predictable
/prɪˈdɪktəb(ə)l
/adjective
1Able to be predicted: the market is volatile and never predictable...
- So, the art to urban driving, is being predictable, and being able to tell what other roads users are most likely to do.
- Your course is entirely predictable and can be anticipated by the predator.
- Look here Bobby, if something is inevitable then it is also predictable.
Synonyms
foreseeable, (only) to be expected, expected, par for the course;
unsurprising, anticipated, probable, likely, foreseen;
formulaic, formularized, obvious
informal inevitable, on the cards
1.1 derogatory Always behaving or occurring in the way expected: the characters are stereotyped and extremely predictable...
- The Welsh-based former London Scottish man was always reliable, but predictable.
- Many people might think that computers will always be predictable, since all they ever do is follow a program.
- The characters were often predictable and the dialogue almost wrote itself.