Definition for Forestall:

• To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

Synonyms for Forestall:

• n.

  •
  • obstruct,
  • thwart,
  • hinder,
  • discourage,
  • avoid,
  • stop,
  • avert.
  •
  • Forfend,
  • nip in the bud,
  • stave off.
  •forestall (noun)
  • foresee,
  • prevent,
  • foreclose,
  • forbid,
  • counter,
  • preclude,
  • anticipate.

• v.

  •keep from happening (verb)
  • delay,
  • preoccupy,
  • anticipate,
  • monopolize,
  • deter,
  • prevent,
  • preclude,
  • thwart,
  • avert,
  • hinder.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Forfend.
  •
  • keep from.
  •
  • draw,
  • avert.
  •impede
  • hinder.
  •make unnecessary
  • obviate.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •Other relevant words:
  • believe in,
  • augur,
  • irritating,
  • annoying,
  • hinder,
  • proscribe,
  • keep from,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • embarrassing,
  • deterrence,
  • deflect,
  • look to,
  • count on,
  • delay,
  • stall,
  • handicap,
  • baulk,
  • encumber,
  • hold back,
  • look for,
  • retard,
  • bluff,
  • puzzling,
  • look out for,
  • taboo,
  • head,
  • fend off,
  • look forward to,
  • diddle,
  • hindrance,
  • slow,
  • engage,
  • parry,
  • foretaste,
  • baffling,
  • Discomfiting,
  • prognosticate,
  • monopolize,
  • holdup,
  • embarrass,
  • dupe,
  • interference,
  • conjure,
  • ban,
  • turn aside,
  • arrest,
  • expect,
  • outreach,
  • be early,
  • blockaded,
  • mock,
  • Preengage,
  • frustrate,
  • crossing,
  • onwards,
  • uncomfortable,
  • consume,
  • rule out,
  • acquire,
  • corner,
  • stymie,
  • overreach,
  • disconcerting,
  • Forfend,
  • count upon,
  • fight off,
  • watch out for,
  • outwit,
  • envision,
  • bilk,
  • impede,
  • stay,
  • keep,
  • difficult,
  • stand for,
  • entanglement,
  • avert,
  • beforehand,
  • hoax,
  • Regrate,
  • encumbrance,
  • squelch,
  • knotty,
  • foreknow,
  • stop,
  • fend,
  • predict,
  • detain,
  • provide against,
  • double cross,
  • infuriating,
  • inhibit,
  • gull,
  • embarrassment,
  • discourage,
  • draw,
  • cheat on,
  • check,
  • abort,
  • circumvent,
  • defend,
  • headache,
  • delude,
  • disturbance,
  • hamstring,
  • control,
  • defeat,
  • cripple,
  • halt,
  • ahead,
  • quash,
  • pigeon,
  • mitigate,
  • inexplicable,
  • mysterious,
  • Forerun,
  • reckon on,
  • calculate on,
  • obstruct,
  • ward,
  • deter,
  • hog,
  • postpone,
  • difficulty,
  • aggravating,
  • curb,
  • avoid,
  • go before,
  • shut out,
  • enjoin,
  • interrupt,
  • interfere with,
  • deterrent,
  • danger,
  • set back,
  • prohibit,
  • ward off,
  • ashamed,
  • outsmart,
  • veto,
  • stand up for,
  • suppress,
  • engross,
  • nip,
  • bespeak,
  • two-time,
  • frustrating,
  • juggle,
  • prevention,
  • trick,
  • balk,
  • pre-empt,
  • repulse,
  • tie up,
  • retain,
  • counteract,
  • neutralize,
  • gain time,
  • outmaneuver,
  • get around,
  • nullify,
  • intercept,
  • before,
  • cajole,
  • previously,
  • chase away,
  • beguile,
  • absorb,
  • embargo,
  • let down,
  • embarrassed,
  • Impropriate,
  • probability,
  • forwards,
  • disappoint,
  • keep off,
  • Irksome,
  • Estop,
  • discouragement,
  • dishearten,
  • extinguish,
  • foiling,
  • bothersome,
  • onward,
  • along,
  • awkward,
  • watch,
  • close out,
  • foretell,
  • baffle,
  • defer,
  • exclude,
  • outrun,
  • Holdback,
  • barricade,
  • snow,
  • stave,
  • disallow,
  • formerly,
  • tedious,
  • restrain,
  • thwart,
  • obviate,
  • secure,
  • debar,
  • think likely,
  • repel,
  • interdict,
  • deceive,
  • outlaw,
  • bamboozle,
  • preserve,
  • save,
  • defensive,
  • frontwards,
  • to prevent,
  • go off half-cocked,
  • hamper,
  • put back,
  • keep back,
  • call,
  • maddening,
  • humbug,
  • nip in the bud,
  • play one false,
  • betray,
  • gammon,
  • prepare for,
  • foil,
  • forebode,
  • frustration,
  • glitch,
  • jump the gun,
  • keep time,
  • stave off,
  • blocking,
  • obstruction,
  • cumbersome,
  • preoccupy,
  • continue,
  • string along,
  • bar,
  • disruption,
  • block,
  • take it all.

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.