avoidable
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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.
- 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
- (ALL): inavoidable, unavoidable
- (capable of being vacated): inviolable, unbreakable, unbreachable
- (capable of being avoided): inevitable; See also Thesaurus:inevitable
Translations
capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
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capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
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Noun
avoidable (plural avoidables)
- 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.
- 1980, Patrick White, The Twyborn Affair (page 38)