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The synonyms of “Eventual” are: final, ultimate, concluding, closing, endmost, terminal
Eventual as an Adjective
Definitions of "Eventual" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “eventual” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating.
- Occurring or existing at the end of or as a result of a process or period of time.
Synonyms of "Eventual" as an adjective (6 Words)
closing | Final or ending. Nellie s closing words. |
concluding | Occurring at or forming an end or termination. His concluding words came as a surprise. |
endmost | Nearest to the end. |
final | Conclusive in a process or progression. The decision of the judging panel is final. |
terminal | Of a condition forming the last stage of a terminal disease. Terminal buds. |
ultimate | Being the last or concluding element of a series. One s ultimate goal in life. |
Usage Examples of "Eventual" as an adjective
- If this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market.
- Hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue.
- It's impossible to predict the eventual outcome of the competition.
Associations of "Eventual" (30 Words)
climactic | Acting as a culmination or resolution to a series of events; forming an exciting climax. The film s climactic scenes. |
coda | The concluding section of a dance, especially of a pas de deux or the finale of a ballet in which the dancers parade before the audience. The first movement ends with a fortissimo coda. |
conclude | Decide to do something. The committee concluded the meeting. |
concluding | Occurring at or forming an end or termination. His concluding words came as a surprise. |
conclusion | The summing-up of an argument or text. Jump to a conclusion. |
conclusive | Forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question. Conclusive proof. |
consequence | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. The past is of no consequence. |
consequent | Following as a result or effect. You ve got a university place consequent on your exam results. |
culminate | Reach the highest or most decisive point. The helmet culminated in a crest. |
culmination | (astronomy) a heavenly body’s highest celestial point above an observer’s horizon. The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation. |
deciding | Having the power or quality of deciding. Cast the deciding vote. |
definitive | A definitive postage stamp. The definitive work on Greece. |
determinative | Serving to define, qualify, or direct. The determinative or determinant battle. |
end | Either of the halves of a sports field or court defended by one team or player. She knotted the end of the thread. |
ending | The end of a word a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme. A nerve ending. |
epilogue | A short passage added at the end of a literary work. A disastrous epilogue to the rest of his career. |
final | The final approach of an aircraft to the runway it will be landing on. The final cost will easily run into six figures. |
finale | The closing section of a musical composition. The finale of Beethoven s Ninth Symphony. |
finishing | The act of finishing. The speaker s finishing was greeted with applause. |
last | The last or lowest in an ordering or series. This last point is critical. |
latter | The second of two or the second mentioned of two. Heart disease dogged his latter years. |
momentous | Of very great significance. A period of momentous changes in East West relations. |
outcome | Something that results. It is the outcome of the vote that counts. |
peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. He again invoked the theme in an emotional peroration. |
result | Something that results. Talks in July had resulted in stalemate. |
termination | An ending or result of a specified kind. The termination of a contract. |
ultimate | Being the last or concluding element of a series. The ultimate question. |
utmost | Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity. To the utmost degree. |
wrought | (of metals) beaten out or shaped by hammering. Well wrought pop music. |