Synonyms for ineluctable
- adjective
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Adjective
inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable, inexorable, irresistible, necessary, certain, unpreventable, fatal dated rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
Example sentences
- inevitable The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
- unavoidable Unavoidable circumstances kept me from doing that.
- inescapable Tom ended up in an inescapable situation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ineluctable | rising | |
| inevitable | steady | |
| unavoidable | steady | |
| inescapable | steady | |
| inexorable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- fatal2
- 7 letters
- certain2
- 9 letters
- necessary4
- 10 letters
- inevitable5, inexorable5
- 11 letters
- unavoidable5, inescapable5
- 12 letters
- irresistible5
- 13 letters
- unpreventable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fatal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inéluctable
- Italiano
- ineluttabile
- Deutsch
- unweigerlich