unavoidable
Bound to happen
Unavoidable describes something that cannot be prevented or escaped.
An unavoidable delay happens regardless of effort to stop it.
Unavoidable consequences follow necessarily from actions.
The word often appears in contexts of resignation or excuse: The collision was unavoidable.
What's unavoidable must simply be faced or accepted.
Impossible to avoid
- certainFree from doubt
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
- definiteClearly established, not vague
sure · unpreventable · irrefutable · conclusive · absolute · undeniable · incontrovertible · unquestionable
Predetermined course of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
inevitability · fortune · foreordained · decree · prophecy · omen · kismet · lot
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- requiredNeeded by rule
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
requisite · imperative · enforced · binding · prescribed · nonnegotiable · ineluctable · indispensable
Continuing despite difficulty
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
implacable · unremitting · constant · continuous · perpetual · unceasing · dogged · inexorable
inescapable
Impossible to avoid
- certainFree from doubt
- guaranteedPromised with certainty
- assuredCertain or self-possessed
definite · sure · unpreventable · irrefutable · conclusive · absolute · undeniable · incontrovertible · unquestionable · indubitable
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- providenceDivine protective care
predestination · inevitability · fortune · foreordained · decree · prophecy · omen · kismet · lot · preordained
mandatory
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- requiredNeeded by rule
necessary · requisite · imperative · enforced · binding · prescribed · nonnegotiable · ineluctable · indispensable · essential
persistent
Continuing despite difficulty
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
unyielding · implacable · unremitting · constant · continuous · perpetual · unceasing · dogged · inexorable · tenacious
death
Cessation of life
loss · grief · conflict · suffering · decay · decline · endings · goodbyes · mistakes · consequences
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- chancechance, luck, lottery, dice, randomness
- justificationsjustification, rationale, reason, excuse, explanation
- mandatory thingsmandatory, required, obligatory, compulsory, necessary
unavoidableavoidable
Capable of being prevented
preventable · avertable · escapable · evitable · avertible
unavoidableoptional
Not mandatory
voluntary · elective · discretionary · unnecessary · nonessential
- unavoidable accidentHarm no precaution prevents