preventable

1. 1.

   capable of being prevented

   “conscious of preventable human suffering”

   Antonymsunpreventable

Questions about preventable

What does preventable mean?

preventable means "capable of being prevented".

How many syllables are in preventable?

preventable has 4 syllables: pre-ven-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈvɛntəbəl/.

What is the opposite of preventable?

The recorded antonyms are unpreventable.

Is preventable a common word?

preventable 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.