or prevented

   "the inevitable result"

   Antonyms:
   avertable, avertible, evitable, avoidable, unpredictable

3. inevitableadjective

   invariably occurring or appearing

   "the inevitable changes of the seasons"

   Antonyms:
   avoidable, avertable, avertible, evitable, unpredictable

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1. inevitableadjective

   Synonyms:
   unavoidable, necessary, not to be escaped, that must be suffered

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1. List of paraphrases for "inevitable":

   unavoidable, inescapable, ineluctable, inevitably, imperative, inevitability, inexorable, indispensable, foregone

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1. Jacob Rees-Mogg:

   I'm sure Theresa May does not want to split the Conservative Party and therefore she will find that the inevitable consequence of the parliamentary arithmetic is that she will need to change it (the Brexit policy) to keep the party united.

2. Paul Ryan:

   I think what you're seeing is we're going through the inevitable growing pains of being an opposition party to becoming a governing party.

3. Vanderbilt University neurobiologist Kenneth Catania:

   What I like about these findings is they are inevitable and yet incredible, we know from basic physics that bringing two electrical poles together concentrates the electric field, and we know from basic muscle physiology that running a muscle too fast for too long causes exhaustion. But I would never have imagined an electric eel could produce the same results.

4. House Democrats:

   This information comes on the heels of reporting that OSC is also looking into Secretary Pompeo's stated commitment to rush out more of Hillary Clinton's emails by Election Day and as the Secretary has misused State Department resources on his speech tour of swing states, as we get closer to both this year's election and Secretary Pompeo own inevitable return to electoral politics, Secretary Pompeo has grown even more brazen in misusing the State Department and the taxpayer dollars that fund State Department as vehicles for the Administration's, and Secretary Pompeo own, political ambitions.

5. Michael McAdams:

   This is an inevitable situation that happens every cycle, it's something that we are used to dealing with and not a new phenomenon.