Synonyms for Prevent:

• n.

  •
  • get in the way of something,
  • knock something on the head,
  • squash,
  • avoid.
  •preclude (noun)
  • stop from,
  • draw off,
  • fend off,
  • override,
  • keep from happening.
  •prevent (noun)
  • keep.

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • pre-vents,
  • preparing for,
  • is early,
  • beat to it,
  • pre-venting,
  • beating someone it,
  • provides against,
  • am step ahead of,
  • pre venting,
  • art step ahead of,
  • provided against,
  • was step ahead of,
  • being early,
  • wast one step ahead of,
  • pre-cedes,
  • being one step ahead of,
  • beats someone to it,
  • pre ceding,
  • be step ahead of,
  • art one step ahead of,
  • is step ahead of,
  • pre vents,
  • are early,
  • are one step ahead of,
  • wast early,
  • pre-ceded,
  • wast step ahead of,
  • was one step ahead of,
  • beats to it,
  • pre cedes,
  • are step ahead of,
  • prepares for,
  • wert one step ahead of,
  • pre-vent,
  • am one step ahead of,
  • is one step ahead of,
  • pre vent,
  • were early,
  • pre vented,
  • beats someone it,
  • am early,
  • wert early,
  • being step ahead of,
  • providing against,
  • beating to it,
  • pre-ceding,
  • were step ahead of,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre ceded,
  • pre cede,
  • were one step ahead of,
  • was early,
  • beat someone it,
  • pre-cede,
  • wert step ahead of,
  • beating someone to it.
  •arrest (verb)
  • re-strict,
  • re strict.
  •avert (verb)
  • fended off,
  • shoves aside,
  • turns aside,
  • shoving aside,
  • looked away,
  • looking away,
  • looks away.
  •baffle (verb)
  • de-feats,
  • up-sets,
  • dis appointed,
  • dis-appoints,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis-appointed,
  • up-setting,
  • dis-appointing,
  • up-set,
  • up setting,
  • dis appointing,
  • dis appoint,
  • de feat,
  • up sets,
  • dis appoints,
  • de feats.
  •balk (verb)
  • cramps style,
  • dis-concerted,
  • throwing a curve,
  • cramp one style,
  • cramped one style,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • dis concerting,
  • throws curve,
  • throwing curve,
  • cramp ones style,
  • cramping one's style,
  • cramps one style,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis concerts,
  • throw curve,
  • cramping one style,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis concert,
  • cramped style,
  • throws a curve,
  • cramps one's style,
  • cramping ones style,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • cramps ones style,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • cramping style,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • cramped ones style,
  • dis-concert,
  • cramped one's style,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • threw a curve,
  • threw curve,
  • dis-concerts.
  •ban (verb)
  • dis-allowed,
  • iced out,
  • pro scribe,
  • Illegalized,
  • declared illegal,
  • passing up,
  • dis-allow,
  • pro scribed,
  • pro scribing,
  • illegalizes,
  • passes up,
  • pro scribes,
  • dis allow,
  • dis allowing,
  • icing out,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis-allows,
  • declaring illegal,
  • declares illegal,
  • pro-scribing,
  • Illegalizing,
  • dis-allowing,
  • dis allows,
  • pro-scribed,
  • closes down,
  • pro-scribes,
  • ices out,
  • pro-scribe.
  •bar (verb)
  • froze out,
  • re fusing,
  • over ridden,
  • over rides,
  • dis countenanced,
  • re-fused,
  • freezing out,
  • over-ridden,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis countenance,
  • over-rides,
  • re-fuse,
  • re fuses,
  • over rode,
  • ex cept,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis-countenances,
  • re fuse,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • freezes out,
  • over-riding,
  • ex-cept,
  • re fused,
  • over-rode,
  • re-fusing,
  • re-fuses,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • over riding,
  • over ride.
  •block (verb)
  • takes out play,
  • stopping up,
  • taking out of play,
  • hanged up,
  • taking out play,
  • stopt up,
  • took out play,
  • take out play,
  • closes off,
  • hanging up,
  • took out of play,
  • takes out of play,
  • hangs up.
  •check (verb)
  • re pulsed,
  • re-buffs,
  • re duce,
  • nip the bud,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re buffing,
  • re buff,
  • holds down,
  • with holds,
  • slowing down,
  • slows down,
  • re presses,
  • Bitting,
  • re pulsing,
  • re pulse,
  • nip bud,
  • re press,
  • re-buffing,
  • nip in bud,
  • re-pulses,
  • re pressed,
  • with hold,
  • re buffed,
  • slackening pace,
  • with-hold,
  • re-buffed,
  • slackened pace,
  • reining in,
  • re buffs,
  • re-presses,
  • re duces,
  • re-pulse,
  • played for time,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-press,
  • with holding,
  • with held,
  • with-held,
  • re pressing,
  • re-duces,
  • slackens pace,
  • holds in,
  • re-duce,
  • with-holds,
  • re-buff,
  • re pulses.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • gets around,
  • out witted,
  • by passes,
  • over reaches,
  • by pass,
  • by passing,
  • over-reaching,
  • gat around,
  • gotten around,
  • de-tour,
  • out-flank,
  • de-tours,
  • out wits,
  • over-reach,
  • over-reached,
  • out-flanked,
  • out-wits,
  • out-witting,
  • be guiles,
  • de toured,
  • out flank,
  • out-flanking,
  • out-wit,
  • de touring,
  • out-flanks,
  • out flanked,
  • be-guiles,
  • de tour,
  • out flanking,
  • de-toured,
  • got around,
  • over reach,
  • be guile,
  • over reaching,
  • by passed,
  • steered clear of,
  • de-touring,
  • de tours,
  • steers clear of,
  • out flanks,
  • out witting,
  • over-reaches,
  • out-witted,
  • be-guile,
  • over reached.
  •counteract (verb)
  • going against,
  • re-dressed,
  • counter-act,
  • in-validated,
  • counter balanced,
  • counter-vailed,
  • counter balancing,
  • counter acted,
  • re dresses,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter checked,
  • counter vails,
  • counter works,
  • counter-checking,
  • canceling out,
  • counterworked,
  • counter act,
  • counter-check,
  • counter-working,
  • counter acting,
  • counter worked,
  • in validate,
  • in validated,
  • counter-checks,
  • Counter-work,
  • counter vailed,
  • counter working,
  • counter-checked,
  • went against,
  • counterworks,
  • Counterchecked,
  • counter balances,
  • counter checks,
  • in validates,
  • in-validate,
  • counter-vails,
  • counter-vail,
  • counter-acted,
  • re dressing,
  • in-validates,
  • re dressed,
  • re-dressing,
  • counter checking,
  • goes against,
  • counter vail,
  • counter-acting,
  • in validating,
  • counter-worked,
  • in-validating,
  • re-dress,
  • counter balance,
  • counter-works,
  • counter-acts,
  • cancels out,
  • counter-vailing,
  • re-dresses,
  • counter check,
  • counter-balancing,
  • counter work,
  • counter vailing,
  • counter acts,
  • re dress.
  •debar (verb)
  • de bars,
  • de bar,
  • de-barred,
  • de-bar,
  • de-bars,
  • de barred,
  • de barring,
  • de-barring.
  •defend (verb)
  • de-fends,
  • hold bay,
  • guards against,
  • with-standing,
  • with stood,
  • fought for,
  • holding at bay,
  • providing sanctuary,
  • held at bay,
  • provided sanctuary,
  • repelling danger,
  • panoplying,
  • re tains,
  • up-hold,
  • holds at bay,
  • kept safe,
  • de fending,
  • de-fended,
  • held bay,
  • in sure,
  • with-stand,
  • de fend,
  • pre served,
  • guarded against,
  • up holding,
  • with stands,
  • pre-serving,
  • holding bay,
  • repelled danger,
  • pre serve,
  • fights for,
  • de fends,
  • re-tain,
  • up hold,
  • with standing,
  • holds bay,
  • de-fending,
  • up holds,
  • guarding against,
  • keeps safe,
  • keeping safe,
  • in-sure,
  • de fended,
  • pre-served,
  • fighting for,
  • repels danger,
  • with-stands,
  • de-fend,
  • up-holds,
  • re-tains,
  • provides sanctuary,
  • watches over,
  • beating off,
  • pre-serves,
  • up held,
  • beats off,
  • pre serving,
  • up-holding,
  • pre-serve,
  • with stand,
  • re tain,
  • pre serves,
  • up-held.
  •delay (verb)
  • biding time,
  • lays over,
  • pro rogues,
  • holds over,
  • pro-longing,
  • de-lay,
  • pro-rogue,
  • pro longing,
  • de-tains,
  • gained time,
  • de-laying,
  • de-lays,
  • pro tracts,
  • laying over,
  • post pones,
  • de tains,
  • dilly dally,
  • de lays,
  • laid over,
  • pro-long,
  • pro-longed,
  • de laying,
  • pro tract,
  • pro long,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro roguing,
  • de-tain,
  • intermits,
  • pro-rogued,
  • pro-longs,
  • pro rogue,
  • post-pones,
  • de tain,
  • bided time,
  • de lay,
  • post-pone,
  • bides time,
  • bode time,
  • gaining time,
  • gains time,
  • pro-tracts,
  • post pone,
  • pro longs,
  • pro rogued,
  • pro-rogues.
  •deter (verb)
  • dis-advised,
  • talked out of,
  • dis-advises,
  • disadvised,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • threw cold water on,
  • dis-advise,
  • forfended,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • forfending,
  • talks out of,
  • putting damper on,
  • disadvising,
  • dis advised,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • puts damper on,
  • dis advise,
  • dis advising,
  • forfends,
  • dis advises,
  • putting a damper on,
  • puts a damper on,
  • throws cold water on,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • disadvises,
  • dis-advising.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • dis-comfit,
  • de-moralized,
  • dis-composing,
  • over came,
  • un-settles,
  • dis compose,
  • dis composed,
  • dis composing,
  • de-moralizing,
  • dis-compose,
  • over coming,
  • dis comfit,
  • over comes,
  • de moralizes,
  • un settle,
  • un settling,
  • de-moralize,
  • un-settled,
  • un settles,
  • over come,
  • over-came,
  • over-coming,
  • un-settling,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis-composed,
  • un-settle,
  • dis-composes,
  • over-comes,
  • de moralize,
  • dis-comfits,
  • dis composes,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis comfits,
  • de moralized,
  • un settled.
  •discourage (verb)
  • dis favored,
  • indisposes,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis courage,
  • dis favoring,
  • in-dispose,
  • dis favor,
  • dis inclining,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis inclines,
  • in-disposes,
  • dis-favor,
  • dis favors,
  • in-disposed,
  • in disposed,
  • in disposing,
  • dis incline,
  • dis-inclined,
  • in-disposing,
  • in dispose,
  • dis-inclining,
  • dis-inclines,
  • in disposes,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-incline,
  • dis-courages,
  • dis-favoring,
  • dis inclined,
  • dis-courage.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • deflect,
  • daunt,
  • bar,
  • inhibit,
  • intimidate,
  • depress,
  • admonish,
  • dishearten,
  • derail,
  • dampen,
  • chill,
  • divert.
  •exclude (verb)
  • refused admittance,
  • shut door on,
  • leaved out,
  • locking out,
  • forced out,
  • refuses admittance,
  • re move,
  • re-moving,
  • refusing admittance,
  • sets aside,
  • re-moves,
  • locks out,
  • shuts the door on,
  • shuts door on,
  • drove out,
  • shutting door on,
  • shutting the door on,
  • re moved,
  • re moving,
  • drave out,
  • re-move,
  • locked out,
  • sidelining.
  •foil (verb)
  • gives run-around,
  • shuffles off,
  • giving run around,
  • gave run around,
  • ran rings around,
  • bollixes,
  • gave the slip,
  • give slip,
  • runs circles around,
  • give run-around,
  • gave the run-around,
  • gives runaround,
  • giving slip,
  • shuffled off,
  • giving runaround,
  • giving the slip,
  • running rings around,
  • running circles around,
  • give runaround,
  • ran circles around,
  • giving the run-around,
  • giving the runaround,
  • runs rings around,
  • gives slip,
  • gives the run around,
  • gave the runaround,
  • giving the run around,
  • gave run-around,
  • gives the runaround,
  • gave the run around,
  • gave slip,
  • gives run around,
  • shuffling off,
  • gives the slip,
  • giving run-around,
  • buffaloing,
  • gave runaround,
  • juked,
  • juking,
  • gives the run-around.
  •forbid (verb)
  • nixed,
  • putting the chill on,
  • saying no,
  • said no,
  • puts chill on,
  • puts the chill on,
  • putting chill on.
  •foreclose (verb)
  • fore-close,
  • fore close,
  • fore-closes,
  • fore-closed,
  • fore-closing,
  • fore closed,
  • fore closing,
  • fore closes.
  •forestall (verb)
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore-stall,
  • pre occupy,
  • fore stalling,
  • pre-occupies,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore stall,
  • pre occupied,
  • pre occupies,
  • pre-occupying,
  • pre-occupy,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalls,
  • pre-occupied,
  • fore-stalled.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • de pressed,
  • dashes hope,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis-hearten,
  • de pressing,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dash hope,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • dis heartening,
  • dashes one hope,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dash one hope,
  • de-press,
  • rendered null void,
  • dashed one hope,
  • de-pressed,
  • render null void,
  • dashing one hope,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • de press,
  • dis-heartening,
  • de-presses,
  • dis heartens,
  • renders null void,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • rendered null and void,
  • dis hearten,
  • dash ones hope,
  • upset applecart,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • dashing hope,
  • rendering null and void,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • rendering null void,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • renders null and void,
  • de presses,
  • de-pressing.
  •ground (verb)
  • be-ached,
  • be-aching,
  • be aching,
  • be ached.
  •hamper (verb)
  • hog tie,
  • in-convenience,
  • get way,
  • drags feet,
  • gotten way,
  • drags one feet,
  • tie hands,
  • dragged feet,
  • getting way,
  • dragging one feet,
  • in-conveniences,
  • tied one hands,
  • gat way,
  • tied ones hands,
  • got way,
  • get in way,
  • gat in way,
  • getting in way,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • dragging feet,
  • gets in way,
  • got in the way,
  • dragged one feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • tied one's hands,
  • got the way,
  • ties hands,
  • tied hands,
  • gat the way,
  • getting in the way,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • in conveniences,
  • tying one hands,
  • gotten in way,
  • drag ones feet,
  • gets in the way,
  • getting the way,
  • ties one hands,
  • tying ones hands,
  • gat in the way,
  • drag one feet,
  • tying hands,
  • get the way,
  • tie one hands,
  • drags ones feet,
  • gotten in the way,
  • ties ones hands,
  • gotten the way,
  • gets way,
  • gets the way,
  • ties one's hands,
  • tie ones hands,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • got in way,
  • tying one's hands,
  • drags one's feet.
  •hold back/hold off (verb)
  • holds off.
  •intercept (verb)
  • inter cept,
  • headed pass,
  • heads off at pass,
  • headed off pass,
  • inter loped,
  • head pass,
  • heading off pass,
  • inter lope,
  • headed off at pass,
  • heads pass,
  • inter-lopes,
  • heading off at pass,
  • made with,
  • heads off pass,
  • makes with,
  • inter pose,
  • inter lopes,
  • takes away,
  • heading at pass,
  • inter posing,
  • inter posed,
  • head off pass,
  • inter-posed,
  • inter-cept,
  • head at pass,
  • shortstopping,
  • make with,
  • headed at pass,
  • makes off with,
  • making with,
  • inter loping,
  • inter-loping,
  • heading pass,
  • shortstopped,
  • inter-posing,
  • heads at pass,
  • shortstops,
  • inter-loped,
  • made off with,
  • inter-pose,
  • inter-lope.
  •interdict (verb)
  • inter-dict,
  • inter dict.
  •interfere (verb)
  • inter feres,
  • inter ceded,
  • fooled with,
  • getting involved,
  • inter meddling,
  • inter-fere,
  • fools with,
  • inter-meddle,
  • inter mediate,
  • mixing in,
  • in commode,
  • inter mediates,
  • inter-mediated,
  • busybodying,
  • dis-commode,
  • inter cedes,
  • inter cede,
  • inter meddle,
  • in-commodes,
  • in-commode,
  • inter-meddled,
  • inter-mediating,
  • inter-meddles,
  • gotten involved,
  • inter meddles,
  • inter-mediates,
  • dis commodes,
  • fooling with,
  • inter meddled,
  • gets involved,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter-cede,
  • dis-commodes,
  • inter ceding,
  • poked nose in,
  • gat involved,
  • inter-meddling,
  • inter-ceding,
  • mixes in,
  • dis commode,
  • inter fere,
  • inter-ceded,
  • pokes nose in,
  • mixt in,
  • inter-cedes,
  • inter mediated,
  • inter mediating,
  • poking nose in,
  • in commodes.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • dis join,
  • busted in,
  • busting in,
  • edged in,
  • dis unites,
  • dis unite,
  • chimed in,
  • crowds in,
  • dis continue,
  • dis joined,
  • cutting on,
  • brake train thought,
  • laying aside,
  • in sinuates,
  • in-fringe,
  • works in,
  • brake train of thought,
  • dis-connected,
  • in-sinuating,
  • dis-connecting,
  • broke train thought,
  • busts in,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-continuing,
  • dis united,
  • dis-united,
  • dis connecting,
  • dis continued,
  • dis connects,
  • dis-unite,
  • wrought in,
  • breaks train thought,
  • in fringed,
  • breaks train of thought,
  • in fringes,
  • cuts on,
  • edging in,
  • breaking train thought,
  • cutting in on,
  • in sinuating,
  • dis joins,
  • dis continuing,
  • chimes in,
  • dis-unites,
  • dis-connect,
  • dis-joins,
  • crowded in,
  • cut on,
  • cuts in on,
  • dis connected,
  • dis connect,
  • dis joining,
  • dis-uniting,
  • break train thought,
  • dis uniting,
  • broke train of thought,
  • in-sinuate,
  • dis-connects,
  • breaking train of thought,
  • dis-join,
  • in sinuated,
  • dis-continues,
  • chiming in,
  • in sinuate,
  • dis-joined,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis-continued,
  • in-fringes,
  • in-sinuates,
  • working in,
  • edges in,
  • dis-joining,
  • crowding in,
  • in-fringed,
  • in fringe.
  •keep from happening or continuing (verb)
  • dam,
  • debar,
  • repress,
  • keep lid on,
  • nip in the bud,
  • prohibit,
  • obstruct,
  • cool,
  • halt,
  • impede,
  • cork,
  • defend against,
  • restrict,
  • obviate,
  • limit,
  • retard,
  • put an end to,
  • counter,
  • hinder.
  •muzzle (verb)
  • clamping down on,
  • tongue ties,
  • cracks down on,
  • tongue-tying,
  • clamped down on,
  • dummying up,
  • tongue tied,
  • tongue-ties,
  • tongue tying,
  • tonguetying,
  • tongueties,
  • dries up,
  • clamps down on,
  • tonguetied,
  • tonguetie,
  • dummies up,
  • cracked down on.
  •oppose (verb)
  • ex-posed,
  • de bate,
  • de-bated,
  • flew the face of,
  • calls in question,
  • counter attack,
  • ex-pose,
  • call question,
  • turn tables,
  • dis-approve,
  • flies face of,
  • faced down,
  • dis approving,
  • stands to,
  • calling in question,
  • dis-approved,
  • takes issue,
  • dis agreed,
  • de-bating,
  • standing up to,
  • pro-tested,
  • fly face of,
  • taking stand,
  • calls question,
  • calling question,
  • turns tables,
  • re versing,
  • counter attacked,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-agreed,
  • dis-approves,
  • speaking against,
  • pro testing,
  • de-bate,
  • dis agreeing,
  • not countenancing,
  • de bating,
  • stands up to,
  • called in question,
  • counter-attacked,
  • dis-agree,
  • dis agrees,
  • not countenances,
  • taking a stand,
  • re-versed,
  • counter attacks,
  • called question,
  • flew face of,
  • flying in the face of,
  • takes a stand,
  • flying the face of,
  • de-bates,
  • stood to,
  • ex posed,
  • spake against,
  • frowns at,
  • turning tables,
  • flying face of,
  • searches out,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • re-verse,
  • faces down,
  • runs counter to,
  • flew in face of,
  • flew in the face of,
  • flying in face of,
  • dis approved,
  • ex-posing,
  • speaks against,
  • dis approve,
  • dis-agrees,
  • pro-testing,
  • taking issue,
  • re verse,
  • fly the face of,
  • counter-attacking,
  • running counter to,
  • takes stand,
  • turns the tables,
  • frowned at,
  • took stand,
  • took a stand,
  • flies in the face of,
  • pro tested,
  • de bates,
  • facing down,
  • counter attacking,
  • ex pose,
  • spoke against,
  • flies the face of,
  • frowning at,
  • turned tables,
  • took issue,
  • ran counter to,
  • de bated,
  • dis-approving,
  • dis agree,
  • take stand.
  •outlaw (verb)
  • out-lawed,
  • out-lawing,
  • out lawing,
  • out lawed.
  •preclude (verb)
  • made impracticable,
  • puts stop to,
  • putting stop to,
  • putting a stop to,
  • makes impracticable,
  • making impracticable,
  • puts a stop to.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • deny,
  • oppress,
  • disapprove,
  • refuse,
  • reject,
  • curb,
  • disallow,
  • constrain,
  • disqualify,
  • control,
  • curtail.
  •purge (verb)
  • ex-crete,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis abusing,
  • ex-cretes,
  • sweeps out,
  • dis abuses,
  • dis-abusing,
  • un-loads,
  • wipes map,
  • shakes out,
  • ex crete,
  • un loading,
  • ex terminate,
  • un-load,
  • routed out,
  • sweeping out,
  • dis abuse,
  • routs out,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-missed,
  • dis missed,
  • ex terminated,
  • wiped map,
  • ex-terminates,
  • ex-terminate,
  • wiping off map,
  • ex-terminated,
  • wiping map,
  • dis abused,
  • ex terminates,
  • shook out,
  • shaking out,
  • wipe map,
  • dis-abused,
  • wiped off map,
  • ex-terminating,
  • un loads,
  • ex cretes,
  • dis-abuses,
  • dis-abuse,
  • un load,
  • ex terminating,
  • un loaded,
  • wipes off map.
  •resist (verb)
  • leaves alone,
  • puts up a fight,
  • re maining,
  • putting up a fight,
  • abstaining from,
  • struggling against,
  • put fight,
  • remained firm,
  • re mains,
  • abstained from,
  • dying hard,
  • keeps from,
  • puts up fight,
  • puts a fight,
  • re mained,
  • duelled,
  • remaining firm,
  • put a fight,
  • leaving alone,
  • dies hard,
  • re-mains,
  • kept from,
  • holding out against,
  • remains firm,
  • leaved alone,
  • re-main,
  • struggles against,
  • keeping from,
  • re main,
  • dieing hard,
  • puts fight,
  • died hard,
  • struggled against,
  • putting fight,
  • putting up fight,
  • putting a fight.
  •restrain (verb)
  • de-limited,
  • sub-due,
  • keeps down,
  • boxing up,
  • re-straining,
  • boxed up,
  • de limit,
  • de limits,
  • sits on,
  • de limited,
  • cracking down,
  • de-limiting,
  • kept in line,
  • sub dues,
  • keeps line,
  • re straining,
  • sate on,
  • re-strains,
  • de limiting,
  • re-strained,
  • re strain,
  • re strained,
  • sub due,
  • de-limits,
  • keep line,
  • cracks down,
  • kept line,
  • choked back,
  • keeping in line,
  • cracked down,
  • choking back,
  • de-limit,
  • sub-dues,
  • keeping line,
  • keeps in line,
  • boxes up,
  • chokes back,
  • re strains,
  • re-strain,
  • keeping down.
  •retain (verb)
  • reserve,
  • conserve,
  • hold,
  • maintain,
  • preserve.
  •rule out (verb)
  • re-canted,
  • re-canting,
  • re canting,
  • not considers.
  •social (verb)
  • prevent.
  •stymie (verb)
  • puts on back burner,
  • puts on hold,
  • dead-ended,
  • chokes off,
  • throwing monkey wrench into,
  • putting back burner,
  • putting hold,
  • hanged fire,
  • snookers,
  • deadend,
  • throw monkey wrench into,
  • dead ended,
  • snookering,
  • put back burner,
  • deadending,
  • deadends,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • dead ending,
  • puts hold,
  • dead-ending,
  • put hold,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • putting on back burner,
  • puts back burner,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • deadended,
  • hung fire,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • throw monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to.
  •thwart (verb)
  • took wind out of,
  • upsets one apple cart,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • taking wind out of,
  • playing off,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • snafuing,
  • takes wind out of,
  • plays off,
  • upsetting one's apple cart.
  •vaccinate (verb)
  • variolating,
  • variolates,
  • variolated.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeps arm length,
  • keep bay,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • keeps at bay,
  • re-butted,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeps arms length,
  • kept arm length,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeps off,
  • keep arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • kept off,
  • keep at arms length,
  • re butting,
  • kept bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • kept arm's length,
  • kept at arm length,
  • re-butting,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • re butted,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • kept arms length,
  • keeping off,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • keep arm length,
  • kept at arms length.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stave off,
  • hogtie,
  • hold on to,
  • stand between,
  • shush,
  • block off,
  • freeze-out,
  • guard against,
  • come between,
  • waylay,
  • reprieve,
  • shackle,
  • disbar,
  • insure against.
  •
  • keep away,
  • shut up,
  • monopolize,
  • keep from,
  • sit on,
  • head off,
  • keep down,
  • blacklist,
  • preempt,
  • defeat,
  • hem in.
  •
  • silence,
  • cut off,
  • sandbag,
  • cancel.
  •
  • sideline,
  • stop,
  • draw.
  •
  • disturb.
  •
  • fight.
  •
  • upset.
  •counteract
  • Counterchecking,
  • cancel out,
  • canceled out,
  • offsetting,
  • cancelled out,
  • counterworking,
  • go against,
  • counterchecks,
  • counter-balance,
  • counter-balances,
  • cancelling out,
  • Counterwork,
  • Negatived,
  • countercheck,
  • Negativing.
  •defend
  • Housed,
  • fortify,
  • cares for,
  • look after,
  • keep safe,
  • cared for,
  • looks after,
  • looking after,
  • Warred,
  • watching over,
  • Garrisoned,
  • Bulwarked,
  • fight for,
  • watch over,
  • looked after,
  • panoplied,
  • repel danger,
  • beat off,
  • hold at bay,
  • care for,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • Garrisoning,
  • Bulwarking,
  • Wars,
  • retain,
  • watched over.
  •destroy
  • interdict.
  •dissuade
  • advise against,
  • persuade not to,
  • caution against,
  • exhort,
  • remonstrate,
  • leaning on,
  • throw a wet blanket on,
  • cry out against,
  • urge not to,
  • lean on.
  •exclude
  • foreclose,
  • leave out,
  • leaving out,
  • shut the door on,
  • leaves out,
  • setting aside,
  • sidelined,
  • drive out,
  • lock out,
  • Embargoed,
  • force out,
  • refuse admittance,
  • drives out,
  • left out,
  • Embargoing,
  • driving out,
  • forces out,
  • forcing out,
  • veto.
  •fix
  • hold-down.
  •hinder
  • baffle.
  •inoculate
  • vaccinate.
  •interrupt
  • edge in,
  • chime in,
  • bust in,
  • puts in,
  • crowd in,
  • heckling,
  • Interrupting,
  • break train of thought,
  • work in,
  • laid aside,
  • INS,
  • cut in on,
  • putting in,
  • lay aside,
  • heckle,
  • worked in,
  • put in,
  • Inned,
  • lays aside,
  • infringe.
  •oppose
  • searching out,
  • call in question,
  • not countenance,
  • stand up to,
  • turn the tables,
  • take a stand,
  • searched out,
  • face down,
  • frown at,
  • counter-attacks,
  • counterattacked,
  • standing to,
  • run counter to,
  • speak against,
  • stand to,
  • fly in face of,
  • take issue,
  • turned the tables,
  • fly in the face of,
  • search out,
  • counter-attack,
  • stood up to,
  • counterattacking,
  • not countenanced.
  •prohibit
  • zinging,
  • passes on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • gridlock,
  • put chill on,
  • jam up,
  • put a stopper in,
  • put lock on,
  • box in,
  • put a lock on,
  • pass on,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • passing on,
  • gridlocked,
  • passed on,
  • boxes in.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •resist
  • remain firm,
  • Dueling,
  • held out against,
  • struggle against,
  • put up a fight,
  • harded,
  • abstains from,
  • duel,
  • Hards,
  • duelling,
  • harding,
  • put up fight,
  • hold out against,
  • die hard,
  • abstain from,
  • holds out against,
  • left alone,
  • leave alone,
  • dueled.
  •restrain
  • choke back,
  • box up,
  • tied down,
  • kept down,
  • tying down,
  • keep in line,
  • Manacled,
  • pinions,
  • Pinioning,
  • pulling back,
  • Manacling,
  • ties down,
  • pulled back,
  • pinioned,
  • crack down,
  • pulls back,
  • pull back,
  • tie down,
  • sitting on,
  • pinion.
  •rule out
  • not considered,
  • not considering,
  • not consider.
  •stymie
  • choked off,
  • hanging fire,
  • put on hold,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • hang fire,
  • choke off,
  • dead-ends,
  • put on back burner,
  • hangs fire,
  • choking off,
  • dead-end,
  • snookered,
  • snooker,
  • putting on hold.
  •suppress
  • keep under.
  •vaccinate
  • variolate,
  • Inoculated.

Paraphrases for Prevent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Preventing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Preventing, prevents, Prevented.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Preventing.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    inhibit.
  • Verb, base form
    impede, inhibit.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    preventative.
  • Adjective
    pre-empting, preventative, Avoiding.
  • Proper noun, singular
    halts, initiatives, centres, strategies, stop, preventative, Avoiding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stop, preventative.
  • Adverb
    better.
  • Verb, past tense
    stopped, blocked, Warned, Cautioned, Told.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, obstruct, discourage, exclude, forbid, restrict, interfere, stop, undermine.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Addresses, advises.
  • Verb, base form
    Measures, preclude, Relating, pre-empt, arms, hinder, obstruct, hamper, thwart, suppress, discourage, preempt, curb, frustrate, restrain, circumvent, dissuade, halt, excludes, exclude, constrain, stave, anticipate, obviate, remove, forbid, preserve, deprive, restrict, stem, interfere, disrupt, eradicate, stop, divert, disqualify, negate, impair, stifle, disallow, distract, evade, tackle, overcome, proscribe, interrupt, repress, contain, escape, precede, Avoiding, reverse, Forewarn, side-step, undermine, jeopardize, alleviate, relieve, mitigate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    preventable.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preventable.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    preventative.
  • Verb, base form
    counteract, resist, preventative.

Antonyms for Prevent:

• v.

  • keep from happening or continuing
    help, permit, allow, assist, aid, let go, continue, heat, liberate, open, free, cause, push, promote, advance, release, support, encourage, facilitate, abet, forward, approve, warm.
  • social
    let.
  • Other antonyms:
    leave, smooth, ease, unclog, further, nurture.

Hypernym for Prevent:

• v.

  • social
    impede, rain out, shut, wash out, hold, blank, keep out, restrict, restrain, keep away, exclude, hinder, defend, shut out.