inevitable synonyms

inevitable

modif.

fated, certain, sure, unavoidable, impending, imminent, inescapable, necessary, ineluctable, unpreventable, irresistible, prescribed, destined, assured, ineludible, compulsory, obligatory, binding, irrevocable, inexorable, without fail, undeniable, fateful, doomed, determined, predetermined, decreed, fixed, ordained, foreordained, decided, unalterable, sure as shooting*, sure as blazes*, as sure as your name is …*, in the cards*, come rain or shine*; see also certain 3, destined 1.

Antonyms doubtful*, contingent*, avoidable.

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