inevitable

Certain to happen because nothing can stop it.

• Change is inevitable.
• With both drivers speeding, a crash seemed inevitable.
• Some delays are inevitable during construction.

How to use it: it is inevitable that… (It is inevitable that some people will disagree.)

Similar words: unavoidable, inescapable

Opposites: avoidable, preventable

Common phrases: an inevitable result, inevitable consequences, seem inevitable

Expected because it happens every time or is very typical.

• Then came the inevitable question about my age.
• He offered the inevitable excuse about traffic.
• We listened to the inevitable complaints about the food.

Similar words: predictable, expected, usual

Opposites: unexpected, unpredictable

Common phrases: the inevitable question, the inevitable complaints, the inevitable joke