English Explanatory Dictionary

ineluctable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

Pronunciation

/ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl/ en-us-ineluctable.ogg

Word forms

ineluctable more ineluctable most ineluctable

Etymology

From Middle French inéluctable, from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.

Synonyms

avoidless certain fatal foregone impreventable ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable irresistible natural necessary predictable unavoidable unforestallable unescapable unpreventable

Antonyms

eluctable

Derived words

ineluctably ineluctableness ineluctability
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