'Ineluctable' definitions:
Definition of 'ineluctable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable]
Definition of 'Ineluctable'
From: GCIDE
- Ineluctable \In`e*luc"ta*ble\, a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. in['e]luctable. See Eluctate.] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inescapable; inevitable. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
- The ineluctable conditions of matter. --Hamerton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ineluctable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- apodictic,
- bound,
- certain,
- clear,
- clear and distinct,
- clear as day,
- conclusive,
- decisive,
- definite,
- determinate,
- fated,
- fateful,
- indefeasible,
- ineludible,
- inescapable,
- inevasible,
- inevitable,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- irresistible,
- irrevocable,
- necessary,
- perfectly sure,
- positive,
- predestined,
- predetermined,
- relentless,
- resistless,
- sure,
- sure as death,
- sure as fate,
- sure-enough,
- true,
- unambiguous,
- unavoidable,
- uncontrollable,
- undeflectable,
- unequivocal,
- unevadable,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- unpreventable,
- unstoppable,
- unyielding