Synonyms for Deter:

• n.

  •
  • decide,
  • pack a punch,
  • grip,
  • give,
  • stir,
  • skew,
  • lead to,
  • influence,
  • color.
  •
  • talk out of,
  • persuasion.
  •deter (noun)
  • inhibit,
  • check,
  • scare off.

• v.

  •avert (verb)
  • pre venting,
  • turns aside,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • shoving aside,
  • looked away,
  • fended off,
  • pre vent,
  • looks away,
  • pre-vents,
  • looking away,
  • shoves aside,
  • pre vented,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vent.
  •block (verb)
  • inter-cept,
  • took out of play,
  • takes out of play,
  • take out play,
  • taking out play,
  • hanged up,
  • closes off,
  • inter cept,
  • hangs up,
  • takes out play,
  • hanging up,
  • taking out of play,
  • took out play,
  • stopping up,
  • stopt up.
  •check, inhibit from action (verb)
  • intimidate,
  • prevent,
  • dampen,
  • cool,
  • scare,
  • Disadvise,
  • obviate,
  • debar,
  • caution,
  • obstruct,
  • throw cold water on,
  • stop,
  • chill,
  • Forfend,
  • turn off,
  • discourage,
  • damp,
  • act like a wet blanket,
  • warn,
  • stave off,
  • prohibit.
  •communication (verb)
  • deter.
  •daunt (verb)
  • dis courage,
  • co wing,
  • over awe,
  • co wed,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis-courages,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-mayed,
  • over awed,
  • dis maying,
  • over awes,
  • over-awed,
  • sub-dues,
  • sub due,
  • dis-courage,
  • over-awes,
  • over-awe,
  • sub dues,
  • co-wed,
  • over-awing,
  • sub-due,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-may,
  • dis may,
  • co-wing,
  • dis-mays,
  • over awing.
  •de-motivate (verb)
  • throttle,
  • stifle,
  • de-motivate.
  •deject (verb)
  • dismay,
  • deject.
  •delay (verb)
  • laid over,
  • pro rogue,
  • bides time,
  • with holds,
  • de tain,
  • pro rogued,
  • gained time,
  • bode time,
  • post pone,
  • holds over,
  • pro-longing,
  • de lays,
  • dilly dally,
  • re press,
  • with-held,
  • gaining time,
  • pro long,
  • de-tains,
  • de-lays,
  • laying over,
  • with-holds,
  • de-laying,
  • re-pressing,
  • pro-roguing,
  • de-tain,
  • re strict,
  • post-pone,
  • post pones,
  • re presses,
  • pro tracts,
  • inter feres,
  • pro-rogue,
  • with holding,
  • with-hold,
  • inter-feres,
  • re pressing,
  • biding time,
  • pro tract,
  • pro longs,
  • de laying,
  • de tains,
  • re pressed,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro-rogued,
  • with hold,
  • pro-rogues,
  • with held,
  • pro-tract,
  • lays over,
  • post-pones,
  • intermits,
  • pro-long,
  • pro longing,
  • inter fere,
  • pro roguing,
  • re-strict,
  • bided time,
  • re-presses,
  • pro rogues,
  • pro-longed,
  • de-lay,
  • gains time,
  • pro-longs,
  • inter-fere,
  • de lay.
  •dishearten (verb)
  • in disposes,
  • puts damper on,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis-hearten,
  • putting a damper on,
  • dis hearten,
  • dis incline,
  • in disposing,
  • threw pall over,
  • indisposes,
  • throwing a pall over,
  • throws pall over,
  • dis-heartened,
  • in-disposing,
  • de-moralizing,
  • dis-inclining,
  • dis heartened,
  • de-moralized,
  • in-dispose,
  • dis heartening,
  • de-moralizes,
  • putting damper on,
  • in-disposed,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis inclined,
  • throws a pall over,
  • de moralizes,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis-incline,
  • dis inclining,
  • casts down,
  • dis-heartens,
  • in dispose,
  • throwing pall over,
  • threw a pall over,
  • dis-inclines,
  • dis-inclined,
  • in-disposes,
  • de moralize,
  • de moralized,
  • puts a damper on,
  • de-moralize,
  • throw pall over,
  • dis inclines,
  • in disposed.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • bar,
  • depress,
  • admonish,
  • ban,
  • derail,
  • deflect.
  •divert (verb)
  • dis-engaging,
  • send on wild-goose chase,
  • sent a wildgoose chase,
  • sent on a wild goose chase,
  • bending the rules,
  • send a wildgoose chase,
  • draws away,
  • sent wild goose chase,
  • circumlocutes,
  • bent rules,
  • sending a wild-goose chase,
  • dis engaged,
  • sends a wildgoose chase,
  • sends wildgoose chase,
  • catches flies,
  • sent on a wild-goose chase,
  • catching flies,
  • send wild-goose chase,
  • de tach,
  • send wild goose chase,
  • dis tract,
  • dis-engaged,
  • sending on a wildgoose chase,
  • led away,
  • drawing away,
  • dis engage,
  • caught flies,
  • sending on wild-goose chase,
  • send on a wildgoose chase,
  • sent a wild goose chase,
  • de tract,
  • gotten around,
  • sent wild-goose chase,
  • circumlocuted,
  • sends a wild-goose chase,
  • sent wildgoose chase,
  • de taches,
  • leading away,
  • attracting attention,
  • bends rules,
  • sending on wildgoose chase,
  • sends wild goose chase,
  • dis-tract,
  • bended the rules,
  • dis engaging,
  • sends on a wildgoose chase,
  • de-tach,
  • send on a wild goose chase,
  • sends on wildgoose chase,
  • bends the rules,
  • dis-engage,
  • de-tract,
  • de-tracts,
  • sending on wild goose chase,
  • gat around,
  • sending wild goose chase,
  • got around,
  • de-taches,
  • leads astray,
  • sends wild-goose chase,
  • attracted attention,
  • leads away,
  • bend rules,
  • dis tracts,
  • bended rules,
  • sends on a wild goose chase,
  • bending rules,
  • dis-tracts,
  • sending wild-goose chase,
  • bent the rules,
  • sent on wild-goose chase,
  • sent a wild-goose chase,
  • send wildgoose chase,
  • sends on wild-goose chase,
  • gets around,
  • sending on a wild-goose chase,
  • sending a wild goose chase,
  • sends on a wild-goose chase,
  • dis-engages,
  • sends on wild goose chase,
  • drew away,
  • sending on a wild goose chase,
  • send a wild-goose chase,
  • send on wildgoose chase,
  • sending wildgoose chase,
  • de tracts,
  • send on wild goose chase,
  • send a wild goose chase,
  • attracts attention,
  • sent on a wildgoose chase,
  • sent on wild goose chase,
  • sent on wildgoose chase,
  • dis engages,
  • sends a wild goose chase,
  • circumlocuting,
  • sending a wildgoose chase.
  •forestall (verb)
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-occupying,
  • pre occupies,
  • pre occupied,
  • pre-occupy,
  • pre-occupied,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore stalls,
  • fore stalling,
  • pre occupy,
  • fore stall,
  • pre-occupies,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore-stalls.
  •frighten (verb)
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-burbs,
  • scares away,
  • strikes terror into,
  • making blood run cold,
  • chills to bone,
  • struck terror in to,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis comforting,
  • un hinging,
  • scares to death,
  • curdled the blood,
  • dis concerting,
  • un nerve,
  • dis-concerting,
  • chilled the bone,
  • scaring away,
  • dis comforted,
  • dis-concerts,
  • un nerves,
  • dis-concerted,
  • chill to bone,
  • un hinge,
  • scaring to death,
  • chilled bone,
  • dis-comfort,
  • disburbing,
  • chilling the bone,
  • un-hinges,
  • stiffing,
  • made blood run cold,
  • dis-comforts,
  • chill the bone,
  • dis concert,
  • scared death,
  • dis-comforting,
  • makes teeth chatter,
  • made teeth chatter,
  • disburbs,
  • un-hinge,
  • curdled blood,
  • dis-concert,
  • dis quieted,
  • curdling the blood,
  • striking terror in to,
  • strike terror in to,
  • scaring off,
  • un hinges,
  • scared off,
  • chills bone,
  • chilled to bone,
  • curdle blood,
  • strook terror in to,
  • un nerved,
  • chills the bone,
  • strikes terror in to,
  • dis-comforted,
  • scares death,
  • makes blood run cold,
  • making teeth chatter,
  • un-hinged,
  • chilling bone,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis quiets,
  • scaring death,
  • un hinged,
  • un nerving,
  • dis-quieting,
  • curdling blood,
  • chill bone,
  • dis burbs,
  • dis-quieted,
  • scare death,
  • dis comforts,
  • struck terror into,
  • strook terror into,
  • curdles the blood,
  • dis burb,
  • dis quiet,
  • un-nerve,
  • dis concerts,
  • un-hinging,
  • un-nerving,
  • striking terror into,
  • scares off,
  • disburbed,
  • scared away,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis-burb,
  • chilling to bone,
  • chills to the bone,
  • chilling to the bone,
  • curdles blood.
  •halt (verb)
  • called day,
  • called a day,
  • brings an end,
  • blew the whistle on,
  • came an end,
  • cooling it,
  • called it a day,
  • holds bay,
  • calling it day,
  • brought standstill,
  • coming end,
  • brings standstill,
  • holds at bay,
  • coming to an end,
  • bringing to an end,
  • bringing an end,
  • call day,
  • closes down,
  • bring standstill,
  • calls a day,
  • comes to an end,
  • puts cork in,
  • ceases fire,
  • come an end,
  • brings end,
  • came to end,
  • blew whistle on,
  • coming an end,
  • calling a day,
  • calls day,
  • cooled it,
  • brings to standstill,
  • calls it day,
  • come end,
  • re-sting,
  • comes to end,
  • hold bay,
  • comes an end,
  • come to end,
  • brought to an end,
  • blows whistle on,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • putting a cork in,
  • holding bay,
  • calls it a day,
  • ceasing fire,
  • came to an end,
  • bringing standstill,
  • ceased fire,
  • dropt anchor,
  • brought to standstill,
  • brought to end,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • called it day,
  • came end,
  • held at bay,
  • blows the whistle on,
  • calling it a day,
  • coming to end,
  • put cork in,
  • blowing the whistle on,
  • brought an end,
  • holding at bay,
  • putting cork in,
  • calling day,
  • bring end,
  • puts a cork in,
  • held bay,
  • brings to end,
  • re sting,
  • bringing to end,
  • drops anchor,
  • bring an end,
  • cools it,
  • bringing end,
  • comes end,
  • call it day,
  • dropped anchor,
  • brought end,
  • stands still,
  • stood still,
  • brings to an end.
  •hinder (verb)
  • cripple,
  • plug,
  • brake,
  • clog,
  • impair,
  • restrict,
  • congest,
  • foul,
  • catch,
  • cramp,
  • interrupt,
  • tangle,
  • crimp,
  • dam,
  • choke,
  • handicap,
  • bung,
  • paralyze,
  • jam,
  • snarl,
  • bottleneck,
  • resist,
  • stay,
  • hamstring,
  • frustrate,
  • hamper,
  • oppose,
  • burden,
  • mire,
  • complicate,
  • entrap,
  • baffle,
  • counter,
  • fetter,
  • entangle,
  • constipate,
  • drag,
  • snag,
  • curb,
  • detain,
  • thwart,
  • constrain.
  •impede (verb)
  • cramping ones style,
  • saddles with,
  • cramping one's style,
  • cramped one style,
  • cramping style,
  • cramped style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • dis comfits,
  • slowing down,
  • dis-comfit,
  • flagged one,
  • saddling with,
  • cramps one style,
  • cramp ones style,
  • flagging one,
  • slows down,
  • flags one,
  • dis-comfits,
  • cramps style,
  • cramped one's style,
  • cramp one style,
  • cramping one style,
  • dis comfit,
  • cramps ones style,
  • cramped ones style.
  •obviate (verb)
  • inter posing,
  • re-moves,
  • re move,
  • inter-posing,
  • re-move,
  • forfending,
  • forfended,
  • inter posed,
  • inter pose,
  • re moved,
  • forfends,
  • re moving,
  • re-moving,
  • inter-pose,
  • inter-posed.
  •preclude (verb)
  • dis-continued,
  • putting a stop to,
  • makes impracticable,
  • made impracticable,
  • puts stop to,
  • dis continued,
  • dis continue,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis continuing,
  • making impracticable,
  • dis continues,
  • puts a stop to,
  • putting stop to,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-continuing.
  •restrain (verb)
  • de-limiting,
  • re straining,
  • boxing up,
  • cracking down,
  • pro scribes,
  • re-strain,
  • de limit,
  • keeps line,
  • choking back,
  • de-limit,
  • pro scribing,
  • sate on,
  • de-limited,
  • keep line,
  • cracked down,
  • pro scribed,
  • choked back,
  • re strained,
  • pro-scribe,
  • re-straining,
  • boxes up,
  • re strains,
  • re-strains,
  • pro scribe,
  • kept in line,
  • kept line,
  • re strain,
  • chokes back,
  • pro-scribed,
  • cracks down,
  • keeps down,
  • boxed up,
  • de limits,
  • keeps in line,
  • keeping line,
  • de limited,
  • keeping in line,
  • re-strained,
  • de-limits,
  • keeping down,
  • sits on,
  • de limiting.
  •rule out (verb)
  • ex cept,
  • dis-missing,
  • re-canting,
  • ex-cept,
  • re-canted,
  • re canting,
  • dis missing,
  • leaved out,
  • dis-missed,
  • dis missed,
  • not considers.
  •scarify (verb)
  • makes hair stand end,
  • scaring daylights out of,
  • make one blood run cold,
  • made one's hair stand on end,
  • made one's hair stand end,
  • makes one's hair stand end,
  • make hair stand end,
  • made one's blood run cold,
  • make one hair stand on end,
  • making hair stand on end,
  • made one blood run cold,
  • making one hair stand end,
  • making ones blood run cold,
  • makes ones hair stand end,
  • making one's hair stand end,
  • scare daylights out of,
  • making ones hair stand on end,
  • makes one's hair stand on end,
  • makes ones hair stand on end,
  • making one's blood run cold,
  • making one blood run cold,
  • made ones hair stand end,
  • made ones hair stand on end,
  • makes one's blood run cold,
  • making hair stand end,
  • sillying,
  • made one hair stand end,
  • makes hair stand on end,
  • making ones hair stand end,
  • scared daylights out of,
  • making one hair stand on end,
  • make one's hair stand end,
  • makes ones blood run cold,
  • scaring the daylights out of,
  • scared the daylights out of,
  • scares daylights out of,
  • made hair stand on end,
  • made ones blood run cold,
  • make ones hair stand end,
  • make ones hair stand on end,
  • made hair stand end,
  • makes one hair stand end,
  • made one hair stand on end,
  • sillied,
  • makes one hair stand on end,
  • make hair stand on end,
  • scares the daylights out of,
  • making one's hair stand on end,
  • make ones blood run cold,
  • make one hair stand end,
  • makes one blood run cold.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeps arms length,
  • re butting,
  • re buffs,
  • keep at arms length,
  • kept bay,
  • re buffed,
  • re pulsing,
  • keeps arm length,
  • re-pulses,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeping off,
  • keeps bay,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • beating off,
  • re-butted,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • re butted,
  • re pulsed,
  • kept arm length,
  • re buff,
  • re-buffs,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keeps off,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • re buffing,
  • re pulses,
  • re-buffed,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re-buffing,
  • beats off,
  • kept arms length,
  • re-butting,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keep bay,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keep arms length,
  • re-pulsed,
  • kept off,
  • keeps at bay,
  • kept at arm length.

• Other synonyms:

  •dissuade
  • remonstrate,
  • urge not to,
  • advise against,
  • persuade not to,
  • leaning on,
  • cry out against,
  • throw a wet blanket on,
  • caution against,
  • lean on.
  •frighten
  • scared to death,
  • scare to death,
  • strike terror into,
  • scare away,
  • stiffed,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • scarify,
  • stiffs,
  • curdle the blood,
  • chilled to the bone,
  • make blood run cold,
  • disburb,
  • chill to the bone.
  •hinder
  • bottlenecked,
  • boxes in,
  • hinders,
  • snafued,
  • get in the way,
  • box in,
  • bottlenecking.
  •Other relevant words:
  • overawe,
  • protract,
  • turning aside,
  • dishearten,
  • circumlocute,
  • held over,
  • lay over,
  • getting around,
  • come to an end,
  • stall,
  • bend the rules,
  • interfere with,
  • restrain,
  • shove aside,
  • get around,
  • turning away,
  • ward off,
  • halt,
  • overawes,
  • keep at bay,
  • overawed,
  • delay,
  • lead away,
  • make one's blood run cold,
  • block,
  • gain time,
  • remands,
  • take out of play,
  • preclude,
  • Preventing,
  • keeps back,
  • withholds,
  • Damped,
  • hinder,
  • Shunting,
  • cool it,
  • Prolonging,
  • draw away,
  • disinclines,
  • withhold,
  • prorogue,
  • casting down,
  • Paused,
  • shutting out,
  • call a day,
  • kept at bay,
  • put damper on,
  • Loitered,
  • keep back,
  • filibustered,
  • DAMPS,
  • closed down,
  • keep arm's length,
  • send on a wild-goose chase,
  • Intermitted,
  • scare the daylights out of,
  • daunt,
  • hold over,
  • Shelving,
  • turned away,
  • got down,
  • hold at bay,
  • closed off,
  • look away,
  • blow whistle on,
  • catch flies,
  • impede,
  • Remanded,
  • cramp style,
  • attract attention,
  • put a damper on,
  • turns away,
  • Proroguing,
  • saddle with,
  • flag one,
  • call it a day,
  • Damping,
  • standing still,
  • prorogues,
  • avert,
  • make one's hair stand on end,
  • Stoppering,
  • stops up,
  • sillies,
  • intermit,
  • closing off,
  • slow down,
  • make impracticable,
  • lead astray,
  • led astray,
  • throw a pall over,
  • interfering with,
  • close down,
  • impeding,
  • blow the whistle on,
  • Disinclining,
  • stopped up,
  • cease fire,
  • encumbered,
  • put stop to,
  • blockaded,
  • dropping anchor,
  • turn aside,
  • shunt,
  • rule out,
  • impeded,
  • Overawing,
  • Prorogued,
  • interfered with,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • slackens,
  • fending off,
  • beat off,
  • bring to an end,
  • put a stop to,
  • fend,
  • shunts,
  • Remanding,
  • Shunted,
  • turned aside,
  • put a cork in,
  • frighten,
  • keeping back,
  • drop anchor,
  • dissuade,
  • shoved aside,
  • close off,
  • turn away,
  • shut out,
  • put off,
  • interferes with,
  • disincline,
  • stop up,
  • Indisposing,
  • leading astray,
  • hang up,
  • remand,
  • Filibustering,
  • blockading,
  • kept back,
  • keep,
  • bring to end,
  • bide time,
  • get down,
  • closing down,
  • occlude,
  • stand still,
  • keep off,
  • stoppered,
  • saddled with,
  • encumber,
  • cast down,
  • forestall,
  • indispose,
  • cramp one's style,
  • Intermitting,
  • divert,
  • slowed down,
  • bring to standstill.
  •restrain
  • Pinioning,
  • pulling back,
  • keep in line,
  • pinion,
  • pinioned,
  • corked,
  • tying down,
  • box up,
  • pulled back,
  • choke back,
  • tied down,
  • kept down,
  • hem in,
  • lock up,
  • Manacled,
  • pinions,
  • pull back,
  • corking,
  • locked up,
  • Manacling,
  • hogtie,
  • locking up,
  • Harnessing,
  • sit on,
  • keep down,
  • pulls back,
  • sitting on,
  • ties down,
  • tie down,
  • crack down.
  •rule out
  • leaves out,
  • not considered,
  • leave out,
  • leaving out,
  • not considering,
  • not consider.

Paraphrases for Deter:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    discourage, Deterring.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    discourage, inhibit.
  • Verb, base form
    dissuade, discourage, inhibit.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    suppress.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    obstruct, undermine.
  • Verb, base form
    hinder, impede, thwart, frustrate, curb, avert, restrain, preclude, hamper, frighten, Avoiding, divert, distract, halt, pre-empt, neutralize, scare, deflect, obstruct, interdict, dampen, preempt, repress, contain, stifle, stem, derail, neutralise, resist, disrupt, eradicate, detain, detract, undermine, repel, refrain, deprive, constrain, delete, reduce, impair, tackle, quell, remove, arrest, apprehend, suppress, jeopardize, oppose, threaten, offset, reverse.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    counter, counteract.

Antonyms for Deter:

• v.

  • check, inhibit from action
    support, urge, help, instigate, turn on, comfort, push, heat, permit, encourage, assist, incite, inspirit, put on to, stimulate, warm, persuade, calm, allow, advance, let go, facilitate, forward, hearten, promote, aid.
  • Other antonyms:
    goad, sway, prompt, impel, egg.

Homophones for Deter:

• dire, dreary, deere, doorway, doddery, dodderer, dura, durer, dairy, duty tour, draw away, durio, deodar, draw, deer, dry, dodder, dietary, dower, datura, derriere, dourah, dare, drey, drew, dari, dear, death adder, doura, dour, dray, dyer, door, detour, drawer, darrow, dior, death row, dowery, dory, dryer, dowry, dewar, dearie, didder, Dr., Dieter, drear, drawee, dead air, dither, durra, deary, doer, diary, Diarrhea, drier, diarrhoea.

Hyponym for Deter:

• v.

  • communication
    reject, disapprove.