avertable

1. 1.

   capable of being avoided or warded off

   Synonymsevitableavoidableavertible

Questions about avertable

What does avertable mean?

avertable means "capable of being avoided or warded off".

How many syllables are in avertable?

avertable has 4 syllables: a-ver-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ver".

What is another word for avertable?

Close synonyms include evitable, avoidable, avertible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is avertable a common word?

avertable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.