Synonyms for Preventing:

• adj.

  •prohibitive (adjective)
  • expensive,
  • sky-high,
  • high-priced,
  • financial means conditional,
  • repressive,
  • extortionate,
  • Preventing,
  • exorbitant,
  • suppressive,
  • Proscriptive,
  • preposterous,
  • excessive,
  • limiting.

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • delay,
  • beat someone to it,
  • be one step ahead of,
  • prevent,
  • precede,
  • be early,
  • prepare for,
  • provide against,
  • apprehend.
  •arrest (verb)
  • scrub,
  • hold,
  • shut down,
  • knock off,
  • stall,
  • can,
  • end,
  • stay,
  • suppress,
  • drop,
  • freeze.
  •avert (verb)
  • deter,
  • shove aside,
  • turn away,
  • look away,
  • divert,
  • turn,
  • fend off,
  • shunt,
  • deflect.
  •baffle (verb)
  • circumvent,
  • defeat,
  • ruin,
  • disappoint,
  • upset,
  • dash,
  • beat.
  •balk (verb)
  • disconcert,
  • cramp,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • cramp one's style,
  • throw a curve,
  • upset the apple cart.
  •ban (verb)
  • curse,
  • enjoin,
  • close down,
  • exclude,
  • banish,
  • disallow,
  • illegalize,
  • ice out,
  • outlaw,
  • pass by,
  • blackball,
  • proscribe,
  • close up,
  • pass up,
  • declare illegal.
  •bar (verb)
  • discountenance,
  • discourage,
  • except,
  • boycott,
  • condemn,
  • freeze out,
  • refuse,
  • eliminate,
  • deny,
  • exile,
  • ostracize,
  • override,
  • segregate,
  • reject,
  • keep out,
  • suspend,
  • ban,
  • interfere.
  •block (verb)
  • choke,
  • cut off,
  • take out of play,
  • congest,
  • stop up,
  • hang up,
  • stonewall,
  • stymie,
  • close off,
  • charge,
  • fill,
  • blockade,
  • plug,
  • catch,
  • close,
  • stopper,
  • brake,
  • tackle,
  • close out,
  • shut off,
  • clog,
  • interfere with,
  • barricade,
  • block out,
  • hold up,
  • occlude.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • barring,
  • daunting,
  • disheartening,
  • chilling,
  • Deterring,
  • depressing,
  • averting,
  • Checking,
  • inhibiting,
  • dampening,
  • Deflecting,
  • discouraging,
  • intimidating,
  • Derailing,
  • Dissuading,
  • Restraining,
  • Disinclining,
  • admonishing,
  • banning,
  • diverting.
  •prevent (verb)
  • interdict,
  • shut out,
  • dam,
  • head off,
  • restrain,
  • baffle,
  • forbid,
  • hinder,
  • put a stop to,
  • interrupt,
  • foil,
  • cool,
  • Forfend,
  • rule out,
  • ward off,
  • nip in the bud,
  • debar,
  • prohibit,
  • defend against,
  • restrict,
  • intercept,
  • thwart,
  • limit,
  • hold off,
  • cork,
  • put an end to,
  • retard,
  • anticipate,
  • counter,
  • counteract,
  • turn aside,
  • obviate,
  • repress,
  • keep lid on.
  •prohibiting (verb)
  • disqualifying,
  • forbidding,
  • Denying,
  • constraining,
  • controlling,
  • Suppressing,
  • curbing,
  • restricting,
  • disapproving,
  • Disallowing,
  • Refusing,
  • Rejecting,
  • Precluding,
  • Curtailing,
  • Outlawing,
  • Prohibiting,
  • blocking,
  • Oppressing.
  •retaining (verb)
  • hindering,
  • preserving,
  • Maintaining,
  • retaining,
  • Reserving,
  • holding,
  • conserving.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • crack down,
  • cessation,
  • fending off,
  • quenching,
  • hold back,
  • cutting off,
  • discontinuation,
  • entanglement,
  • embarrassing,
  • warding off,
  • balking,
  • Subduing,
  • Delaying,
  • obviation,
  • aborting,
  • elimination,
  • Holdback,
  • difficulty,
  • interruption,
  • prohibition,
  • preventative,
  • halt,
  • stop,
  • Interrupting,
  • disturbing,
  • ending,
  • Squelching,
  • forestalling,
  • stoppage,
  • baffling,
  • Clogging,
  • Proscribing,
  • Bilking,
  • Celebrating,
  • stave off,
  • surcease,
  • Sustaining,
  • baulking,
  • interception,
  • anticipation,
  • Obstructing,
  • smothering,
  • countering,
  • crushing,
  • Hinderance,
  • extinguishing,
  • injunction,
  • Debarring,
  • taboo,
  • preclude,
  • interfering,
  • obstruction,
  • thwarting,
  • resistance,
  • inhibitive,
  • observing,
  • take precautions,
  • continuing,
  • Blanking,
  • preclusion,
  • suppression,
  • obstruct,
  • shunning,
  • blockading,
  • impedance,
  • Counteracting,
  • Ceasing,
  • censoring,
  • arresting,
  • abortion,
  • retardation,
  • Muting,
  • obviating,
  • balk,
  • concealing,
  • Foreclosing,
  • frustration,
  • Avoiding,
  • precludes,
  • defending,
  • foreclose,
  • frustrate,
  • censorship,
  • inhibitory,
  • fend,
  • Quieting,
  • impediment,
  • proscription,
  • withhold,
  • Terminating,
  • Staying,
  • avoid,
  • confine,
  • repression,
  • elude,
  • enjoining,
  • avert,
  • Excluding,
  • Silencing,
  • concealment,
  • restriction,
  • Detaining,
  • cracking down on,
  • slowing,
  • stopping,
  • termination,
  • detain,
  • Intercepting,
  • preventive,
  • cut-off,
  • stifling,
  • inhibition,
  • Escaping,
  • Muffling,
  • raising,
  • bar,
  • mitigation,
  • embarrassment,
  • Anticipating,
  • opposing,
  • baulk,
  • restraint,
  • arrest,
  • obstacle,
  • hamper,
  • control,
  • encumbrance,
  • inhibit,
  • put-down,
  • interdiction,
  • avoidance,
  • repressing,
  • impede,
  • staving off,
  • Excepting,
  • withholding,
  • forbiddance,
  • curb,
  • Quashing,
  • Discontinuing,
  • Tabooing,
  • hiding,
  • hinders,
  • Evading,
  • block,
  • prevention,
  • putting down,
  • proceeding,
  • restrictive,
  • quelling,
  • halting,
  • keep,
  • saving,
  • hampers,
  • debarment,
  • guard against,
  • frustrating,
  • Interdicting,
  • Retarding,
  • impeding,
  • hindrance,
  • Encumbering,
  • barrier,
  • forestall,
  • foiling,
  • check,
  • precaution,
  • extinction,
  • Resisting,
  • Mitigating,
  • Hampering.

Paraphrases for Preventing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    prevent, forestall.
  • Proper noun, singular
    prevent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prevent.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    forestalling, inhibiting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    prevention.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    prevention, pre-empting, Avoiding, preventable, avoid, pre-emptive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    prevention, centres, Avoiding, prevents, Prevented, avoid.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prevention, preventable, avoid.
  • Verb, past tense
    stopped, blocked.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Circumventing, preserving, protecting, Deterring, discouraging, Precluding, prohibits, Removing, Preempting, Suppressing, Eliminating, ensuring, Intercepting, hindering, restricting, confronting, Obstructing, thwarting, Proscribing, Hampering, Eradicating, measurement, curbing, Ceasing, safeguarding, Depriving, Refraining, Anticipating, enabling, saving, halting, interfering, Disrupting, Permitting, Terminating, constraining, Stemming, diverting, Overcoming, Jeopardizing, Curtailing, Excluding, Mitigating, obviating, Containing, Reversing, guarding, bypassing, Resisting, Suspending, reducing, Providing, entering, Measures, strengthening, Prejudicing, improving, forbidding, helping, alerting, undermining, rendering, Maintaining, Managing, Evading, Treating, Checking, disturbing, resolving, Escaping, solving, Allowing, turning, Stamping, opposing, informing, Deleting, arresting, defending, Withstanding, limiting, ending, Rejecting, barring, causing, affecting, keeping, decreasing, Rescuing, imposing, prevention, Achieving, Occurring, pending, withholding, waiting, skirting, stalling, Notifying, disabling, being, punishing, Remedying, struggling, telling, Outlawing, leaving, slowing, Stranding, compromising, putting, Battling, Assisting, happening, letting, redressing, wrestling, wasting, regarding, Sacrificing, Staying, braking, dodging, shunning, holding, Bridging, anna, filling, bringing, breaking, facing, Clogging, Blanking, setting, coming, failing, owing, dealing, losing, missing, becoming, focusing, closing, Objecting, taking, giving, asking, going, calling, getting, Doing, cutting, making, Avoiding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    preventive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    preventive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preventive.

Antonyms for Preventing:

• adj.

  • prohibitive
    unlimited, unrestrictive, reasonable.

• v.

  • anticipate
    be unready.
  • arrest
    encourage, release, activate.
  • baffle
    relieve, support, abet.
  • balk
    make easier.
  • ban
    permit.
  • bar
    open, advocate.
  • block
    let up, unblock.
  • prevent
    allow, aid, help, assist, cause, let go.

Homophones for Preventing:

• perfumed, paripinnate, profundity, prepayment, profaned, propound, prevenient, profanity, propanamide, prebend, propenoate, proponent, power point, profound.