adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 V OY1 D AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something that can or should be avoided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
capable of being avoided or warded off
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evitable, avertible, avertable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English avoidable From avoid + -able.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
evitable
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Dutch:
leegbaar
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
French:
évitable
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
German:
vermeidbar
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Hindi:
परिहार्य
(parihārya)
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Italian:
evitabile
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Spanish:
evitable
— capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Bengali:
নিবার্য
(nibarjo)
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Catalan:
evitable
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Catalan:
eludible
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Dutch:
voorkoombaar
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Dutch:
vermijdbaar
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
French:
évitable
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
German:
vermeidbar
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Greek:
αποφευκτός
(apofefktós)
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Ancient Greek:
φευκτός
(pheuktós)
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Hindi:
परिहार्य
(parihārya)
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Hungarian:
elkerülhető
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Latin:
evitabilis
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Russian:
предотврати́мый
(predotvratímyj)
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Spanish:
evitable
— capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
