avoidable

English

Etymology

From avoid +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

avoidable (comparative more avoidable, superlative most avoidable)

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

   The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable.

Synonyms

• (capable of being vacated): annullable, voidable
• (capable of being avoided): evitable; See also Thesaurus:avoidable

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “ALL”): inavoidable, unavoidable
• (antonym(s) of “capable of being vacated”): inviolable, unbreakable, unbreachable
• (antonym(s) of “capable of being avoided”): inevitable; See also Thesaurus:inevitable

Derived terms

• avoidability
• avoidableness
• avoidably
• nonavoidable

Translations

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

Dutch: leegbaar German: vermeidbar (de) Italian: evitabile (it) Spanish: evitable (es)

capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped

Bengali: নিবার্য (bn) (nibarjo) Catalan: evitable Dutch: voorkoombaar, vermijdbaar (nl) French: évitable (fr) German: vermeidbar (de) Greek: αποφευκτός (apofefktós) Ancient: φευκτός (pheuktós) Hungarian: elkerülhető (hu) Latin: evitabilis Russian: предотврати́мый (ru) (predotvratímyj) Spanish: evitable (es)

Noun

avoidable (plural avoidables)

1. Something that can or should be avoided.
   • 1980, Patrick White, The Twyborn Affair, page 38:

     Though Mrs Golson re-appeared regularly at the Twyborns', she was on my list of avoidables from the night of the corked moustache until she sprang upon us yesterday.