avoidable

a·void

A0549600 (ə-void′)tr.v. a·void·ed, a·void·ing, a·voids 1. a. To stay clear of; go around or away from: swerve to avoid a pothole.b. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone): "He never let go of the idea that she lived out there in order to avoid him" (Elizabeth Benedict).2. To prevent from happening: You can avoid illness with exercise and a balanced diet.3. a. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of: avoid red meat; avoid risky behavior.b. To refrain from (doing something): It was all we could do to avoid laughing at the remark.4. Law To annul or make void; invalidate.5. Obsolete To void or expel.

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[Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, to empty out, variant of Old French esvuidier : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + vuidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).]

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a·void′a·ble adj.a·void′a·bly adv.a·void′er n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

avoidable - capable of being avoided or warded offavertable, avertible, evitable

avoidable

adjective1. preventable, stoppable, avertible or avertable The tragedy was entirely avoidable.
preventable unstoppable, unpreventable2. escapable, evadable Smoking is an avoidable cause of disease and death.
escapable necessary, inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable

Translations

évitableevitabile