Definition for Foil:

• To defeat; to puzzle; to disappoint:- pr. p. foiling; pa. p. foiled.

Synonyms for Foil:

• n.

  •
  • leaf.
  •
  • comparison,
  • counterpart,
  • analogy,
  • antithesis,
  • comparatively,
  • perspective,
  • comparative,
  • equation,
  • complement,
  • relative,
  • parallel,
  • relational,
  • juxtaposition.
  •actor (noun)
  • under study,
  • under-studies,
  • co-medians,
  • walk ons,
  • co-median,
  • co medians,
  • co median,
  • play actors,
  • straight people,
  • soubrettes,
  • hambones,
  • standin,
  • play-actors,
  • walk-ons,
  • walkon,
  • straight persons,
  • under-study,
  • head liner,
  • walk on,
  • thesps,
  • head-liner,
  • head-liners,
  • head liners,
  • playactors,
  • walkons,
  • under studies.
  •artifact (noun)
  • foil.
  •baffle (noun)
  • baffle.
  •contrast (noun)
  • defense,
  • counterblow,
  • inverses,
  • oppositeness,
  • adverses,
  • variation,
  • setting,
  • incongruousness,
  • background,
  • guard.
  •enhancer (noun)
  • enhancer.
  •film (noun)
  • mistiness,
  • gauze,
  • haziness,
  • pellicle,
  • fabrics,
  • gauzes,
  • Obscuration,
  • obscurations.
  •flake (noun)
  • scab,
  • shavings,
  • lamella,
  • scabs,
  • Lamellae,
  • Lamellas.
  •foil (noun)
  • spoil,
  • hydrofoil,
  • transparency,
  • scotch.
  •frailty (noun)
  • suscepts,
  • daintinesses,
  • peccabilities.
  •straight man (noun)
  • straight-man.
  •sword (noun)
  • damascus blades,
  • falchions,
  • backswords,
  • creeses,
  • cutlases,
  • smallswords,
  • curtanas,
  • glaives,
  • estocs,
  • toledi,
  • scimiters,
  • spadroons,
  • krises.

• v.

  •avert (verb)
  • fore stalls,
  • fended off,
  • shoves aside,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore stalled,
  • turns aside,
  • fore stall,
  • looking away,
  • fore-stall,
  • looked away,
  • shoving aside,
  • fore stalling,
  • looks away,
  • fore-stalled.
  •baffle (verb)
  • up setting,
  • up-setting,
  • up-sets,
  • up-set,
  • up sets.
  •balk (verb)
  • cramped ones style,
  • threw a curve,
  • cramps one's style,
  • cramped style,
  • cramp ones style,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis-concerting,
  • cramping ones style,
  • dis concerts,
  • throws curve,
  • cramps style,
  • dis-concerts,
  • cramping style,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • dis concert,
  • dis-concerted,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • throw curve,
  • throwing a curve,
  • dis concerting,
  • cramp one style,
  • cramping one style,
  • threw curve,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • cramped one style,
  • throwing curve,
  • cramps ones style,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • throws a curve,
  • cramps one style,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • cramped one's style,
  • cramping one's style,
  • dis-concert.
  •bilk (verb)
  • over reaches,
  • over reach,
  • over reached,
  • over reaching,
  • over-reaches,
  • over-reached,
  • over-reach,
  • over-reaching.
  •check (verb)
  • nip the bud,
  • holds down,
  • with holds,
  • slackens pace,
  • re-pressing,
  • dis courage,
  • de-lay,
  • re presses,
  • nip in bud,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re duces,
  • with-hold,
  • re pressed,
  • re-presses,
  • re pressing,
  • re press,
  • with held,
  • re-pulses,
  • dis courages,
  • with-held,
  • re pulse,
  • re-pulse,
  • re-buffed,
  • re-duce,
  • nip bud,
  • holds in,
  • re-buff,
  • re buffing,
  • slowing down,
  • slackened pace,
  • re-buffs,
  • de-lays,
  • re duce,
  • with hold,
  • re pulsed,
  • slackening pace,
  • reining in,
  • re-press,
  • de lays,
  • de lay,
  • dis-courages,
  • de laying,
  • re-duces,
  • with-holds,
  • re buff,
  • dis-courage,
  • re pulses,
  • re buffed,
  • de-laying,
  • slows down,
  • with holding,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffs,
  • re pulsing,
  • re-buffing,
  • Bitting,
  • played for time.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • de tour,
  • de-toured,
  • gotten around,
  • by passes,
  • be-guile,
  • out wits,
  • out-wit,
  • gets around,
  • out-flanking,
  • de toured,
  • out-flanked,
  • out flanking,
  • out witted,
  • gat around,
  • de-tours,
  • by pass,
  • by passed,
  • out flanks,
  • out flank,
  • out-witting,
  • de tours,
  • de-touring,
  • be-guiles,
  • out-flank,
  • be guiles,
  • steered clear of,
  • out-flanks,
  • out-wits,
  • out witting,
  • got around,
  • de touring,
  • by passing,
  • de-tour,
  • out-witted,
  • steers clear of,
  • be guile,
  • out flanked.
  •circumvent, nip in the bud (verb)
  • skip,
  • stop,
  • cramp,
  • shuffle off,
  • crab,
  • checkmate,
  • beat,
  • duck,
  • rattle,
  • nullify,
  • crimp,
  • outwit,
  • faze,
  • run circles around,
  • give the run-around,
  • restrain,
  • Juke,
  • curb,
  • foul up,
  • shake,
  • ditch,
  • dodge,
  • disconcert,
  • hinder,
  • run rings around,
  • shake off.
  •coat (verb)
  • in-crusted,
  • in crust,
  • sur faces,
  • sur face,
  • in-crusting,
  • incrusts,
  • in-crusts,
  • sur-faced,
  • sur-facing,
  • in crusting,
  • in-crust,
  • in crusts,
  • sur-face,
  • sur facing,
  • in crusted,
  • sur-faces,
  • sur faced.
  •conquer (verb)
  • over-rides,
  • wipes off map,
  • over masters,
  • over thrown,
  • tramples underfoot,
  • over-ridden,
  • get better of,
  • pre vailing,
  • over-powered,
  • gets better of,
  • getting the better of,
  • wiping off map,
  • sur-mounts,
  • over throws,
  • wipe map,
  • wipes map,
  • gotten the better of,
  • over-throw,
  • over powered,
  • pre vail,
  • over throwing,
  • brings knees,
  • over powers,
  • bringing to knees,
  • over-mastered,
  • pre vails,
  • pre-vail,
  • gets the better of,
  • bringing knees,
  • trampling underfoot,
  • sub-dues,
  • brought to knees,
  • sur-mounting,
  • over ridden,
  • got the better of,
  • over power,
  • pre-vails,
  • pre-vailed,
  • sub dues,
  • over-throws,
  • over-masters,
  • pre vailed,
  • over threw,
  • gotten better of,
  • over-thrown,
  • brings to knees,
  • trampled underfoot,
  • over-threw,
  • got better of,
  • bring knees,
  • over rides,
  • sub-due,
  • getting better of,
  • over-throwing,
  • wiping map,
  • over mastering,
  • over rode,
  • sur-mounted,
  • over master,
  • over-rode,
  • sur mount,
  • over throw,
  • sur-mount,
  • sub jugate,
  • sub due,
  • over mastered,
  • over riding,
  • brought knees,
  • sur mounted,
  • over-powering,
  • sur mounts,
  • wiped map,
  • over-powers,
  • over-power,
  • wiped off map,
  • over powering,
  • gat the better of,
  • sur mounting,
  • gat better of,
  • over-riding,
  • over-mastering,
  • over-master,
  • sub-jugate,
  • over ride.
  •counter (verb)
  • flying in face of,
  • flies in the face of,
  • flies the face of,
  • Counter-work,
  • fly the face of,
  • counter-worked,
  • has bone pick,
  • re turn,
  • flew in face of,
  • backtalking,
  • counterworked,
  • had bone pick,
  • counter-works,
  • plays off,
  • flying face of,
  • thumbsed down,
  • thumbses down,
  • fly face of,
  • hits back,
  • re turning,
  • flying the face of,
  • flies face of,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • hast bone pick,
  • had bone to pick,
  • counter works,
  • flies in face of,
  • re-turning,
  • counter-working,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • having bone pick,
  • flew the face of,
  • counter working,
  • Re-turn,
  • counter worked,
  • having bone to pick,
  • flying in the face of,
  • flew face of,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • has bone to pick,
  • playing off,
  • backtalked,
  • haddest bone to pick,
  • thumbsing down,
  • hath bone pick,
  • flew in the face of,
  • re-turns,
  • have bone pick,
  • counterworks,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • re-turned,
  • hitting back,
  • counter work,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • re turns.
  •counteract (verb)
  • counter vail,
  • counter-balancing,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter vailed,
  • re-dress,
  • counter acting,
  • re dress,
  • counter-checking,
  • re dressed,
  • counter-vailing,
  • went against,
  • counter balances,
  • counter vailing,
  • counter checking,
  • counter vails,
  • in validating,
  • in validate,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-checks,
  • counter-vails,
  • in-validating,
  • counter-vail,
  • counter-act,
  • in-validates,
  • in validates,
  • re dressing,
  • counter-check,
  • goes against,
  • counter check,
  • re dresses,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter-vailed,
  • in-validate,
  • in-validated,
  • canceling out,
  • in validated,
  • cancels out,
  • re-dressed,
  • going against,
  • counter balanced,
  • re-dressing,
  • counter act,
  • counter checked,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter acts,
  • counter balance,
  • re-dresses,
  • counter checks,
  • counter-checked,
  • Counterchecked,
  • counter-acts.
  •cross (verb)
  • stab the back,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • stab back,
  • knocking props out,
  • take wind out sails,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • snafuing,
  • took wind out sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • knocks props out,
  • bollixes,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • knocked props out.
  •dash (verb)
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis maying,
  • dis-may,
  • dis-comforting,
  • dis comforted,
  • dis mays,
  • dis may,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-comforted,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis comforting.
  •daunt (verb)
  • over awing,
  • dis heartening,
  • over-awe,
  • co wed,
  • dis-heartens,
  • over-awing,
  • co-wing,
  • over-awed,
  • dis-hearten,
  • over awes,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis heartens,
  • over awe,
  • over awed,
  • dis-heartened,
  • co wing,
  • co-wed,
  • over-awes,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis hearten.
  •defeat (verb)
  • overcome,
  • trounce,
  • overthrow,
  • win,
  • predominate,
  • overpower,
  • outplay,
  • whip,
  • humble,
  • trump,
  • outdo,
  • surmount,
  • capture,
  • crush,
  • rout,
  • subdue,
  • triumph,
  • master,
  • subject,
  • vanquish,
  • overturn.
  •defraud (verb)
  • taking to the cleaner's,
  • take cleaner's,
  • did number on,
  • de-ludes,
  • take cleaners,
  • takes to cleaners,
  • suckered in to,
  • took to the cleaner's,
  • takes to the cleaners,
  • de lude,
  • does number on,
  • taking the cleaner's,
  • takes to the cleaner,
  • took the cleaners,
  • doing number on,
  • took to the cleaner,
  • took to cleaners,
  • took to the cleaners,
  • de fraud,
  • took cleaners,
  • take to cleaner's,
  • de-fraud,
  • suckers into,
  • takes cleaner's,
  • took the cleaner,
  • taking cleaner's,
  • took to cleaner,
  • take the cleaner,
  • didst number on,
  • chouses,
  • de-frauds,
  • doest number on,
  • took cleaner's,
  • pulls fast one,
  • takes cleaner,
  • de ludes,
  • taking to cleaner,
  • takes the cleaner's,
  • take the cleaners,
  • taking the cleaners,
  • doeth number on,
  • take the cleaner's,
  • take to cleaner,
  • taking cleaner,
  • Choused,
  • took cleaner,
  • take cleaner,
  • took the cleaner's,
  • taking to cleaner's,
  • taking cleaners,
  • taking to the cleaners,
  • de-lude,
  • takes the cleaners,
  • ripping off,
  • taking to the cleaner,
  • sucker in to,
  • takes to cleaner,
  • suckering in to,
  • taking to cleaners,
  • pulled fast one,
  • takes to cleaner's,
  • pulling fast one,
  • takes cleaners,
  • suckering into,
  • suckers in to,
  • took to cleaner's,
  • Chousing,
  • takes to the cleaner's,
  • de frauds,
  • taking the cleaner,
  • takes the cleaner,
  • take to the cleaner,
  • dost number on,
  • suckered into,
  • doth number on.
  •defy (verb)
  • dis-regarding,
  • dis regarded,
  • de rides,
  • de-riding,
  • dis-regards,
  • hurled defiance at,
  • out-daring,
  • making my day,
  • out-dared,
  • out dared,
  • with stood,
  • sticks fast,
  • with-standing,
  • out daring,
  • with stands,
  • out dares,
  • out-dares,
  • taking one on,
  • hurling defiance at,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-regard,
  • outdares,
  • out-dare,
  • de-ride,
  • with stand,
  • sticked fast,
  • outdared,
  • outdaring,
  • took one on,
  • with standing,
  • made my day,
  • de-rides,
  • de riding,
  • hurls defiance at,
  • with-stands,
  • dis regard,
  • dis regarding,
  • with-stand,
  • de ride,
  • dis-regarded,
  • takes one on,
  • makes my day,
  • out dare.
  •disappoint (verb)
  • dis enchants,
  • ruined prospects,
  • ruins prospects,
  • dis enchanted,
  • dis enchant,
  • dis satisfy,
  • brought to naught,
  • dis appointing,
  • falling flat,
  • brought naught,
  • mis-carry,
  • dis-illusions,
  • not showing,
  • bringing to naught,
  • fell short of,
  • dashes hopes,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis enchanting,
  • falls short of,
  • dis-appointing,
  • fell flat,
  • dis illusioned,
  • dis-enchanted,
  • dis-satisfied,
  • mis-leading,
  • not shows,
  • dis-illusion,
  • mis-carried,
  • falls flat,
  • coming to nothing,
  • dis satisfies,
  • comes nothing,
  • dis-satisfies,
  • come nothing,
  • dis-illusioned,
  • dis satisfied,
  • brings naught,
  • falling short of,
  • mis carries,
  • comes to nothing,
  • dis appoint,
  • leave the lurch,
  • falls down on,
  • came nothing,
  • dis-appointed,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis-enchanting,
  • mis-lead,
  • dis-satisfying,
  • mis-carrying,
  • mis carried,
  • mis carry,
  • dis-satisfy,
  • dis-enchant,
  • bring naught,
  • came to nothing,
  • not showed,
  • dis appoints,
  • leave lurch,
  • stands up,
  • dis illusions,
  • mis lead,
  • bringing naught,
  • coming nothing,
  • mis carrying,
  • dis satisfying,
  • mis-carries,
  • ruining prospects,
  • fell down on,
  • mis-leads,
  • dis appointed,
  • dis-enchants,
  • dis illusion,
  • mis leading,
  • falling down on,
  • brings to naught.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • dis composes,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de moralized,
  • de-moralized,
  • dis composing,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis-comfits,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis-composed,
  • un-settle,
  • over-came,
  • un-settles,
  • dis-composing,
  • un settling,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-countenances,
  • over-coming,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis compose,
  • over come,
  • dis-countenance,
  • de moralizing,
  • un settled,
  • over coming,
  • over came,
  • over comes,
  • un settle,
  • un settles,
  • dis countenancing,
  • de-moralize,
  • de moralizes,
  • dis countenances,
  • un-settling,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis comfit,
  • un-settled,
  • de moralize,
  • dis composed,
  • over-comes,
  • dis-comfit,
  • dis-compose.
  •elude (verb)
  • ran around,
  • wert beyond someone,
  • beating around bush,
  • was beyond someone,
  • gives wide berth to,
  • am beyond someone,
  • staying shy of,
  • being beyond someone,
  • gave wide berth to,
  • out run,
  • gives the runaround,
  • not touches,
  • gave slip,
  • giving slip,
  • gives the slip,
  • passes up,
  • give runaround,
  • art beyond someone,
  • not touched,
  • passing up,
  • pass buck,
  • out-run,
  • gat away from,
  • gave the slip,
  • out runs,
  • out-running,
  • running around,
  • out-runs,
  • giving the slip,
  • gives runaround,
  • runs around,
  • gave runaround,
  • hem haw,
  • stayed shy of,
  • giving the runaround,
  • giving wide berth to,
  • beats around the bush,
  • give slip,
  • wast beyond someone,
  • staid shy of,
  • stays shy of,
  • giving runaround,
  • out running,
  • were beyond someone,
  • beats around bush,
  • are beyond someone,
  • gave the runaround,
  • is beyond someone,
  • gotten away from,
  • gives slip.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • dash one hope,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • hangs up,
  • dash ones hope,
  • de-press,
  • dashes hope,
  • gives run around,
  • gives the run around,
  • de-pressing,
  • de pressed,
  • render null void,
  • rendering null void,
  • de press,
  • de-presses,
  • dashing one hope,
  • giving run around,
  • de pressing,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • dashing hope,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • gave the run around,
  • hanging up,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • dashed one hope,
  • upset applecart,
  • rendered null and void,
  • renders null void,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • rendered null void,
  • dash hope,
  • de-pressed,
  • de presses,
  • renders null and void,
  • hanged up,
  • gave run around,
  • rendering null and void,
  • dashes one hope,
  • giving the run around.
  •hamper (verb)
  • get in way,
  • gat in way,
  • get way,
  • in-convenience,
  • getting in the way,
  • got the way,
  • gat in the way,
  • tying one hands,
  • tied one hands,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • re-strained,
  • getting the way,
  • re strain,
  • tied one's hands,
  • gets way,
  • getting way,
  • tie ones hands,
  • ties hands,
  • got in the way,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • re strained,
  • drags one's feet,
  • gat the way,
  • tying ones hands,
  • drags one feet,
  • drags ones feet,
  • in-conveniences,
  • tie hands,
  • gotten in the way,
  • tied hands,
  • tied ones hands,
  • gotten in way,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • gotten way,
  • dragged one feet,
  • drags feet,
  • re strains,
  • in conveniences,
  • get the way,
  • tying hands,
  • got in way,
  • gets in way,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • re-straining,
  • gets in the way,
  • re straining,
  • getting in way,
  • re-strains,
  • drag ones feet,
  • gotten the way,
  • got way,
  • tie one hands,
  • ties ones hands,
  • ties one hands,
  • re-strain,
  • gat way,
  • ties one's hands,
  • gets the way,
  • tying one's hands,
  • dragging feet,
  • dragged feet.
  •handcuff (verb)
  • incing.
  •hog-tie (verb)
  • hog tie.
  •plate (verb)
  • over-laying,
  • electro plated,
  • platinizes,
  • over laying,
  • nickelling,
  • Platinizing,
  • over-laid,
  • over-lays,
  • electro plates,
  • over lays,
  • over-lay,
  • electro plating,
  • electro plate,
  • electro-plates,
  • electro-plate,
  • nickeled,
  • over laid,
  • electroplates,
  • electro-plating,
  • nickelled,
  • electro-plated,
  • Platinized.
  •prevent (verb)
  • defends against,
  • de-bars,
  • kept lid on,
  • pre vent,
  • de barring,
  • holds off,
  • putting an end to,
  • pre-vented,
  • puts an end to,
  • inter dict,
  • de bar,
  • keeping lid on,
  • putting stop to,
  • puts a stop to,
  • de-barred,
  • inter-cept,
  • keeps lid on,
  • forfending,
  • defended against,
  • forfends,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre venting,
  • puts stop to,
  • de-bar,
  • re-strict,
  • forfended,
  • inter-dict,
  • putting a stop to,
  • re strict,
  • de-barring,
  • de bars,
  • inter cept,
  • de barred,
  • pre vented,
  • defending against,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vent.
  •puzzle (verb)
  • be muse,
  • be-fog,
  • be-fogged,
  • be-mused,
  • be fogs,
  • be fogging,
  • be fuddles,
  • buffaloing,
  • gat to,
  • gotten to,
  • be-fuddles,
  • psychs out,
  • be wilders,
  • be-fuddling,
  • profundicates,
  • be-fogs,
  • be fuddling,
  • be fog,
  • be-wildering,
  • be-fuddle,
  • be wildered,
  • be-wilder,
  • be mused,
  • dis-tracts,
  • dis-tract,
  • profundicated,
  • be wildering,
  • dis tracts,
  • be fogged,
  • be-muse,
  • be-musing,
  • psyching out,
  • be musing,
  • be fuddle,
  • be-wildered,
  • be-fuddled,
  • be wilder,
  • be-fogging,
  • profundicating,
  • dis tract,
  • be-wilders,
  • be fuddled.
  •stump (verb)
  • bringing up short,
  • brought short,
  • brings up short,
  • brought up short,
  • brings short,
  • bring short,
  • bringing short.
  •stymie (verb)
  • deadends,
  • puts back burner,
  • putting hold,
  • deadended,
  • dead ending,
  • snookers,
  • throw monkey wrench into,
  • putting back burner,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • hanged fire,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • puts on hold,
  • puts on back burner,
  • dead-ending,
  • deadend,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • putting on back burner,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • put back burner,
  • puts hold,
  • dead-ended,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • dead ended,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • throw monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • hung fire,
  • deadending,
  • put hold,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • throwing monkey wrench into,
  • chokes off,
  • snookering.
  •thwart (verb)
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • took wind out of,
  • taking wind out of,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • upsets one apple cart,
  • takes wind out of.
  •undercut (verb)
  • de-stabilizes,
  • under-cut,
  • de-stabilized,
  • de stabilizes,
  • de-stabilizing,
  • under cutting,
  • de-stabilize,
  • under-cutting,
  • under-cuts,
  • under cuts,
  • de stabilizing,
  • de stabilize,
  • under cut,
  • de stabilized.
  •undermine (verb)
  • poking full holes,
  • whittled away,
  • knocking bottom out of,
  • knocking the bottom out of,
  • hollowed out,
  • clipped one wings,
  • knocks the bottom out of,
  • poked full holes,
  • poke full holes,
  • clipped one's wings,
  • hollows out,
  • whittling away,
  • ex cavate,
  • poked full of holes,
  • under-mined,
  • ex-cavate,
  • ate away,
  • clipping one wings,
  • digging out,
  • clipping one's wings,
  • hollowing out,
  • knocks bottom out of,
  • clipping wings,
  • under mining,
  • whittles away,
  • under mined,
  • pokes full holes,
  • clip ones wings,
  • clips one's wings,
  • knocked bottom out of,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • poking full of holes,
  • knocked the bottom out of,
  • clipped ones wings,
  • clips one wings,
  • clips ones wings,
  • clipped wings,
  • clip one wings,
  • dug out,
  • clipping ones wings,
  • digs out,
  • under-mining,
  • clips wings,
  • digged out.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • keeps arms length,
  • keep at arms length,
  • beats off,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • kept arm length,
  • re butting,
  • keeps at bay,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeping bay,
  • keep arms length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • re-butted,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeps off,
  • beating off,
  • kept bay,
  • kept arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keeps bay,
  • re butted,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keep bay,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • re-butting,
  • kept off,
  • keeping off,
  • keeps at arm's length.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • aluminum foil,
  • silver foil,
  • greaseproof paper,
  • cellophane,
  • silver paper,
  • plastic wrap,
  • clingfilm,
  • saran wrap,
  • tinfoil.
  •
  • contrast.
  •counteract
  • Negatived,
  • canceled out,
  • cancelled out,
  • counter-balances,
  • Negativing,
  • counterchecks,
  • cancelling out,
  • cancel out,
  • countercheck,
  • counter-balance,
  • go against,
  • Counterchecking.
  •defeat
  • casting down,
  • Blanked,
  • cause setback,
  • beat down,
  • skunking,
  • throw for loop,
  • nose out,
  • over turn,
  • Counterplotted,
  • beat the system,
  • Squashing,
  • Blanking,
  • skunked,
  • counter-plot,
  • Counterplotting,
  • cast down,
  • counterplot,
  • put end to,
  • squash,
  • shellac.
  •defy
  • make my day,
  • stick fast,
  • Outdare,
  • Fronting,
  • stuck fast,
  • fly in face of,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • Ridiculed,
  • take one on,
  • sticking fast,
  • spurn.
  •disappoint
  • dashing hopes,
  • fall flat,
  • leave in lurch,
  • embitter,
  • founders,
  • fall short of,
  • stand up,
  • disenchant,
  • ruin prospects,
  • dashed hopes,
  • disenchanting,
  • standing up,
  • come to nothing,
  • not show,
  • disenchants,
  • stood up,
  • bring to naught,
  • fall down on,
  • dash hopes.
  •fencing
  • saber,
  • swordsmanship,
  • swordsman,
  • swordplay,
  • fencer.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stoppage
  • prevention.
  •stump
  • bring up short.
  •stymie
  • choking off,
  • put on hold,
  • choked off,
  • dead-end,
  • dead-ends,
  • put on back burner,
  • hang fire,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • putting on hold,
  • hangs fire,
  • snookered,
  • choke off,
  • hanging fire,
  • snooker.
  •undercut
  • destabilized,
  • destabilize,
  • destabilizes,
  • destabilizing.
  •weaken
  • undercut,
  • undermine.

Paraphrases for Foil:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    foiled.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stems, aluminium, leaf, refill, 'aluminium.
  • Verb, base form
    frustrate, forestall, discourage, derail, outwit, pre-empt, defeat, outsmart, stop, aluminium, counteract, prevent, demoralize, spoil, sabotage, scuttle, deter, undermine, circumvent, nullify.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    aluminum, foliage.
  • Verb, base form
    counter.

Antonyms for Foil:

• v.

  • circumvent, nip in the bud
    encourage, facilitate, help, calm, forward, surrender, abet, release, face, meet, lose, liberate, aid, assist, allow, soothe, inspirit, placate.
  • Other antonyms:
    ease, advance, cultivate, foster, nurture, smooth, further, promote.

Foil Sentence Examples:

• I have plans that will foil them yet.

• In the evening, the windows being all open, and the lamps lighted, a foil view may be obtained of these apartments.

Homophones for Foil:

• FOYLE.

Hypernym for Foil:

• n.

  • artifact
    aluminum foil, tinfoil, Aluminium Foil, tin foil, chaff, gold foil.

Hyponym for Foil:

• n.

  • artifact
    fencing sword, sheet metal.

• v.

  • contact
    cover.
  • stative
    contrast, counterpoint.