inevitable
Impossible to avoid or prevent.
Adjective 2 meanings
Impossible to avoid or prevent.
“We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable.”
Predictable or always happening.
“My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.”
Noun 1 meaning
Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.
Etymology
From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
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INEVITABLE at a glance
INEVITABLE has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + E 1 + V 4 + I 1 + T 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,156 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with inevitable
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
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