Definition for Deterrent:

• tending to deter; " the deterrent effects of high prices"

Synonyms for Deterrent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • deterrent.
  •deterring (adjective)
  • more deterrent,
  • most hampering,
  • most impeding,
  • more hampering,
  • more impeding,
  • most deterrent.
  •preventive (adjective)
  • preemptive.

• n.

  •
  • expert,
  • forewarned is forearmed.
  •
  • armed,
  • artillery,
  • armory,
  • allow,
  • arsenal,
  • assault,
  • armoury,
  • armaments,
  • ammunition,
  • ammo,
  • arms.
  •balk (noun)
  • balk.
  •bar (noun)
  • blank walls.
  •baulk (noun)
  • baulk.
  •brake (noun)
  • retarding devices.
  •bridle (noun)
  • head stalls,
  • headstalls,
  • head stall,
  • head-stall,
  • hackamores,
  • head-stalls.
  •check (noun)
  • check.
  •cognition (noun)
  • handicap,
  • Hinderance.
  •constraint (noun)
  • constrainments.
  •curb (noun)
  • re striction,
  • re-strainers,
  • re-strictions,
  • re strainers,
  • re strainer,
  • re-striction,
  • re strictions,
  • re-strainer.
  •deterrent (noun)
  • preventative,
  • preventive.
  •discouragement (noun)
  • dis incentives,
  • re buffs,
  • re buff,
  • dis incentive,
  • dis-incentive,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis-incentives.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • constipation,
  • blockage,
  • jam,
  • delay,
  • burden,
  • drag,
  • bottleneck,
  • bafflement,
  • resistance,
  • frustration,
  • complication,
  • disadvantage,
  • clog,
  • blockade,
  • damper,
  • obstruction,
  • entanglement,
  • plug,
  • obstacle,
  • barrier,
  • snarl,
  • stoppage,
  • impasse,
  • hurdle,
  • opposition,
  • catch,
  • snag,
  • bung,
  • restriction,
  • impedance,
  • congestion,
  • crimp,
  • mire,
  • tangle,
  • choke,
  • entrapment,
  • interruption,
  • dam,
  • block,
  • drawback.
  •road block (noun)
  • road-block.
  •stumbling block (noun)
  • stone in path,
  • fly the ointment,
  • stone path,
  • stone in one path,
  • stone in ones path,
  • stone one's path,
  • fly in ointment,
  • stumbling stones,
  • stumbling-block,
  • fly ointment,
  • stone one path,
  • stone ones path.

• v.

  •stopping (verb)
  • Deterring.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • consultative,
  • preclusive,
  • Consulting,
  • cautionary,
  • advisory,
  • warning,
  • kiss of death,
  • portentous.
  •
  • deterrence,
  • unpleasantness,
  • storm cloud,
  • crime,
  • discouragement,
  • hammer blow,
  • misery.
  •
  • outrage,
  • tragedy.
  •
  • evil,
  • poison.
  •
  • cloud.
  •
  • pit,
  • stuff.
  •
  • negative.
  •
  • blow.

Paraphrases for Deterrent:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    barrier.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    discouraging, chilling, prohibitive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    impediment, discouragement, hindrance, obstacle, intimidation, containment, threat, hurdle, constraint.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    dissuasive, disincentive, preventive, off-putting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    deterrence, crackdown.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dissuasive, deterrence, disincentive, dissuasion, crackdown, preventive.

Antonyms for Deterrent:

• n.

  • impediment, restraint
    assistance, incentive, encouragement, catalyst, help.
  • Other antonyms:
    permissive, aid, boost, stimulus, spur, break, handmaiden, benefit, advantage, edge, impetus, goad, stimulant.

Deterrent Sentence Examples:

• " The infliction of flogging," he argues, undeniably answers in these cases, both as a sharp and effectual punishment, and also as a deterrent from future misdoing.

• The difficulties - sometimes there were even serious difficulties - of visiting places where there was neither provision nor protection made for the stranger, always acted upon him not as deterrent but incentive: he liked something to overcome, and found the safe, comfortable, convenient resting - places as uncongenial to his nature as they were unproductive for the purposes of his work.

Homophones for Deterrent:

• determinate, dry mouth, determinant, deer hunt, doormat, deodorant, drum out, durant, death warrant, determined, drumhead, deodourant, drained, drowned, dreamed, drawn-out, dethronement, dry unit, dairymaid, detriment, darned, dormant, durante, deerhound, drown out, durum wheat, determent.

Hypernym for Deterrent:

• n.

  • cognition
    drag, obstruction, diriment impediment, bind, albatross, straitjacket, millstone, obstacle.

Hyponym for Deterrent:

• n.

  • cognition
    difficulty.