Synonyms for irresistible
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inevitable
inevitable, inescapable, ineluctable, inexorable, invincible, relentless, unpreventable, unavoidable
2. Overpowering
Other
bewitching, attractive, strong, imperative, fortuitous, cogent, forcible, irrefragable, unresistable
Definitions
- adj. 1
Impossible to resist.
- adj. 2
Compellingly attractive.
Related words
- Word family
- irresistibility irresistibleness irresistibly
Example sentences
- inevitable The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
- inescapable Tom ended up in an inescapable situation.
- overwhelming The bill was approved by an overwhelming majority.
- overpowering There was an overpowering smell of dirty laundry.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irresistible | rising | |
| inevitable | steady | |
| inescapable | steady | |
| inexorable | steady | |
| ineluctable | rising | |
| overwhelming | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- strong1, cogent2
- 8 letters
- forcible3
- 10 letters
- attractive3, inevitable5, imperative4, relentless3, invincible4, fortuitous4, inexorable5, bewitching, resistless
- 11 letters
- unavoidable5, inescapable5, ineluctable
- 12 letters
- overwhelming4, overpowering4, irrefragable, unresistable
- 13 letters
- unpreventable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cogent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irrésistible
- Italiano
- irresistibile
- Español
- irresistible
- Deutsch
- unwiderstehlich