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Synonyms and antonyms of Impossible to avoid or prevent in British Thesaurus

Impossible to avoid or prevent

unavoidable (adjective)

impossible to stop from happening

inescapable (adjective)

impossible to avoid or ignore

unstoppable (adjective)

impossible to prevent or stop

uncontrollable (adjective)

if a situation or event is uncontrollable, you cannot stop it, change it, or improve it

irresistible (adjective)

impossible to refuse, not want, or not like

compulsive (adjective)

impossible to control and therefore sometimes harmful

inexorable (adjective)

formal impossible to stop

irrevocable (adjective)

formal impossible to change or stop

cannot/can’t help something ()

used for saying that someone cannot stop themselves doing something

cannot/can’t help something ()

there is no way of preventing something from happening

ineluctable (adjective)

literary impossible to avoid

perforce (adverb)

very formal in a way that is necessary or that cannot be avoided

stark (adjective)

used for describing an unpleasant fact or situation that is very obvious or impossible to avoid