eventual
Happening in time
Eventual describes something that will happen at some unspecified future time, after a process or delay: His eventual success came after years of failure.
The word implies inevitability—not if, but when.
An eventual outcome is the final result once everything plays out.
Eventually is the common adverb form: Eventually, she came around.
Certain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- certainFree from doubt
assured · destined · fated · predestined · foreordained · predetermined · imminent · bound
Made to wait longer
- deferredSet aside until later
- postponedMoved to a later date
- long-termLasting extended period
- futureTime still to come
pending · forthcoming · prospective · downstream · later · subsequent · following · ensuing
What follows a cause
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
upshot · end · finale · closure · settlement · verdict · determination · judgment
inevitable
Certain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
certain · assured · destined · fated · predestined · foreordained · predetermined · imminent · bound · sure
delayed
Made to wait longer
future · pending · forthcoming · prospective · downstream · later · subsequent · following · ensuing · succeeding
result
What follows a cause
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
resolution · upshot · end · finale · closure · settlement · verdict · determination · judgment · finding
consequence
Result of an action
repercussion · ramification · corollary · fallout · byproduct · knock-on · ripple · outcome · outgrowth · spinoff
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- false friendsactual, actually, embarrassed, fabric, gift
- chancechance, luck, lottery, dice, randomness
- low-prioritylow-priority, nonessential, noncritical, deferrable, secondary
eventualimmediate
Happening without delay
instant · instantaneous · prompt · proximate · imminent
eventually, eventuality, eventuate, eventualities, eventuated, eventuating