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in-exorable
adjective as in inevitable
adjective as in inexorable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- bound
- bound and determined
- compulsory
- dead set on
- dogged
- hard
- harsh
- hell bent on
- immobile
- immovable
- ineluctable
- inflexible
- ironclad
- like death and taxes
- locked-in
- mean business
- necessary
- no going back
- obdurate
- obstinate
- remorseless
- resolute
- rigid
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- stubborn
- unappeasable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmovable
- unyielding
adjective as in inflexible
Strongest matches
adjective as in iron
adjective as in irreconcilable
adjective as in irresistible
adjective as in merciless
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in narrow
adjective as in necessary
adjective as in obdurate
Weak matches
- adamant
- bullhead
- callous
- cold fish
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- heartless
- immovable
- implacable
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- mean
- mulish
- obstinate
- perverse
- relentless
- rigid
- set in stone
- stiff-necked
- thick-skinned
- tough
- unbending
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
adjective as in pitiless
adjective as in austere
adjective as in relentless
Strongest matches
adjective as in remorseless
Weak matches
- avaricious
- barbarous
- bloody
- callous
- cruel
- fierce
- forbidding
- greedy
- grim
- hard
- hard-bitten
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- harsh
- impenitent
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensitive
- intolerant
- merciless
- murderous
- obdurate
- pitiless
- relentless
- rigorous
- ruthless
- sanguinary
- savage
- shameless
- sour
- tough
- tyrannical
- uncompassionate
- uncontrite
- unforgiving
- unmerciful
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unrepenting
- unyielding
- vindictive
adjective as in rigid
Strongest matches
adjective as in ruthless
Strongest matches
adjective as in severe
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron-handed
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
adjective as in steadfast
Strongest matches
adjective as in stern
Strong matches
adjective as in stiff
adjective as in stony
adjective as in stubborn
Strongest matches
adjective as in unbending
Weak matches
- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
adjective as in uncompromising
adjective as in unrelenting
Strongest matches
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in unyielding
Strongest matches
adjective as in unsparing
adjective as in adamantine
adjective as in inalterable
Strong match
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- intractable
- invariable
- iron
- ironclad
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- stand one's ground
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unadaptable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
adjective as in incompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in adamant
adjective as in unbendable
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in uncompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in cruel
Strongest matches
adjective as in destined
Strong matches
adjective as in dogged
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in grim
Strongest matches
adjective as in implacable
adjective as in inevitable
adjective as in inexorable
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- bound
- bound and determined
- compulsory
- dead set on
- dogged
- hard
- harsh
- hell bent on
- immobile
- immovable
- ineluctable
- inflexible
- ironclad
- like death and taxes
- locked-in
- mean business
- necessary
- no going back
- obdurate
- obstinate
- remorseless
- resolute
- rigid
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- stubborn
- unappeasable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmovable
- unyielding
adjective as in inflexible
Strongest matches
adjective as in iron
adjective as in irreconcilable
adjective as in irresistible
adjective as in merciless
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in narrow
adjective as in necessary
adjective as in obdurate
Weak matches
- adamant
- bullhead
- callous
- cold fish
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- heartless
- immovable
- implacable
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- mean
- mulish
- obstinate
- perverse
- relentless
- rigid
- set in stone
- stiff-necked
- thick-skinned
- tough
- unbending
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
adjective as in pitiless
adjective as in austere
adjective as in relentless
Strongest matches
adjective as in remorseless
Weak matches
- avaricious
- barbarous
- bloody
- callous
- cruel
- fierce
- forbidding
- greedy
- grim
- hard
- hard-bitten
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- harsh
- impenitent
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensitive
- intolerant
- merciless
- murderous
- obdurate
- pitiless
- relentless
- rigorous
- ruthless
- sanguinary
- savage
- shameless
- sour
- tough
- tyrannical
- uncompassionate
- uncontrite
- unforgiving
- unmerciful
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unrepenting
- unyielding
- vindictive
adjective as in rigid
Strongest matches
adjective as in ruthless
Strongest matches
adjective as in severe
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron-handed
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
adjective as in steadfast
Strongest matches
adjective as in stern
Strong matches
adjective as in stiff
adjective as in stony
adjective as in stubborn
Strongest matches
adjective as in unbending
Weak matches
- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- locked-in
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
adjective as in uncompromising
adjective as in unrelenting
Strongest matches
adjective as in unruly
Strongest matches
adjective as in unyielding
Strongest matches
adjective as in unsparing
adjective as in adamantine
adjective as in inalterable
Strong match
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- intractable
- invariable
- iron
- ironclad
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- stand one's ground
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unadaptable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
adjective as in incompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in indocile
Weak matches
- assertive
- bawdy
- disorderly
- drunken
- forward
- fractious
- headstrong
- heedless
- impervious
- impetuous
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- inexorable
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- lawless
- mean
- mutinous
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- opinionated
- ornery
- out of control
- out of line
- perverse
- quarrelsome
- rash
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- reckless
- refractory
- restive
- riotous
- rowdy
- turbulent
- uncontrollable
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- untoward
- unyielding
- violent
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in adamant
adjective as in unbendable
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in uncompliant
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
adjective as in cruel
Strongest matches
adjective as in destined
Strong matches
adjective as in dogged
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in grim
Strongest matches
adjective as in implacable
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On this page you'll find 1861 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in-exorable, such as: imminent, impending, inescapable, inexorable, irresistible, and necessary.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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