Synonyms for Forestall:

• n.

  •
  • thwart,
  • avoid,
  • squash,
  • discourage,
  • get in the way of something,
  • knock something on the head,
  • hinder,
  • obstruct.
  •foreclose (noun)
  • foreclose.

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • pre-cede,
  • wert one step ahead of,
  • fore stall,
  • beats someone to it,
  • are one step ahead of,
  • provides against,
  • beating someone it,
  • wast one step ahead of,
  • preparing for,
  • wast early,
  • inter cept,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore-stalled,
  • beat someone it,
  • provided against,
  • fore stalled,
  • was early,
  • providing against,
  • fore-stalling,
  • pre-ceding,
  • were one step ahead of,
  • pre ceding,
  • de-lays,
  • beat to it,
  • prepares for,
  • inter-cept,
  • beats someone it,
  • wast step ahead of,
  • wert early,
  • de lays,
  • art one step ahead of,
  • fore-stall,
  • am one step ahead of,
  • am early,
  • being step ahead of,
  • being early,
  • beating to it,
  • fore stalling,
  • wert step ahead of,
  • was one step ahead of,
  • de laying,
  • am step ahead of,
  • beating someone to it,
  • beats to it,
  • pre cedes,
  • art step ahead of,
  • pre-ceded,
  • is early,
  • were early,
  • being one step ahead of,
  • de lay,
  • was step ahead of,
  • de-lay,
  • is step ahead of,
  • fore stalls,
  • are early,
  • pre ceded,
  • pre cede,
  • were step ahead of,
  • de-laying,
  • is one step ahead of,
  • be step ahead of,
  • pre-cedes,
  • are step ahead of.
  •avert (verb)
  • shoves aside,
  • turns aside,
  • looks away,
  • looking away,
  • looked away,
  • shoving aside,
  • fended off.
  •balk (verb)
  • de feats,
  • cramping one style,
  • dis concerting,
  • cramped ones style,
  • cramp ones style,
  • cramped one style,
  • dis-concerts,
  • dis-appoint,
  • de-feats,
  • dis-concerted,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-acted,
  • cramping one's style,
  • dis concerts,
  • cramping ones style,
  • throw curve,
  • dis appoints,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • throws a curve,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • counter acting,
  • de-feat,
  • dis appoint,
  • counter act,
  • counter-act,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • cramped style,
  • dis appointed,
  • dis-concerting,
  • throwing curve,
  • dis appointing,
  • cramp one style,
  • counter acts,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis concert,
  • dis-appointed,
  • cramps one's style,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • cramping style,
  • threw a curve,
  • de feat,
  • counter-acting,
  • cramped one's style,
  • dis-concert,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • cramps style,
  • throws curve,
  • counter-acts,
  • cramps one style,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis-appointing,
  • cramps ones style,
  • threw curve,
  • throwing a curve.
  •deter (verb)
  • dis-courages,
  • dis advise,
  • de-bars,
  • puts damper on,
  • re-strains,
  • de bars,
  • de bar,
  • throws cold water on,
  • dis-advised,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • talks out of,
  • dis advising,
  • dis courage,
  • re straining,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • dis courages,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • dis-courage,
  • dis-advises,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • forfending,
  • disadvising,
  • re strained,
  • forfended,
  • re-strained,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • puts a damper on,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • re-strain,
  • threw cold water on,
  • de-barred,
  • dis-advising,
  • de barred,
  • re-straining,
  • re strains,
  • dis advises,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • disadvised,
  • putting a damper on,
  • dis-advise,
  • de-bar,
  • re strain,
  • putting damper on,
  • talked out of,
  • dis advised,
  • forfends,
  • de barring,
  • de-barring,
  • disadvises.
  •forbid (verb)
  • declared illegal,
  • pro-scribe,
  • with-holds,
  • with held,
  • putting chill on,
  • pro scribes,
  • dis-allows,
  • saying no,
  • declares illegal,
  • dis allowed,
  • nixed,
  • with holds,
  • pro-scribed,
  • pro scribed,
  • pro scribe,
  • dis allows,
  • puts chill on,
  • puts the chill on,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re-strict,
  • declaring illegal,
  • said no,
  • with-held,
  • dis allow,
  • pro scribing,
  • inter dict,
  • dis allowing,
  • with hold,
  • with holding,
  • dis-allowed,
  • putting the chill on,
  • inter-dict,
  • dis-allow,
  • with-hold,
  • re strict.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • hangs up,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dashed one hope,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dis hearten,
  • dashing hope,
  • de pressed,
  • de-press,
  • dash ones hope,
  • over-comes,
  • dis heartened,
  • dashes one hope,
  • dash hope,
  • dash one hope,
  • giving run around,
  • rendered null void,
  • out-wits,
  • renders null void,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • rendering null void,
  • gave the run around,
  • over-coming,
  • de-pressing,
  • over come,
  • gives run around,
  • dashes hope,
  • de-presses,
  • de press,
  • out-witting,
  • rendering null and void,
  • over coming,
  • gave run around,
  • upset applecart,
  • over comes,
  • out witted,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis-heartens,
  • out witting,
  • de pressing,
  • rendered null and void,
  • giving the run around,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • de presses,
  • hanging up,
  • render null void,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • gives the run around,
  • out wits,
  • dis heartening,
  • hanged up,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • dashing one hope,
  • de-pressed,
  • out-wit,
  • renders null and void,
  • dis-hearten.
  •keep from happening (verb)
  • delay.
  •obviate (verb)
  • re move,
  • inter pose,
  • inter-fere,
  • inter posed,
  • inter-posed,
  • re-move,
  • inter-pose,
  • re-moving,
  • inter fere,
  • re moved,
  • re moving,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter posing,
  • re-moves,
  • inter feres.
  •parry (verb)
  • re-pulses,
  • by passing,
  • by passed,
  • hold bay,
  • re pulsing,
  • re buffed,
  • re-buffing,
  • holds at bay,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffs,
  • re pulses,
  • re buffing,
  • holds bay,
  • held bay,
  • re buff,
  • re-buffed,
  • re-buffs,
  • held at bay,
  • by passes,
  • re-pulsed,
  • holding bay,
  • by pass,
  • re pulsed,
  • holding at bay.
  •preclude (verb)
  • makes impracticable,
  • dis-continuing,
  • made impracticable,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-continued,
  • dis continue,
  • dis continuing,
  • putting stop to,
  • making impracticable,
  • puts a stop to,
  • putting a stop to,
  • dis continues,
  • dis continued,
  • puts stop to.
  •prevent (verb)
  • holds off,
  • keeps lid on,
  • re pressed,
  • pre-vent,
  • puts end to,
  • pre vent,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre vented,
  • kept lid on,
  • nip the bud,
  • pre-vents,
  • nip in bud,
  • defending against,
  • nip bud,
  • pre-vented,
  • re pressing,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-presses,
  • putting end to,
  • puts an end to,
  • putting an end to,
  • re presses,
  • re press,
  • pre vents,
  • defends against,
  • defended against,
  • keeping lid on,
  • pre venting.
  •rule out (verb)
  • dis missing,
  • dis-missed,
  • ex cept,
  • not considers,
  • re-canted,
  • re-canting,
  • re canting,
  • leaved out,
  • dis-missing,
  • ex-cept,
  • dis missed.
  •stop (verb)
  • reining in,
  • chokes off.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeps arms length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keep arms length,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • re butted,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keep at arms length,
  • keeps bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • kept bay,
  • re-butted,
  • keep bay,
  • kept arms length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeps off,
  • keeps arm length,
  • beating off,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • kept off,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • kept arm length,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keeping off,
  • re butting,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • re-butting,
  • beats off,
  • keep arm length.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • keep from.
  •
  • draw.
  •make unnecessary
  • obviate.
  •rule out
  • not consider,
  • not considering,
  • leave out,
  • leaves out,
  • not considered,
  • leaving out.
  •stop
  • reined in,
  • Stoppering,
  • Bottled,
  • stoppered,
  • reins in,
  • staunches,
  • staunching,
  • rein in,
  • choked off,
  • choke off,
  • occlude,
  • choking off,
  • Bottling,
  • staunched.
  •Other relevant words:
  • outlaw,
  • two-time,
  • stand for,
  • irritating,
  • interference,
  • impede,
  • interrupt,
  • deterrent,
  • diddle,
  • expect,
  • pre-empt,
  • frustrating,
  • baulk,
  • set back,
  • chase away,
  • defend,
  • deflect,
  • debar,
  • forebode,
  • deceive,
  • dupe,
  • trick,
  • defensive,
  • bothersome,
  • corner,
  • bamboozle,
  • count on,
  • watch out for,
  • let down,
  • retain,
  • aggravating,
  • ahead,
  • stay,
  • baffling,
  • blockaded,
  • knotty,
  • counteract,
  • baffle,
  • extinguish,
  • inhibit,
  • predict,
  • call,
  • nip,
  • restrain,
  • play one false,
  • discouragement,
  • cumbersome,
  • postpone,
  • outreach,
  • handicap,
  • annoying,
  • stave,
  • gammon,
  • embarrassed,
  • hindrance,
  • go off half-cocked,
  • block,
  • enjoin,
  • barricade,
  • headache,
  • ward,
  • Forerun,
  • Estop,
  • string along,
  • look forward to,
  • beforehand,
  • continue,
  • engage,
  • reckon on,
  • bluff,
  • envision,
  • hog,
  • Irksome,
  • Impropriate,
  • calculate on,
  • foil,
  • onward,
  • detain,
  • keep time,
  • put back,
  • gain time,
  • neutralize,
  • puzzling,
  • nullify,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • outsmart,
  • secure,
  • bar,
  • beguile,
  • defeat,
  • foretell,
  • mock,
  • tie up,
  • disconcerting,
  • outmaneuver,
  • proscribe,
  • juggle,
  • entanglement,
  • frontwards,
  • outrun,
  • interdict,
  • embarrassment,
  • hamper,
  • blocking,
  • stand up for,
  • bilk,
  • consume,
  • awkward,
  • foiling,
  • interfere with,
  • go before,
  • curb,
  • difficult,
  • fend off,
  • halt,
  • look to,
  • embarrassing,
  • repulse,
  • snow,
  • Discomfiting,
  • disruption,
  • cheat on,
  • overreach,
  • Preengage,
  • control,
  • retard,
  • formerly,
  • save,
  • suppress,
  • bespeak,
  • previously,
  • engross,
  • believe in,
  • take it all,
  • outwit,
  • acquire,
  • augur,
  • fight off,
  • stymie,
  • ashamed,
  • cripple,
  • delude,
  • nip in the bud,
  • encumbrance,
  • prevention,
  • foretaste,
  • stave off,
  • watch,
  • infuriating,
  • forwards,
  • quash,
  • Holdback,
  • foreknow,
  • mysterious,
  • cajole,
  • conjure,
  • head,
  • maddening,
  • jump the gun,
  • hamstring,
  • glitch,
  • inexplicable,
  • look out for,
  • before,
  • check,
  • prognosticate,
  • disappoint,
  • onwards,
  • crossing,
  • exclude,
  • disturbance,
  • along,
  • absorb,
  • mitigate,
  • hold back,
  • intercept,
  • preserve,
  • circumvent,
  • danger,
  • arrest,
  • obstruction,
  • count upon,
  • deterrence,
  • gull,
  • squelch,
  • holdup,
  • to prevent,
  • dishearten,
  • repel,
  • uncomfortable,
  • keep back,
  • close out,
  • think likely,
  • get around,
  • double cross,
  • frustration,
  • disallow,
  • look for,
  • slow,
  • difficulty,
  • betray,
  • embargo,
  • Regrate,
  • abort,
  • tedious,
  • ban,
  • humbug,
  • encumber,
  • probability,
  • pigeon,
  • embarrass,
  • hoax,
  • keep,
  • defer.

Paraphrases for Forestall:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Preventing.
  • Verb, base form
    avert.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    preventable.
  • Verb, base form
    Avoiding, anticipate, stop, thwart, frustrate, discourage, preempt, foil, impede, preclude, hinder, foresee, halt, obstruct, obviate, abort, prejudge, curb, suppress, interdict, demoralize, block, stave, escape, predict, restrain, evade, hamper, inhibit, forecast, disallow, delay, circumvent, disrupt, stem.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    pre-empt, counteract, counter.

Antonyms for Forestall:

• v.

  • keep from happening
    help, aid, permit, encourage, allow, assist, promote, support, forward.
  • Other antonyms:
    leave, cultivate, abet, ease, foster, unclog, nurture, facilitate, advance, further, smooth, let.