inevitable
adjective
[ ɪnˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l ]
• certain to happen; unavoidable.
• "war was inevitable"
Similar:
unavoidable,
inescapable,
bound to happen,
sure to happen,
inexorable,
unpreventable,
assured,
certain,
for sure,
sure,
fated,
predestined,
predetermined,
preordained,
ineluctable,
necessary,
compulsory,
required,
obligatory,
mandatory,
prescribed,
ineludible,
inevitable
noun
• a situation that is unavoidable.
• "by the morning he had accepted the inevitable"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + evitabilis ‘avoidable’ (from evitare ‘avoid’).
