Meanings
- not comparableIn the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
He hopes eventually to attend nursing school.
5 more examples
Everyone's true colors will be revealed eventually.
She didn't arrive. Eventually, we started without her.
Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.
1955 January 28, Charles E. Lee, “The Glasgow Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 24It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential CouragePresident Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement.
2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNNSynonyms: at last
- not comparablemathematicsFor some tail; for all terms beyond some term; with only finitely many exceptions.
Eventually, all prime numbers are odd.
- not comparableproscribednon-native speakers' EnglishPossibly, potentially, perhaps.
I will come eventually, but haven't decided yet.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbafter an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
- Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
- Latinveniō
- Latinēveniō
- Latinēventus
- Middle Frenchevent
- Englishevent
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englisheventual
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englisheventually
From eventual + -ly. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including Czech eventuálně, French éventuellement, Swedish eventuellt.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans uiteindelik, ten slotte
- uiteindelikin the end
- ten slottein the end
Ancient Greek χρόνῳ
- χρόνῳ (khrónōi)in the end
Arabic أَخِيرًا, فِي اَلْآخِرْ
- أَخِيرًا (ʔaḵīran)in the end
- فِي اَلْآخِرْ (fī l-ʔāḵir)in the end
Bulgarian накра́я
- накра́я (nakrája)in the end
Catalan finalment
- finalmentin the end
Chinese Cantonese 最後 /最后, 終於 /终于
- 最後 /最后 (ceoi³ hau⁶)in the end
- 終於 /终于 (ci² zung¹)in the end
- 始終 /始终 (ci² zung¹)in the end
- 終須 /终须 (zung¹ seoi¹)in the end
Chinese Mandarin 最後 /最后, 終於 /终于
- 最後 /最后 (zuìhòu)in the end
- 終於 /终于 (zhōngyú)in the end
- 終究 /终究 (zhōngjiǔ)in the end
- 終歸 /终归 (zhōngguī)in the end
- 始終 /始终 (shǐzhōng)in the end
Czech konečně, nakonec
- konečněin the end
- nakonecin the end
Danish til sidst, omsider
- til sidstin the end
- omsiderin the end
- i sidste instansin the end
- med tidenin the end
- langt om længein the end
Dutch uiteindelijk
- uiteindelijkin the end
Esperanto fine
- finein the end
Estonian lõpuks, viimaks
- lõpuksin the end
- viimaksin the end
Finnish lopulta, viimeinkin
- lopultain the end
- viimeinkinin the end
French finalement, à terme
- finalementin the end
- à termein the end
- à la finin the end
- finir parin the end
German schließlich, letztendlich
- schließlichin the end
- letztendlichin the end
Greek τελικά
- τελικά (teliká)in the end
Hungarian végül, végül is
- végülin the end
- végül isin the end
Indonesian akhirnya, pada akhirnya
- akhirnyain the end
- pada akhirnyain the end
Irish i ndeireadh na dála
- i ndeireadh na dálain the end
Italian alla fine, infine
- alla finein the end
- infinein the end
Japanese とうとう, 結局
- とうとう (tōtō)in the end
- 結局 (kekkyoku)in the end
- ついに (tsui-ni)in the end
- 最終的に (saishūteki ni)in the end
- やっと (yatto)in the end
Korean 결국
- 결국 (gyeolguk)in the end
Latin tandem
- tandemin the end
Māori nāwai, nāwai rā
- nāwaiin the end
- nāwai rāin the end
- tāria te wāin the end
Norwegian omsider
- omsiderin the end
Norwegian Bokmål til slutt, etter hvert
- til sluttin the end
- etter hvertin the end
- langt om lengein the end
Polish w końcu, ostatecznie
- w końcuin the end
- ostateczniein the end
- wreszciein the end
Portuguese finalmente, enfim
- finalmentein the end
- enfimin the end
- no final das contasin the end
Romanian în fine, la urma urmei
- în finein the end
- la urma urmeiin the end
- în cele din urmăin the end
Russian в конце́ концо́в, в коне́чном счёте
- в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv)in the end
- в коне́чном счёте (v konéčnom sčóte)in the end
- в ито́ге (v itóge)in the end
Scottish Gaelic aig a' cheann thall
- aig a' cheann thallin the end
Spanish al final, finalmente
- al finalin the end
- finalmentein the end
- con el tiempoin the end
- a la largain the end
Swedish så småningom, slutligen
- så småningomin the end
- slutligenin the end
- till slutin the end
- till sistin the end
- omsiderin the end
- långt om längein the end
Turkish sonunda
- sonundain the end
Ukrainian зре́штою
- зре́штою (zréštoju)in the end
Vietnamese cuối cùng
- cuối cùngin the end
Cite this entry
eventually. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventually
“eventually.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventually. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eventually,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventually.
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