ineluctable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of INELUCTABLE

impossible to avoid or evade <the ineluctable approach of winter had many worried about the cost of heating their homes>

Synonyms certain, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, necessary, sure, unavoidable, unescapable

Near Antonyms preventable (also preventible); doubtful, dubious, questionable, shaky, unclear; undecided, unsettled; undependable, unreliable; improbable, unlikely

Antonyms avoidable, evadable, uncertain, unsure

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