| Main Entry: | irrevocable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, unchangeable |
Synonyms: |
certain, changeless, constant, doomed, established, fated, final, immutable, indelible, inevitable, invariable, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, lost, permanent, predestined, predetermined, settled, unalterable, unrepealable, unreversible |
Antonyms: |
alterable, changeable, reversible, revocable |
| Main Entry: | binding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
Synonyms: |
bounden, compulsory, conclusive, counted upon, essential, imperative, incumbent on, indissoluble, irrevocable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, unalterable |
| Main Entry: | conclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, final |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all out, clear, clinching, cogent, compelling, convincing, deciding, decisive, demonstrative, determinant, determinative, flat out, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefrangible, irrefutable, irrevocable, litmus test, precise, resolving, revealing, settling, straight out, telling, ultimate, unambiguous, unanswerable, unarguable, unconditional, undeniable, unmistakable, unquestionable, what you see is what you get |
Antonyms: |
inconclusive, indefinite |
| Main Entry: | final |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conclusive, definitive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, decided, decisive, definite, determinate, determinative, finished, incontrovertible, irrefutable, irrevocable, settled, unanswerable, unappealable |
| Notes: | final means occurring at or forming an end or not to be altered or undone, while a finale is the concluding part of any performance |
Antonyms: |
continuing, inconclusive, interim, introductory, persistent, temporary |
| Main Entry: | hopeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | futile, pessimistic |
Synonyms: |
bad, beyond recall, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, in despair, incurable, irredeemable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, menacing, no-win, past hope, pointless, sad, shot down, sinister, sunk, threatening, tragic, unachievable, unavailing, unfortunate, unmitigable, up the creek, useless, vain, woebegone, worsening |
Antonyms: |
auspicious, bright, encouraging, expectant, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rosy |
| Main Entry: | inevitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain; cannot be avoided |
Synonyms: |
all locked up, assured, binding, compulsory, decided, decreed, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, for certain, foreordained, imminent, impending, in the bag, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, no ifs ands or buts, obligatory, ordained, pat, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, unpreventable, without recourse |
Antonyms: |
avoidable, doubtful, escapable, fortuitous, preventable, uncertain, unlikely, unsure |
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | missing, off-track |
Synonyms: |
absent, adrift, astray, at sea, cast away, disappeared, disoriented, down the drain, fallen between cracks, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone astray, hidden, invisible, irrecoverable, irretrievable, irrevocable, kiss goodbye, lacking, minus, mislaid, misplaced, missed, nowhere to be found, obscured, off-course, out the window, strayed, unredeemed, vanished, wandering, wayward, without |
Antonyms: |
accomplishing, found, successful, winning |
| Main Entry: | sure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inevitable |
Synonyms: |
assured, bound, certain, guaranteed, indisputable, ineluctable, inerrant, inescapable, infallible, irrevocable, surefire, unavoidable, unerring, unfailing |
Antonyms: |
doubted, doubtful, dubious, unsure |
| Main Entry: | hard-and-fast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strict |
Synonyms: |
absolute, binding, carved in stone, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, dictated, exacting, final, inflexible, irrevocable, mandatory, set, set in concrete, unalterable, unbending, written |
| Main Entry: | irremediable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
Synonyms: |
bad, beyond recall, cureless, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, in despair, incurable, irredeemable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, menacing, no-win, past hope, pointless, sad, shot down, sinister, sunk, threatening, tragic, unachievable, unavailing, unfortunate, unmitigable, up the creek, useless, vain, woebegone, worsening |