English Explanatory Dictionary

inevitable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Impossible to avoid or prevent.
  2. Predictable or always happening.
noun
  1. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
name
  1. The fifty-sixth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/ [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩] [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩] en-us-inevitable.ogg /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/ [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]

Word forms

inevitable more inevitable most inevitable inevitables

Etymology

From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

evitable escapable avoidable preventable impossible incidental

Related words

unanticipable unanticipatable unforeseeable unforetellable unpredictable inevitably sure thing

Derived words

inevitabilism inevitability inevitable abortion inevitableness inevitably noninevitable
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