AVOIDABLE

evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable

(adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

avoidable (comparative more avoidable, superlative most avoidable)

Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Synonyms

• (capable of being vacated): annullable, voidable

• (capable of being avoided): evitable; See also avoidable

Antonyms

• (ALL): inavoidable, unavoidable

• (capable of being vacated): inviolable, unbreakable, unbreachable

• (capable of being avoided): inevitable; See also inevitable

Noun

avoidable (plural avoidables)

Something that can or should be avoided.

Source: Wiktionary


A*void"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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