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Inevitable

Definition: Inevitable

Inevitable

Adjective

1. Incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result".

2. Invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes of the seasons".

Noun

1. An unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "inevitable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Antonym: evitable (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Inevitable

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Certainty

Inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless; ineluctable.

Necessity

Compulsory; (compel); uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable, irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable; avoidless, resistless.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Inevitable

English words defined with "inevitable": Act of God, Avoidlesscertaindeterminism, deterministicforegone conclusionInevasiblelost causemanifest destiny, matter of coursereconcile, resignShunless, submit, sureUnavoided, uncertain, Undispensable, Unevitable, Unscapable. (references)
Specialty definitions using "inevitable": Abudah, Accidentexit velocityJephthahlead, leaving velocity, Lentiloutlet velocityrusty ironSmall farm, substancesvelocity of exit. (references)
Etymologies containing "inevitable": Unscapable. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Inevitable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (inescapable, inevitable, unavoidable, unpreventable).

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Modern Usage: Inevitable

DomainUsage

Screenplays

So you see, the whole thing has been as inevitable as in a nursery rhyme (And Then There Were None; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Dudley Nichols)

There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari)

I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we're upset by the seasons of our economy (Being There; writing credit: Jerzy Kosinski)

' 'I think we should call it your grave!' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth - the critic (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

Clever

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. (references; author: unknown)

It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Inevitable (1918)

Inevitable Grace (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Inevitable

DomainTitle

Books

  • Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable (reference)

  • Geodestinies: The Inevitable Control of Earth Resources over Nations and Individuals (reference)

  • Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds (reference)

  • Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America (reference)

  • The American Leadership Tradition: The Inevitable Impact of a Leader's Faith on a Nation's Destiny (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Inevitable

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One or two generations ago, people accepted blindness caused by trachoma as inevitable. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A. Kochar..

Judge, I think a change in our position is inevitable / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress.

P.P.P., 21 years : victory is inevitable. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Inevitable
 

"Firefighters Hanging" by Mary Tamaki
Commentary: "Firefighter's equipment hanging, resting up for inevitable action. ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Inevitable

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Disraeli

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
In a progressive country change is constant; . . . change . . . Is inevitable.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Fame comes only when deserved and then it is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.

President John F. Kennedy

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Samuel Smiles

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

Walter Bagehot

It is an inevitable defect, that bureaucrats will care more for routine than for results.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Inevitable

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

On the other hand I repulse the idea that a new war is inevitable; still more that it is imminent. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Inevitable

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

As to his going, it was inevitable.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

From the phase of timidity he had passed, a natural and inevitable progress, to the phase of blindness

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Inevitable

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Yet, it is not an inevitable part of aging. (references)

The course of Pick's disease is an inevitable progressive deterioration. (references)

Chronic renal failure can result from endocarditis, but is not inevitable. (references)

Business

Furthermore, it indicates that reform is far from inevitable. (references)

This demand can only be met by the expansion of existing facilities, the establishment of new ones, and an inevitable increase in equipment acquisitions. (references)

LAN penetration in PC-owing organizations is still at a paltry 1.56. With multiple ownership of PCs in this user group, sharing of resources (such as printers) is inevitable, which in turn will drive the usage of networking products. (references)

Economic History

Czech Republic

The demise of Civic Forum was viewed by most as necessary and inevitable. (references)

Belgium

Backlogs in the Belgian court system seem to make delays almost inevitable. (references)

Korea

Although high interest rates were inevitable in the context of the financial crisis, they caused the real economy to contract and pushed many firms toward bankruptcy. (references)

Indigenous People

Peru

CONAP believes that mining and other development operations are inevitable and, therefore, wants native communities to share appropriately the benefits. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The general consensus is that sizable layoffs of personnel by the hotels and many businesses dependent on the tourist trade are almost inevitable. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Inevitable

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dan Rather

None of them feels the country will rise up against Saddam Hussein. All of them believe that war is inevitable and will be catastrophic.

Elizabeth Taylor

Very much so. I don't agree with his other politics. I don't want to go to war. And it just seems inevitable at the rate they're going.

Rush Limbaugh

Noble said it was inevitable that once national political parties were banned from receiving unregulated soft money, the cash would simply be funneled through special interests.

Tom Daschle

I don't think it's inevitable, frankly, and that's also a concern. I don't know that it has to be addressed in the resolution, per se. I think there has to be a good deal of priority and attention given to it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Inevitable

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825War became at length inevitable, and the result has shown that our Government is equal to that, the greatest of trials, under the most unfavorable circumstances.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837How long the personal causes which have heretofore retarded that ultimately inevitable measure will continue to operate I am unable to conjecture.

Martin van Buren

1837-1841In justly balancing the powers of the Federal and State authorities difficulties nearly insurmountable arose at the outset and subsequent collisions were deemed inevitable.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Communism holds that the world is so deeply divided into opposing classes that war is inevitable.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974But as we saw the consequences of what we had done, inevitable remorse and divisive recrimination would scar our spirit as a people.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Despite the inevitable pressures that build up when the world economy suffers from high unemployment, we must firmly resist the demands for self-defeating protectionism.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We are not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Inevitable

"Inevitable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.71% of the time. "Inevitable" is used about 2,768 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.71%2,7603,340
Noun (proper)0.25%7133,076
Noun (singular)0.04%1339,140
                    Total100.00%2,768N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Inevitable

Expressions using "inevitable": inevitable accident the inevitable. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inevitable

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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30

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11

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10

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9

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7

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3

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Inevitable

Language Translations for "inevitable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i pashmangshëm (certain, imminent, impending, indeclinable, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, shunless, unavoidable), i ditur (acquainted, cognizant, familiar, learned, savant, scholar, sciential, versed, well informed, well read, wise). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏محتوم (certain, determine, fated, inescapable, predestined, sure, unavoidable), ‏متعذر إجتنابه, ‏لا مفر منه (inescapable, unavoidable). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

фатален (fatal, fateful, irrevocable, lethal, portentous, vital, weird), неминуем (cocksure, inescapable, infallible), неизбежен (fatal, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, infallible, necessary, resistless, unavoidable, unpreventable). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

必然 (certain, necessity), 不可避免. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nezbytný (basic, essential, imperative, indispensable, necessary, needful, urgent, vital), nevyhnutelný (inescapable, unavoidable), neodvratný. (various references)

   

Danish

  

uundgåelig. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onvermýdelýk (absolute), onafwendbaar. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ناچار, ناگزیر (Hobson'schoice, Incumbent, Indispensable, Needful, Perforce), چاره ناپذیر (Indispensable, Inescapable, Irremediable, Unavoidable), غیرقابل امتناع , حتمی الوقوع , حتما (Certainly), اجتناب ناپذیر (Unavoidable), بدیهی (Evident, Immediacy, Natural, Obvious). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

välttämätön (essential, imperative, indispensable, necessary, unavoidable), väistämätön (unavoidable). (various references)

   

French

  

inévitable (inescapable), inéluctable (inescapable), nécessaire. (various references)

   

German

  

unvermeidlich (fatal, inescapable, inescapably, inevitably, unavoidable, unavoidably), unabwendbar (ineluctable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μοιραίοσ (fatal, fateful), αναπόφευκτοσ (ineluctable, inescapable, predestinate, unavoidable), αναπόφευκτος (unavoidable). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שאין מנוס ממנו (inescapable), בלתי נמנע. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szükségszerû (absolute, imperative, ineluctable, necessary, needful, obligate), szükségszerű (connotation, imperative, necessary, obligate), sorsszerű, obligát, kikerülhetetlen (inescapable, necessary), kényszerű (necessary, obligate), elmaradhatatlan, elkerülhetetlen (can't be helped, fated, imperative, inescapable, necessary, unavoidable), biztosan bekövetkező. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak dapat dihindarkan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

inevitabile (certain, inescapable, necessary, unavoidable, unpreventable). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

不可避 (inescapable, unavoidable). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひつぜんてき (necessary), ひつぜん (necessary), ふかひ (inescapable, unavoidable), のっぴきならない (unavoidable), よぎない (beyond one's control, unavoidable). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

불가피한. (various references)

   

Manx

  

neuhaghnagh (foregone, unavoidable). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

uunngåelig. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

inevitabel. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inevitableay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

inevitvel (ineluctable, inescapable), usual (accustomed, common, customary, general, habitual, ordinary, orthodox, regular, used to, usual, wonted), fatal (deadly, earth-born, fatal, fateful, knockout, pernicious, pestilent), consumado (consummate, masterly, ripe, sciential, scientific, thoroughgoing, thoroughpaced, unmitigated). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

inevitabil (fatal, implacable, ineluctable, inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, unavoidable, unavoidably), inerent (inherent, innate, resident). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неизменный (changeless, constant, eternal, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, invariant, irrevocable, permanent, steady, sworn, unalterable, unaltered, unamended, unchangeable, unchanged, unfailing, unvarying), неизбежный (cocksure, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, shunless, unavoidable, unavoided, unpreventable), неизбежно неизбежный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neizbežan (ineluctable, inescapable, shunless, unavoidable). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inevitable (inescapable, unavoidable, unpreventable). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oundviklig (fatal, indivertible, ineluctable, inescapable, inextricable, unavoidable), ofrånkomlig (ineluctable, inescapable, inextricable). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ยอมรับสิ่งที่ไม่สามารถเลี่ยงได้ (bow before the inevitable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

umulan, malum, kaçınılmaz (fatal, fated, fateful, imperious, indispensable, ineluctable, inextricable, irremissible, unavoidable, urgent), beklenen (due), çaresiz (beyond retrieve, despairing, desperate, helpless, incurable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, past cure, past retrieve, remediless, shiftless, without means). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

неминучий (avoidless, cocksure, foregone, imminent, ineluctable, infallible, matter of course, necessary, pending, resistless, shunless, unavoidable, undeclinable), незмінний (abiding, certain, changeless, eternal, firm, fixed, hardened, immutable, inalterable, incommutable, invariable, non-variant, one, permanent, same, unalterable, unexceptional, unfailing). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không thể tránh được (ineludible, unavoidable, unescapable). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

anochel (unavoidable), anesgor (incurable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Inevitable

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

inevitabilis, necessaria, necessariae, necessarias, necessarii, necessariis, necessariora, necessarios, necessarium, necessarius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Inevitable

Derivations

Words beginning with "inevitable": inevitableness, inevitablenesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Inevitable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enevitable, inevetable, inevidable, inevitables, inevitavle, inevitible, innevitable, inovitable, invadable, inveitable, inveritable, invevitable, inviable, invietable, invitable, negitable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Inevitable"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "inevitable" (pronounced i'ne"vutubul)
6-u t u b u lindomitable, inequitable, attributable, charitable, creditable, disreputable, equitable, forfeitable, habitable, heritable, imitable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, irritable, marketable, palatable, profitable, reputable, uninhabitable, unpalatable, unprofitable, veritable.
5-t u b u lindestructible, indisputable, inexhaustible, inflatable, acceptable, accountable, adaptable, adjustable, adoptable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contemptible, contestable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, eatable, electable, excitable, exportable, forgettable, harvestable, hospitable, immutable, imperceptible, implantable, incompatible, incontrovertible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, susceptible, injectable, inscrutable, insupportable, insurmountable, interruptible, intractable, investable, irrefutable, irresistible, lamentable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, notable, patentable, perceptible, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, resettable, respectable, retractable, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, unpredictable, unprintable, unsuitable, unsupportable, vegetable.
4-u b u lincurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, accessible, abominable, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3-b u lable, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Inevitable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-l-n-t-v"

-2 letters: bivalent, enviable, evitable, inviable, lenitive, vitiable.

-3 letters: betaine, elative, invital, invitee, lineate, naivete, tenable, veinlet, ventail.

-4 letters: albeit, albite, alevin, alvine, bailee, bailie, baleen, beanie, beaten, belive, binate, blivet, enable, entail, invite, lateen, leaven, levant, native, tenail, teniae, tibiae, tibial, tineal, valine, veinal, velate, venial, viable, vineal.

-5 letters: abele, alibi, alien, aline, alive, anele.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-l-n-t-v"
 

+2 letters: venerability.

 

+4 letters: inevitableness, preventability, venerabilities.

 

+5 letters: inevitabilities, interbehavioral, maneuverability, vulnerabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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