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,
  • hinder,
  • discourage,
  • thwart,
  • avoid.
  •forestall (noun)
  • foreclose.

• v.

  •keep from happening (verb)
  • delay.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • keep from.
  •
  • draw.
  •make unnecessary
  • obviate.
  •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.