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| Main Entry: | inevitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain; cannot be avoided |
| Synonyms: | assured, binding, compulsory, decided, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, imminent, impending, in the bag*, ineluctable, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, obligatory, ordained, pat*, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, all locked up, decreed, for certain, foreordained, ineludible, no ifs ands or buts, unpreventable, without recourse |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, doubtful, fortuitous, uncertain, unlikely, unsure, escapable, preventable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, ending, ensuing, final, hindmost, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, secondary, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious, closing, down the pike, down the road, endmost, in the cards, resulting, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | fated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by fate |
| Synonyms: | destined, doomed, imminent, impending, inescapable, inevitable, predetermined, unavoidable, decided by fate, foreordained, in the stars, predestined, prejudged, preordained |
| Main Entry: | forthcoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expected, imminent |
| Synonyms: | accessible, anticipated, approaching, at hand, available, coming, destined, fated, future, impending, inescapable, inevitable, nearing, obtainable, on tap*, oncoming, open, pending, prospective, ready, upcoming, awaited, in evidence, in preparation, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, predestined, resulting |
| Antonyms: | bygone, distant, gone, past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | future |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to come; expected |
| Synonyms: | approaching, booked, coming, destined, eventual, fated, final, forthcoming, imminent, impending, inevitable, later, likely, near, next, planned, prospective, subsequent, ulterior, ultimate, unborn, up, budgeted, close at hand, coming up, down the line, down the pike, down the road, from here in, from here on, from here to eternity, from now on in, in the cards, in the course of time, in the offing, just around the corner, looked toward, scheduled, to be, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | implicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | included without question, inherent, absolute |
| Synonyms: | accurate, certain, complete, constant, constructive, definite, entire, firm, fixed, full, implied, inarticulate, inevitable, inferential, latent, practical, steadfast, tacit, total, understood, unexpressed, unqualified, unreserved, unsaid, unshakable, unspoken, virtual, wholehearted, contained, implicative, inferred, taken for granted, undeclared, unhesitating, unquestioned, unuttered |
| Antonyms: | explicit, specific |
| Main Entry: | irresistible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compelling; inescapable |
| Synonyms: | alluring, charming, enchanting, fascinating, glamorous, imperative, indomitable, ineluctable, inevitable, inexorable, invincible, lovable, overpowering, overwhelming, potent, powerful, ravishing, scrumptious, seductive, stunning, tempting, unavoidable, unconquerable, urgent, beckoning |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, escapable, resistible |
| Main Entry: | irrevocable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, unchangeable |
| Synonyms: | certain, changeless, constant, doomed, established, fated, final, immutable, indelible, inevitable, invariable, lost, permanent, predetermined, settled, unalterable, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, predestined, unrepealable, unreversible |
| Antonyms: | changeable, alterable, reversible, revocable |
| Main Entry: | spontaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, willing |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib*, automatic, casual, down, extemporaneous, extempore, free, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, inevitable, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, natural, offhand, simple, unavoidable, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintentional, unplanned, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, voluntary, break loose, free spirited, from the hip, off top of head, off-the-cuff, unartful, unbidden, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrived, unforced, unpremediated, unprompted |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, intended, planned, premeditated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unavoidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound to happen |
| Synonyms: | certain, compulsory, fated, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, necessary, obligatory, set, sure, ineludible, inevasible, locked up, open and shut, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, escapable |
| Main Entry: | unchangeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | constant, steadfast |
| Synonyms: | changeless, continuing, firm, fixed, immovable, immutable, inevitable, inflexible, invariable, permanent, resolute, stable, strong, unalterable, inalterable, irreversible, unmodifiable, unmovable |
| Antonyms: | changeable, changing, inconstant, intermittent, temporary |
| Main Entry: | foregone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | predestined |
| Synonyms: | certain, destined, inescapable, inevitable, predictable |
| Main Entry: | ineluctable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain |
| Synonyms: | inescapable, inevitable, unavoidable |
| Main Entry: | destined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound for, fated in near future |
| Synonyms: | at hand, certain, closed, coming, compulsory, directed, doomed, forthcoming, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, menacing, near, ordained, predetermined, que sera sera*, sealed, settled, stated, threatening, unavoidable, brewing, compelled, condemned, designed, foreordained, hanging over, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, meant, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, that is to be, that will be, to come, way the ball bounces |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, unscheduled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fatal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadly, lethal |
| Synonyms: | baleful, baneful, calamitous, deathly, destructive, disastrous, fateful, final, ill-fated, incurable, inevitable, killing, malignant, mortal, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, terminal, virulent, cataclysmic, catastrophic, ill-starred, malefic, mortiferous, pestilential |
| Antonyms: | healthful, nourishing, vital, wholesome, life-giving |
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on absolute truth |
| Synonyms: | a priori, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, axiomatic, canonical, categorical, deducible, derivable, doctrinaire, eternal, formal, imperative, inevitable, oracular, orthodox, peremptory, positive, pragmatic, prophetic, systematic, theoretical, unchangeable, unerring, unqualified, as a matter of course, by fiat, by natural law, by nature, deductive, doctrinal, excathedra, on faith, reasoned |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indecisive, uncertain, vacillating, fluctuating, not positive |
| Main Entry: | fatal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical, very important |
| Synonyms: | crucial, decisive, destined, determining, doomed, fateful, final, inevitable, unlucky, foreordained, predestined |
| Antonyms: | trivial, unimportant, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | automatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring as natural consequence |
| Synonyms: | assured, certain, inescapable, inevitable, necessary, routine, unavoidable |
| Antonyms: | stilted, unnatural |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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