preventable

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adjective

Capable of being prevented.

Opposite
unpreventable
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Meanings

adjectivepreventable (comparative more preventable, superlative most preventable)

comparative more preventable · superlative most preventable · alternative preventible

  1. Capable of being prevented.
nounpreventable (plural preventables)

plural preventables · alternative preventible

  1. Something that can be prevented.

    Nonetheless, we should all like to see fewer of these preventables in our ER and more of that money going to help keep these people safe and healthy.

    2011, Leonard J. Marcus, Barry C. Dorn, Eric J. McNulty, Renegotiating Health Care: Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being prevented

Opposite
unpreventable
Also see
avoidableevitableforestallable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From prevent + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bengali নিবার্য
  • নিবার্য (nibarjo)capable of being prevented
Bulgarian предотвратим
  • предотвратим (predotvratim)capable of being prevented
Chinese Mandarin 可預防的 /可预防的, 可預防的 /可预防的
  • 可預防的 /可预防的capable of being prevented
  • 可預防的 /可预防的 (kě yùfáng de)capable of being prevented
  • 可防止的 (kě fángzhǐ de)capable of being prevented
  • 可避免的 (kě bìmiǎn de)capable of being prevented
Finnish estettävissä
  • estettävissäcapable of being prevented
French évitable, parable
  • évitablecapable of being prevented
  • parablecapable of being prevented
Hungarian megakadályozható, megelőzhető
  • megakadályozhatócapable of being prevented
  • megelőzhetőcapable of being prevented
  • elkerülhetőcapable of being prevented
  • elháríthatócapable of being prevented
Japanese 防げる
  • 防げる (fusegeru)capable of being prevented
Polish zapobiegalny
  • zapobiegalnycapable of being prevented
Portuguese prevenível, evitável
  • prevenívelcapable of being prevented
  • evitávelcapable of being prevented
Spanish prevenible
  • preveniblecapable of being prevented
Cite this entry
APA

preventable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preventable

MLA

“preventable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preventable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preventable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preventable.

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