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Definitions for: Inevitable [n] an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"
[adj] incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"
[adj] invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*ev"i*ta*ble, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F.
in['e]vitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable;
certain. ``The inevitable hour.'' --Gray.
It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted
in the nature of things. --Burke.
2. Irresistible. ``Inevitable charms.'' --Dryden.
Synonyms: fatal, fateful, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, predictable, unavoidable
Antonyms: avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable
See Also: destiny, fate
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