Synonyms for Pre-vent:

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • apprehend,
  • beat someone to it,
  • be early,
  • prepare for,
  • be one step ahead of,
  • precede,
  • delay,
  • prevent,
  • provide against.
  •arrest (verb)
  • freeze,
  • drop,
  • shut down,
  • end,
  • hold,
  • can,
  • stay,
  • scrub,
  • knock off,
  • stall,
  • suppress.
  •avert (verb)
  • deflect,
  • shove aside,
  • turn,
  • fend off,
  • turn away,
  • divert,
  • deter,
  • look away,
  • shunt.
  •baffle (verb)
  • circumvent,
  • disappoint,
  • beat,
  • ruin,
  • upset,
  • defeat,
  • dash.
  •balk (verb)
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • throw a curve,
  • upset the apple cart,
  • cramp one's style,
  • cramp,
  • disconcert.
  •ban (verb)
  • close down,
  • curse,
  • banish,
  • ice out,
  • pass up,
  • disallow,
  • pass by,
  • blackball,
  • enjoin,
  • close up,
  • declare illegal,
  • proscribe,
  • exclude,
  • outlaw,
  • illegalize.
  •bar (verb)
  • discourage,
  • deny,
  • ban,
  • suspend,
  • condemn,
  • segregate,
  • exile,
  • interfere,
  • eliminate,
  • reject,
  • refuse,
  • keep out,
  • ostracize,
  • override,
  • discountenance,
  • boycott,
  • freeze out,
  • except.
  •block (verb)
  • catch,
  • close,
  • occlude,
  • close off,
  • clog,
  • congest,
  • fill,
  • hold up,
  • block out,
  • close out,
  • stopper,
  • brake,
  • barricade,
  • stonewall,
  • choke,
  • hang up,
  • stop up,
  • shut off,
  • interfere with,
  • plug,
  • stymie,
  • tackle,
  • cut off,
  • blockade,
  • take out of play,
  • charge.
  •cheat (verb)
  • deprive.
  •check (verb)
  • constrain,
  • snub,
  • cut short,
  • tame,
  • play for time,
  • hold in,
  • rein in,
  • bit,
  • repulse,
  • pause,
  • keep back,
  • rebuff,
  • withhold,
  • slacken pace,
  • neutralize,
  • curb,
  • checkmate,
  • hold down,
  • reduce,
  • bottleneck,
  • harness,
  • moderate,
  • slow down,
  • squelch,
  • control,
  • bridle,
  • terminate.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • crimp,
  • dupe,
  • get around,
  • elude,
  • dodge,
  • entrap,
  • escape,
  • evade,
  • bilk,
  • ensnare,
  • shun,
  • circumnavigate,
  • beguile,
  • outwit,
  • detour,
  • trick,
  • overreach,
  • outflank,
  • steer clear of,
  • hoodwink,
  • sidestep,
  • skirt,
  • stump,
  • bypass,
  • queer,
  • deceive.
  •counteract (verb)
  • counterbalance,
  • invalidate,
  • cancel,
  • Counterwork,
  • negative,
  • resist,
  • fix,
  • buck,
  • annul,
  • negate,
  • rectify,
  • cancel out,
  • contravene,
  • redress,
  • countercheck,
  • offset,
  • cross,
  • correct,
  • right,
  • countervail,
  • go against,
  • oppose.
  •defend (verb)
  • take in,
  • war,
  • care for,
  • cherish,
  • beat off,
  • garrison,
  • sustain,
  • secure,
  • preserve,
  • keep safe,
  • contend,
  • screen,
  • fight for,
  • retain,
  • fight,
  • insure,
  • watch over,
  • uphold,
  • panoply,
  • safeguard,
  • battle,
  • hold at bay,
  • bulwark,
  • hedge,
  • shield,
  • save,
  • nourish,
  • maintain,
  • espouse,
  • guard,
  • shelter,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • cover,
  • look after,
  • withstand,
  • conserve,
  • house,
  • mine,
  • watch,
  • repel danger,
  • entrench,
  • fortify,
  • guard against,
  • foster.
  •delay (verb)
  • detain,
  • gain time,
  • filibuster,
  • dilly-dally,
  • adjourn,
  • intermit,
  • linger,
  • hold over,
  • encumber,
  • keep,
  • remand,
  • dawdle,
  • protract,
  • temporize,
  • put off,
  • bide time,
  • procrastinate,
  • prorogue,
  • drag,
  • lay over,
  • confine,
  • slacken,
  • shelve,
  • loiter,
  • tarry,
  • defer,
  • postpone,
  • prolong,
  • table,
  • lag.
  •deter (verb)
  • dampen,
  • dissuade,
  • caution,
  • put a damper on,
  • Disadvise,
  • frighten,
  • warn,
  • damp,
  • intimidate,
  • daunt,
  • act like a wet blanket,
  • throw cold water on,
  • scare,
  • turn off,
  • talk out of.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • disturb,
  • perplex,
  • bother,
  • worst,
  • rattle,
  • vex,
  • irk,
  • annoy,
  • abash,
  • perturb,
  • trump,
  • confound,
  • demoralize,
  • unsettle,
  • embarrass,
  • ruffle,
  • fluster,
  • discompose,
  • worry,
  • faze,
  • overcome,
  • take aback.
  •discourage (verb)
  • quiet,
  • indispose,
  • shake,
  • disincline,
  • deprecate,
  • disfavor.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • derail,
  • expostulate,
  • chicken out,
  • urge not to,
  • caution against,
  • lean on,
  • advise against,
  • counsel,
  • remonstrate,
  • exhort,
  • throw a wet blanket on,
  • cry out against,
  • throw off,
  • persuade not to,
  • prick.
  •exclude (verb)
  • drive out,
  • force out,
  • oust,
  • get rid of,
  • evict,
  • leave out,
  • lock out,
  • omit,
  • blacklist,
  • ignore,
  • sideline,
  • count out,
  • bate,
  • remove,
  • embargo,
  • set aside,
  • repudiate,
  • put out,
  • refuse admittance,
  • pass over,
  • throw out,
  • veto,
  • Estop,
  • bounce,
  • shut the door on,
  • eject.
  •foil (verb)
  • crab,
  • duck,
  • bollix,
  • run rings around,
  • run circles around,
  • nullify,
  • shuffle off,
  • buffalo,
  • shake off,
  • ditch,
  • give the slip,
  • give the run-around,
  • skip,
  • foul up,
  • Juke.
  •forbid (verb)
  • lock up,
  • taboo,
  • censor,
  • put the chill on,
  • say no,
  • spike,
  • nix.
  •forestall (verb)
  • preoccupy,
  • monopolize.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • confront,
  • upset the applecart,
  • give the run around,
  • dishearten,
  • render null and void,
  • depress,
  • conquer,
  • lick,
  • dash one's hope.
  •ground (verb)
  • down,
  • bring down,
  • land,
  • dock,
  • fell,
  • beach,
  • mow down,
  • floor,
  • knock down,
  • level,
  • strand.
  •hamper (verb)
  • inconvenience,
  • shackle,
  • tie,
  • bind,
  • fetter,
  • hamstring,
  • handicap,
  • entangle,
  • tie up,
  • drag one's feet,
  • hog-tie,
  • leash,
  • tie one's hands,
  • get in the way,
  • cumber,
  • trammel,
  • hobble.
  •hold back/hold off (verb)
  • refrain,
  • forbear.
  •intercept (verb)
  • hijack,
  • shortstop,
  • interpose,
  • seize,
  • interlope,
  • appropriate,
  • take away,
  • head off at pass,
  • take,
  • make off with,
  • cut in,
  • ambush.
  •interfere (verb)
  • incommode,
  • mix in,
  • butt in,
  • poke nose in,
  • remit,
  • fool with,
  • jam,
  • busybody,
  • barge in,
  • obtrude,
  • Intermeddle,
  • conflict,
  • discommode,
  • step in,
  • intercede,
  • tamper,
  • intrude,
  • horn in,
  • get involved,
  • intermediate,
  • make,
  • trouble.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • cut,
  • break,
  • crowd in,
  • lay aside,
  • divide,
  • in,
  • sever,
  • break train of thought,
  • break off,
  • disunite,
  • discontinue,
  • put in,
  • separate,
  • disjoin,
  • infringe,
  • chime in,
  • come between,
  • cut in on,
  • work in,
  • disconnect,
  • edge in,
  • punctuate,
  • heckle,
  • inject,
  • insinuate,
  • break in,
  • crash,
  • bust in.
  •muzzle (verb)
  • dummy up,
  • ice,
  • bottle up,
  • tongue-tie,
  • still,
  • muffle,
  • stifle,
  • dry up,
  • quieten,
  • hush,
  • clamp down on,
  • crack down on,
  • shush,
  • squash,
  • silence.
  •obviate (verb)
  • do away with,
  • intervene,
  • ward.
  •oppose (verb)
  • combat,
  • face,
  • frown at,
  • face down,
  • argue,
  • debate,
  • search out,
  • taunt,
  • bombard,
  • defy,
  • speak against,
  • not countenance,
  • counterattack,
  • contradict,
  • gainsay,
  • assault,
  • take on,
  • take issue,
  • disapprove,
  • take a stand,
  • disagree,
  • expose,
  • protest,
  • call in question,
  • assail,
  • attack,
  • reverse,
  • controvert,
  • dispute,
  • run counter to,
  • turn the tables,
  • stand up to,
  • encounter,
  • fly in the face of.
  •outlaw (verb)
  • damn.
  •parry (verb)
  • fence,
  • shirk,
  • En Garde,
  • repel,
  • rebuke.
  •preclude (verb)
  • cease,
  • quit,
  • make impracticable.
  •prevent (verb)
  • check,
  • hold back,
  • obviate,
  • avert,
  • avoid,
  • counteract,
  • keep lid on,
  • prohibit,
  • dam,
  • counter,
  • shut out,
  • repress,
  • frustrate,
  • Forfend,
  • preclude,
  • turn aside,
  • impede,
  • hold off,
  • inhibit,
  • anticipate,
  • debar,
  • thwart,
  • restrict,
  • defend against,
  • baffle,
  • interrupt,
  • obstruct,
  • halt,
  • put an end to,
  • forestall,
  • retard,
  • intercept,
  • forbid,
  • restrain,
  • cool,
  • chill,
  • foil,
  • cork,
  • limit,
  • block,
  • put a stop to,
  • arrest,
  • nip in the bud,
  • interdict,
  • balk,
  • ward off,
  • stave off,
  • bar,
  • stop,
  • hinder,
  • hamper,
  • head off,
  • rule out.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • pass on,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • put down,
  • kill,
  • zing,
  • gridlock,
  • put a lock on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • jam up,
  • put chill on,
  • put a stopper in,
  • box in.
  •purge (verb)
  • clear,
  • abolish,
  • sweep out,
  • forgive,
  • erase,
  • expel,
  • rout out,
  • Depurate,
  • absolve,
  • eradicate,
  • dismiss,
  • pardon,
  • purify,
  • dispose of,
  • expiate,
  • clarify,
  • wipe out,
  • wipe off map,
  • unload,
  • disabuse,
  • excrete,
  • liquidate,
  • exonerate,
  • expunge,
  • exterminate,
  • wash,
  • cleanse,
  • shake out.
  •resist (verb)
  • continue,
  • persist,
  • forgo,
  • leave alone,
  • weather,
  • turn down,
  • abide,
  • suffer,
  • bear,
  • endure,
  • antagonize,
  • put up a fight,
  • keep from,
  • duel,
  • abstain from,
  • traverse,
  • die hard,
  • struggle against,
  • fight back,
  • remain firm,
  • remain,
  • brook,
  • hold out against,
  • persevere.
  •restrain (verb)
  • contain,
  • direct,
  • imprison,
  • gag,
  • delimit,
  • guide,
  • hem in,
  • impound,
  • chain,
  • govern,
  • muzzle,
  • circumscribe,
  • box up,
  • keep in line,
  • curtail,
  • tie down,
  • manacle,
  • keep down,
  • hogtie,
  • jail,
  • pinion,
  • pull back,
  • subdue,
  • choke back,
  • sit on,
  • crack down.
  •rule out (verb)
  • recant,
  • revoke,
  • not consider.
  •stultify (verb)
  • cripple,
  • smother,
  • suffocate.
  •stymie (verb)
  • mystify,
  • snooker,
  • pigeonhole,
  • puzzle,
  • nonplus,
  • corner,
  • hang fire,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • dead-end,
  • put on hold,
  • put on back burner,
  • choke off.
  •thwart (verb)
  • match,
  • skin,
  • play off,
  • scotch,
  • pit,
  • louse up,
  • take down,
  • upset one's apple cart,
  • snafu,
  • take wind out of,
  • double-cross,
  • confuse.
  •vaccinate (verb)
  • treat,
  • protect,
  • variolate,
  • mitigate,
  • immunize,
  • inoculate.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keep at arm's length,
  • rebut,
  • keep at bay,
  • parry,
  • fend,
  • keep off.

Antonyms for Pre-vent:

• v.

  • anticipate
    be unready, be amazed, doubt, be surprised.
  • arrest
    activate, expedite, further.
  • baffle
    delight, please, make happy, surrender, inspirit, relieve, explain, lose, clear up, enlighten.
  • balk
    make easier.
  • ban
    admit, include, welcome.
  • bar
    advocate, grant, clear, go, choose, add, loosen, unfasten, keep, sanction, ratify, accept.
  • block
    Unstop, unblock, let up, start, begin, give.
  • check
    indulge.
  • circumvent
    encounter, take on, confront, meet, face.
  • counteract
    worsen, uphold, break, validate.
  • debar
    offer.
  • defend
    discourage, ignore, give up, harm, renounce, relinquish, abandon, neglect, deny, forget, attack, waste, resign, endanger, reveal, quit, squander, make peace, forsake, leave, injure, desert, uncover, hurt.
  • delay
    carry out, DO, rush, finish, speed, dispatch, complete, hasten, hurry.
  • deter
    comfort, urge, stimulate, put on to, instigate, turn on, incite, persuade, calm, hearten.
  • discomfit
    compose, settle, appease, soothe, yield, reassure, order.
  • discourage
    spur on, inspire.
  • dissuade
    talk into.
  • exclude
    take in, incorporate.
  • foil
    placate.
  • forbid
    authorize.
  • frustrate
    retreat, cooperate.
  • ground
    construct, build.
  • hamper
    benefit, loose, untie.
  • intercept
    reject, refuse.
  • interrupt
    carry on, link, leave alone, unite, couple, mend, connect, join, attach, combine.
  • oppose
    comply, go along, agree, harmonize, participate, give in, favor.
  • outlaw
    legalize.
  • parry
    deal with, attract.
  • prevent
    allow, facilitate, permit, forward, let go, advance, aid, open, help, cause, assist, liberate, warm, heat, promote, push, support, approve, encourage, abet, continue, free, release.
  • purge
    create, accuse, dirty, bear, maintain, hold, institute, plant, fix, incriminate, establish, condemn, punish, blame, sentence, charge.
  • resist
    conform, ok, cease, stop, discontinue.
  • restrain
    misguide, mislead, set free.
  • stay
    forge.
  • stultify
    excite.
  • stymie
    explicate, clarify.
  • thwart
    straighten, separate.
  • ward/ward off
    make vulnerable, lay bare.