avertable

Examples

• All

• Many accidents are avertable with proper precautions.

• Such conflicts are avertable through dialogue.

• Much of the damage from the storm was avertable if warnings had been heeded.

• The disaster was avertable with proper planning.

• Many accidents are avertable with proper precautions.

• The disease is largely avertable through vaccination programs.

• Much of the damage from the storm was avertable if warnings had been heeded.

Synonyms

P

preventable

vsavertable

36 3.5

Someone can stop it by acting before it happens

covers stopping by warding rather than by prior planned action

A

avoidable

vsavertable

15 3.1

Something you can prevent by taking action

is usually stopped by active warding rather than rules

E

evitable

vsavertable

1 9.9

Something you can avoid

implies warding off by action rather than mere possibility

A

avertible

vsavertable

7.4

Something you can avoid before it happens

focuses on being stopped by deliberate warding action

Antonyms

U

unavoidable

45 3.8

You cannot stop or prevent it

I

inevitable

1 5.3

An event that cannot be avoided

How Preventable

preventable

36 3.5

avertable

6.5

unavoidable

45 3.8

inevitable

467 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology