preventible

Able to avert

Preventible is a less common spelling of preventable, meaning able to be stopped before it happens.

Most style guides prefer preventable, but both forms appear in edited writing: Many childhood diseases are preventible through vaccination.

avoidable

avertable

Capable of being prevented

deterrable · foreseeable · remediable · unnecessary · unwarranted · unneeded · elective · discretionary · controllable · manageable

proactive

anticipation

State of awaiting something

vigilance · preemptive · precautionary · intervention · mitigation · deterrence · prudence · caution · readiness · screening

safeguard

protection

Guarding against harm

precaution · buffer · guard · containment · countermeasure · safeguarding · fortification · security · redundancy · backup

vaccination

vaccine

Disease prevention injection

antibodies · immunity · prophylaxis · shots · jab · serum · antigen · immunogen · adjuvant · subunit

Opposites
avoidability

preventibleinevitable

Certain to occur

unavoidable · unpreventable · inescapable · unstoppable · inexorable

certainty of occurrence

preventibleinevitable

Certain to occur

certain · assured · destined · guaranteed · fated

Family

prevent, prevention, preventive, preventative, preventable, unpreventable, preventer, preventively, preventers

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