inevitables
What must happen
Things that cannot be avoided or prevented.
The word typically appears with the definite article to name what must eventually happen: death and taxes are the inevitables.
In sports and politics, inevitables may refer to outcomes so likely they're treated as foregone conclusions: The pundits had already crowned the inevitables before the first votes were cast.
Cessation of life
- agingGrowing older over time
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- declineDecrease or refuse
- demiseCessation of existence
mortality · end · finality · passing · expiration · transience · impermanence · entropy
Impossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- undeniableImpossible to contradict
unquestionable · absolute · definite · inexorable · predetermined · foregone · fixed · certain
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
lot · foreordination · prophecy · preordained · decreed · written · karma · ordained
Results following an event
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
aftereffects · results · effects · implications · sequelae · corollaries · upshots · knock-on effects
Compulsory government revenue collection
- IRSFederal tax collector
- revenueBusiness income total
- levyCompulsory government charge
- filingStoring documents systematically
audit · deduction · withholding · tariff · duty · assessment · liability · obligation
death
Cessation of life
demise · mortality · end · finality · passing · expiration · transience · impermanence · entropy · deterioration
unavoidable
Impossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
undeniable · unquestionable · absolute · definite · inexorable · predetermined · foregone · fixed · certain · immutable
fate
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
doom · lot · foreordination · prophecy · preordained · decreed · written · karma · ordained · appointed
aftermath
Results following an event
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
fallout · aftereffects · results · effects · implications · sequelae · corollaries · upshots · knock-on effects · blowback
taxation
Compulsory government revenue collection
filing · audit · deduction · withholding · tariff · duty · assessment · liability · obligation · April 15th
inevitablesimpossibilities
Things that cannot exist
possibilities · uncertainties · improbabilities · contingencies · unlikelihoods