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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inevitable \In*ev"i*ta*ble\, adjective [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. in['e]vitable. See {In-} not, and {Evitable}.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. ''The inevitable hour.'' --Gray.
It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. --Burke.
2. Irresistible. ''Inevitable charms.'' --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inevitable
adjective
1: incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result" [ant: {evitable}]
2: invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons"
noun: an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "inevitable": absolute, apodictic, appointed, binding, bound, certain, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, compulsory, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, destined, determinate, devoted, dictated, doomed, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, imperative, in store, in the cards, indefeasible, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inexorable, inflexible, involuntary, irresistible, irrevocable, mandatory, marked, necessary, obligatory, ordained, perfectly sure, positive, predestined, predetermined, relentless, required, resistless, settled, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, sure-enough, true, unambiguous, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unequivocal, unevadable, univocal, unmistakable, unpreventable, unstoppable, unyielding, written
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