avertible

Able to prevent

Avertible describes something that can be prevented or turned away before it happens.

An avertible disaster is one that could have been avoided with proper action.

The word appears most often in contexts of tragedy or harm: The accident was entirely avertible.

Also spelled avertable.

avoidable

preventable

Capable of being stopped

deflectable · bypassable · shunnable · obviated · stoppable · blockable · deterrable · interceptable

modifiable

changeable

Capable of alteration

correctable · fixable · remediable · rectifiable · amendable · revisable · redirectable · reducible · diminishable · controllable

preventive

precaution

Preventive safety measure

foresight · vigilance · preparation · warning · screening · contingency · proactive · preemptive · anticipatory · prophylactic

Opposites
preventability

avertibleinevitable

Certain to occur

unavoidable · inescapable · ineluctable · inexorable · certain

Family

advertise, diversion, advertising, inevitable, avert, divert, advertisement, inevitably, aversion

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G