What is another word for preclude?
859 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪklˈuːd], [ pɹɪklˈuːd], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_k_l_ˈuː_d]
Preclude is a verb that means to prevent or make something impossible. It is sometimes difficult to find the perfect word to convey the precise meaning one wants to express. Some synonyms for preclude include prohibit, hinder, forestall, obstruct, impede, deter, curb, and avert. Prohibit implies a formal or legal prevention of something. Hinder is to cause delay, while forestall suggests taking action beforehand to prevent something from happening. Obstruct means to block a pathway, while impede is to slow down or hinder progress. Deter involves creating fear or discouragement to prevent an action. Curb implies the ability to restrain or limit an action, and avert is to prevent something from occurring.
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Similar words for preclude:
- close out (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- prevent (noun)
- superiority (noun)
- anticipate (verb)
- avert (verb)
- bar (verb)
- blacklist (verb)
- check (verb)
- debar (verb)
- deter (verb)
- disqualify (verb)
- enjoin (verb)
- exclude (verb)
- forbid (verb)
- foreclose (verb)
- forestall (verb)
- frustrate (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- inhibit; make impossible (verb)
- obviate (verb)
- omit (verb)
- parry (verb)
- prevent (verb)
- prohibit (verb)
- rule out (verb)
- ward/ward off (verb)
- other synonyms
- exclude
- hinder
- other relevant words
- prohibit
- rule out
- stave
Synonyms for Preclude:
n.
• close out (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun) • prevent (noun) • superiority (noun)v.
• anticipate (verb)- wast early,
- beats someone to it,
- was one step ahead of,
- are step ahead of,
- was early,
- being one step ahead of,
- de lay,
- be step ahead of,
- was step ahead of,
- being step ahead of,
- preparing for,
- art step ahead of,
- de-laying,
- beating to it,
- inter-cept,
- de laying,
- provided against,
- being early,
- is one step ahead of,
- de lays,
- am one step ahead of,
- beat to it,
- de-lay,
- were early,
- wast step ahead of,
- beats to it,
- pre ceded,
- wert one step ahead of,
- pre-cede,
- providing against,
- am early,
- pre cede,
- am step ahead of,
- are one step ahead of,
- pre-ceded,
- beating someone it,
- were step ahead of,
- wast one step ahead of,
- pre cedes,
- is step ahead of,
- provides against,
- pre ceding,
- pre-ceding,
- prepares for,
- pre-cedes,
- inter cept,
- beating someone to it,
- beat someone it,
- were one step ahead of,
- wert early,
- wert step ahead of,
- de-lays,
- art one step ahead of,
- is early,
- beats someone it,
- are early.
- inter feres,
- dis-allowed,
- over-rode,
- out-lawed,
- re straining,
- re-strain,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis-allow,
- inter-feres,
- dis-allows,
- inter fere,
- re-straining,
- dis allow,
- dis courage,
- inter-dict,
- over rode,
- dis countenance,
- re strain,
- dis countenances,
- dis allowing,
- dis-countenances,
- freezing out,
- over riding,
- re fusing,
- over ridden,
- dis allows,
- dis-courages,
- over-ridden,
- out-lawing,
- re fuses,
- re strained,
- over-rides,
- over rides,
- inter-fere,
- froze out,
- dis-allowing,
- over ride,
- dis allowed,
- dis countenancing,
- freezes out,
- dis countenanced,
- dis-countenance,
- re-strains,
- re-fuse,
- over-riding,
- re fused,
- re-fusing,
- ex-cept,
- ex cept,
- dis courages,
- out lawed,
- re strains,
- re-strained,
- re-fuses,
- out lawing,
- dis-countenanced,
- dis-courage,
- re-fused,
- inter dict,
- re fuse.
- pro scribe,
- putting hit list,
- pro scribing,
- thumbsed down,
- hits list,
- thumbses down,
- puts hit list,
- pro scribed,
- puts on hit list,
- voting against,
- pro-scribed,
- votes against,
- pro-scribes,
- hitting list,
- put hit list,
- thumbsing down,
- pro-scribing,
- pro-scribe,
- putting on hit list,
- voted against,
- pro scribes.
- nip the bud,
- re-pulsing,
- holds in,
- counter-acted,
- re-presses,
- re buffed,
- re buffs,
- re duce,
- re-buff,
- Bitting,
- slackens pace,
- holds down,
- re pulsed,
- with-held,
- re duces,
- with held,
- with-holds,
- re pressing,
- re-buffing,
- with-hold,
- with hold,
- counter acted,
- with holds,
- re presses,
- slows down,
- counter acts,
- counter act,
- re-press,
- re press,
- played for time,
- re-pulse,
- re pulses,
- re-pressing,
- re pulse,
- re-duce,
- re-pulses,
- re pulsing,
- counter-acting,
- re pressed,
- reining in,
- slackening pace,
- slowing down,
- re-buffed,
- counter-acts,
- re buff,
- nip bud,
- counter acting,
- re-buffs,
- re buffing,
- counter-act,
- re-duces,
- nip in bud,
- re-pulsed,
- with holding,
- slackened pace.
- dis advise,
- acting like wet blanket,
- dis-advised,
- dis-advise,
- disadvised,
- acts like a wet blanket,
- threw cold water on,
- putting a damper on,
- throwing cold water on,
- disadvising,
- talks out of,
- dis-advises,
- disadvises,
- throws cold water on,
- forfends,
- forfending,
- puts a damper on,
- act like wet blanket,
- putting damper on,
- dis advises,
- acted like a wet blanket,
- dis advising,
- acted like wet blanket,
- puts damper on,
- acts like wet blanket,
- forfended,
- acting like a wet blanket,
- talked out of,
- dis advised,
- dis-advising.
- dis-enabled,
- disenabled,
- dis-entitle,
- dis-enables,
- in-capacitate,
- in-capacitates,
- eighty six,
- dis entitles,
- in-validated,
- dis franchising,
- in capacitate,
- in capacitated,
- dis-entitles,
- dis-enabling,
- in capacitating,
- dis entitling,
- dis qualifies,
- nixed,
- dis qualified,
- un fit,
- disentitles,
- disenables,
- in-capacitated,
- dis enabling,
- dis-franchised,
- un-fitted,
- dis entitle,
- dis franchised,
- dis-qualify,
- disfranchises,
- dis-entitling,
- dis-qualified,
- not make cut,
- dis enable,
- in-capacitating,
- dis qualify,
- dis franchises,
- eightysix,
- dis enables,
- un fitting,
- disenabling,
- un-fitting,
- un-fits,
- dis enabled,
- dis franchise,
- un-fit,
- dis-franchises,
- in validated,
- un fitted,
- not make the cutting,
- in validates,
- dis-franchising,
- dis entitled,
- not make cutting,
- dis qualifying,
- in validate,
- dis-franchise,
- in-validate,
- in validating,
- dis-enable,
- un fits,
- in-validating,
- dis-qualifying,
- dis-qualifies,
- in capacitates,
- dis-entitled,
- in-validates.
- refuses admittance,
- sets aside,
- re moved,
- locked out,
- shuts the door on,
- forced out,
- drave out,
- sidelining,
- shutting the door on,
- re-moving,
- shut door on,
- re-moves,
- re moving,
- leaved out,
- re-move,
- shutting door on,
- refused admittance,
- locks out,
- locking out,
- refusing admittance,
- drove out,
- re move,
- shuts door on.
- puts chill on,
- re-strict,
- puts the chill on,
- putting chill on,
- re strict,
- saying no,
- said no,
- putting the chill on,
- declares illegal,
- declaring illegal,
- declared illegal.
- fore close,
- fore-closes,
- fore-closing,
- fore closed,
- fore-close,
- fore closing,
- fore-closed,
- fore closes.
- fore stalls,
- pre occupy,
- fore-stalled,
- pre-occupied,
- pre-occupies,
- fore-stalling,
- pre-occupy,
- fore stalling,
- pre-occupying,
- fore-stall,
- fore stalled,
- fore-stalls,
- pre occupies,
- fore stall,
- pre occupied.
- dashed ones hope,
- cramping one style,
- dis-heartened,
- out wits,
- cramped style,
- dashing ones hope,
- over-comes,
- cramps style,
- cramping style,
- cramped one style,
- rendered null void,
- gives the run around,
- dash ones hope,
- over come,
- cramps one's style,
- out witting,
- de press,
- dis heartens,
- de pressed,
- de feats,
- dis-hearten,
- de-feats,
- dashes hope,
- de pressing,
- over-coming,
- out witted,
- hangs up,
- out-witting,
- renders null and void,
- de presses,
- out-wit,
- over coming,
- cramps one style,
- de-press,
- dis heartened,
- giving the run around,
- cramps ones style,
- dis hearten,
- de feat,
- out-wits,
- cramping ones style,
- render null void,
- renders null void,
- dashing one's hope,
- dashing one hope,
- dis-heartening,
- gives run around,
- cramp ones style,
- rendered null and void,
- dashed one hope,
- dashes ones hope,
- dashes one's hope,
- dashed one's hope,
- de-pressed,
- dash one hope,
- hanged up,
- dashes one hope,
- dis heartening,
- gave run around,
- cramped ones style,
- de-pressing,
- upset applecart,
- rendering null void,
- over comes,
- giving run around,
- de-presses,
- rendering null and void,
- dis-heartens,
- cramping one's style,
- cramp one style,
- de-feat,
- gave the run around,
- dashing hope,
- dash hope,
- hanging up,
- cramped one's style.
- get the way,
- snafuing,
- gat way,
- gets in the way,
- gat the way,
- gat in way,
- get way,
- got in way,
- getting way,
- getting the way,
- got way,
- gotten in way,
- gets way,
- getting in way,
- gotten way,
- gat in the way,
- gotten in the way,
- boxed in,
- gets in way,
- got in the way,
- boxing in,
- gets the way,
- got the way,
- getting in the way,
- gotten the way,
- hog tie,
- get in way.
- impede,
- restrain,
- interrupt,
- obviate,
- quit,
- make impracticable,
- ward,
- prohibit,
- debar,
- discontinue,
- cease.
- dis missing,
- over looks,
- dis card,
- leaved undone,
- x-outs,
- xouted,
- Overpassing,
- over passing,
- over-passed,
- dis regarded,
- by passing,
- dis-regard,
- dis carding,
- dis regards,
- over-pass,
- over passes,
- blinked at,
- by pass,
- over look,
- missing out,
- by passed,
- xouts,
- dis missed,
- x outing,
- blinks at,
- xouting,
- dis-missing,
- x outed,
- dis-regards,
- dis regarding,
- dis-carded,
- casts aside,
- over-look,
- dis-carding,
- dis cards,
- over passed,
- x-outed,
- dis-regarded,
- dis carded,
- dis-cards,
- dis-missed,
- x-outing,
- lets slide,
- by passes,
- x outs,
- over looked,
- over-looks,
- xout,
- misses out,
- leaves undone,
- blinking at,
- letted go,
- over-passing,
- over-looking,
- letting slide,
- dis regard,
- letted slide,
- dis-card,
- dis-regarding,
- leaving undone,
- over-passes,
- casting aside.
- pre-vents,
- puts an end to,
- pre vent,
- holds off,
- putting a stop to,
- defending against,
- putting an end to,
- pre vented,
- putting stop to,
- pre-vented,
- puts end to,
- pre-vent,
- pre venting,
- defends against,
- pre vents,
- putting end to,
- pre-venting,
- keeps lid on,
- keeping lid on,
- puts a stop to,
- defended against,
- kept lid on,
- puts stop to.
- curb,
- reject,
- constrain,
- disapprove,
- disallow,
- control,
- oppress,
- inhibit,
- suppress,
- ban,
- refuse,
- restrict,
- block,
- curtail,
- outlaw,
- deny,
- bar.
- keeping arm's length,
- beats off,
- keeping at bay,
- keeping at arm length,
- keep arms length,
- re-butting,
- keeps at arms length,
- keep at arms length,
- re butting,
- keeping arms length,
- kept arm length,
- keeping at arm's length,
- keeps at bay,
- kept arms length,
- keeps at arm's length,
- keeps arms length,
- beating off,
- keeping at arms length,
- keeping off,
- keep at arm length,
- keeps at arm length,
- re butted,
- keeping arm length,
- re-butted,
- keeps arm length,
- kept bay,
- keeps off,
- kept at arm length,
- kept off,
- keeps bay,
- keep arm length,
- kept arm's length,
- kept at arms length,
- keep bay,
- kept at arm's length,
- keeping bay,
- keeps arm's length.
Other synonyms:
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- quiet.
- forcing out,
- setting aside,
- lock out,
- drives out,
- drive out,
- driving out,
- sidelined,
- foreclose,
- left out,
- shut the door on,
- sideline,
- refuse admittance,
- veto,
- force out,
- Embargoing,
- forces out,
- Embargoed,
- occlude,
- leaving out,
- leaves out,
- leave out.
- disfranchised,
- blink at,
- put the chill on,
- says no,
- holding in,
- turned away,
- put on hit list,
- keep lid on,
- En Garde,
- freeze out,
- shunt,
- lock up,
- leave undone,
- letting go,
- rein in,
- disfranchise,
- play for time,
- neutralize,
- slowed down,
- rule out,
- reins in,
- prepare for,
- blacklist,
- miss out,
- place injunction on,
- DAMPS,
- kept back,
- corked,
- heads off,
- forestall,
- forbid,
- Paused,
- Disadvise,
- Shunted,
- withholds,
- passed by,
- avert,
- taboo,
- holds back,
- playing for time,
- exclude,
- ward off,
- cramp one's style,
- by-passing,
- turns away,
- parry,
- keeps back,
- Damped,
- shoved aside,
- keep out,
- Damping,
- turned aside,
- Parried,
- dashed hope,
- disentitled,
- act like a wet blanket,
- bottlenecking,
- provide against,
- let slide,
- declare illegal,
- say no,
- hold in,
- over pass,
- repudiate,
- disenable,
- kept at bay,
- give run around,
- cramp style,
- Forfend,
- Preventing,
- beat off,
- by-passed,
- disqualify,
- fend,
- turning away,
- bottlenecked,
- Disfranchising,
- unfits,
- slacken pace,
- plays for time,
- throw cold water on,
- defend against,
- prepared for,
- put a stop to,
- held in,
- out wit,
- beat someone to it,
- Harnessing,
- hold down,
- be early,
- hold at bay,
- keep back,
- check,
- inhibits,
- not make the cut,
- fending off,
- talking out of,
- render null and void,
- deter,
- turn away,
- hold off,
- look away,
- locks up,
- Shunting,
- lets go,
- unfitted,
- prevent,
- keep off,
- over-ride,
- shove aside,
- except,
- left undone,
- put stop to,
- locking up,
- keep at bay,
- be one step ahead of,
- proscribe,
- slow down,
- withhold,
- vote against,
- keeping out,
- unfitting,
- put an end to,
- put off,
- keep arm's length,
- Refusing,
- Bitted,
- frustrate,
- put damper on,
- dash one's hope,
- Overpassed,
- kept out,
- Tabooed,
- by-passes,
- put end to,
- By-pass,
- reined in,
- turning aside,
- keeps out,
- Repulsing,
- disentitling,
- keeping back,
- put a damper on,
- turn aside,
- omit,
- shut out,
- held down,
- overpast,
- shutting out,
- talk out of,
- Estop,
- keep at arm's length,
- hang up,
- forbidding,
- cast aside,
- give the run around,
- Disentitle,
- shunts,
- Tabooing,
- anticipate,
- missed out,
- nixing,
- corking,
- locked up,
- hinder,
- enjoin.
How to use "Preclude" in context?
Preclude means to preclude, to rule out, to exclude. It is a verb meaning to stop something from happening, either as a result of something that has already happened or as a prelude to something that is happening. In law, to preclude means to rule out or exclude any action being brought against a party. Precluding a lawsuit can mean that the party cannot bring a legal action against another party because of a statute that would otherwise prohibit it. To preclude a sale of an asset means to put into effect measures to make it impossible for the asset to be sold.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Affects, hinders, undermines, inhibits, prevents.
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Verb, base form
absolve, affect, avert, avoid, ban, bar, block, constrain, counter, counteract, curb, curtail, deny, deprive, derail, deter, detract, disallow, discard, discourage, dismiss, dispel, disqualify, disrupt, dissuade, eliminate, eradicate, exclude, exempt, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hinder, hindrance, impair, inhibit, interdict, interfere, jeopardize, keep, negate, nullify, obstruct, obviate, oppose, prejudge, prejudice, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, reject, remove, restrain, restrict, stop, suppress, thwart, undermine, Avoiding, excludes, removes, prohibits, pre-empt.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
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