Synonyms for inexorable
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Relentless — impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable
relentless, implacable, unrelenting, ineluctable, remorseless, inevitable, grim, inescapable, pitiless, unstoppable, inflexible, merciless, unyielding, unalterable, irresistible, unavoidable, ruthless, cruel, unmerciful, obdurate, hard, obstinate
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
Related words
- Word family
- inexorability inexorableness inexorably
Example sentences
- relentless The snow was flaky at first, then heavy and relentless.
- unrelenting We're in the second week of an unrelenting heatwave.
- implacable The man acquiesced, but the woman remained implacable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inexorable | steady | |
| relentless | rising | |
| unrelenting | rising | |
| implacable | steady | |
| ineluctable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1, grim1
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, pitiless3, obdurate3
- 9 letters
- merciless3, obstinate3
- 10 letters
- inevitable5, relentless3, inflexible4, unyielding3, implacable4, unmerciful4, unexorable
- 11 letters
- unstoppable4, unavoidable5, inescapable5, unrelenting4, remorseless3, unalterable5, ineluctable
- 12 letters
- irresistible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inexorable
- Italiano
- inesorabile
- Español
- inexorable
- Deutsch
- unerbittlich