English Explanatory Dictionary

avoidable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
  2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
noun
  1. Something that can or should be avoided.

Pronunciation

/əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avoidable.wav

Word forms

avoidable more avoidable most avoidable avoidables

Etymology

From avoid + -able.

Synonyms

avertable avoidable dodgeable escapable evadable fleeable nonmandatory nonobligatory optional preventable preventible resistible skippable annullable voidable evitable

Antonyms

inavoidable unavoidable inviolable unbreakable unbreachable inevitable impossible

Derived words

avoidability avoidableness avoidably nonavoidable
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