inevitable

Other forms of inevitable

plural

inevitables·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inevitable

What does inevitable mean?

inevitable means "incapable of being avoided or prevented". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inevitable?

inevitable has 5 syllables: in-ev-i-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ev". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl/.

What is the opposite of inevitable?

The recorded antonyms are evitable.

Is inevitable a common word?

inevitable is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.