340 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹɪvˈɛnʃən], [ pɹɪvˈɛnʃən], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]

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Similar words for prevention:

• act (noun)
• arrest (noun)
• avoidance (noun)
• dissuasion (noun)
• exclusion (noun)
• inhibition (noun)
• inoculation (noun)
• opposition (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• prohibition (noun)
• restraint (noun)
• stoppage (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for prevention

Hypernyms for prevention

Hyponyms for prevention

Synonyms for Prevention:

• n.

  •
  • interruption,
  • frustration,
  • sabotage,
  • paralysis.
  •
  • allow.
  • act (noun)
  • bar,
  • prevention.
  • arrest (noun)
  • stayings,
  • re-straining,
  • restrainings,
  • de lay,
  • re straining,
  • de-lays,
  • de lays,
  • de-lay.
  • avoidance (noun)
  • absention,
  • nonparticipation,
  • steering clear of,
  • escapism,
  • eschewal,
  • runaround,
  • evasion,
  • forbearance,
  • elusions,
  • elusion.
  • dissuasion (noun)
  • intimidation,
  • disinclination,
  • discouragement,
  • disheartenment,
  • aversion,
  • derailment,
  • restraint,
  • diversion,
  • admonishment,
  • banishment,
  • deflection,
  • dissuasion.
  • exclusion (noun)
  • keeping out,
  • relegation,
  • relegations,
  • debarment,
  • Nonadmission,
  • veto,
  • lockout,
  • refusal,
  • lockouts,
  • coventry.
  • inhibition (noun)
  • selfconsciousness,
  • self-consciousnesses,
  • selfconsciousnesses,
  • re serve,
  • self consciousnesses,
  • self consciousness,
  • re-serve,
  • re-serves.
  • inoculation (noun)
  • inoculation.
  • opposition (noun)
  • counter-attacks,
  • Antinomy,
  • opposure,
  • negativism,
  • obstructiveness,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • unfriendliness,
  • Antinomies,
  • counter-attack,
  • duel.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • hangup,
  • sublimation,
  • opposition,
  • inhibition,
  • prohibition,
  • shyness,
  • proscription,
  • polarity,
  • stallings,
  • sublimations,
  • checkings,
  • exclusion,
  • arrest,
  • self-consciousness.
  • prohibition (noun)
  • suppression,
  • injunction,
  • denial,
  • forbiddance,
  • constraint,
  • disapproval,
  • blockade,
  • ban,
  • restriction,
  • preclusion,
  • curtailment,
  • rejection,
  • Disallowance.
  • restraint (noun)
  • self-government,
  • self-discipline,
  • withholdings.
  • stoppage (noun)
  • foil,
  • obviating,
  • overriding,
  • drawing off,
  • keeping off.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • persuasion,
  • forestallment,
  • deterrence,
  • limitation,
  • determent,
  • obviation.
  •
  • counteraction,
  • vaccination.
  •
  • obstruction,
  • stoppage.
  • Other relevant words:
  • treatment.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • putting down,
  • statute,
  • deferral,
  • shy,
  • escape,
  • Sidetracking,
  • halting,
  • halt,
  • nonintervention,
  • stop,
  • Ceasing,
  • interference,
  • postponement,
  • shield,
  • law,
  • immunization,
  • impeding,
  • prejudice,
  • safeguard,
  • discontinuance,
  • surcease,
  • protection,
  • extinction,
  • cake,
  • Subduing,
  • hindering,
  • fool's paradise,
  • contraband,
  • streak,
  • Presurmise,
  • measure,
  • preconceived idea,
  • countermeasure,
  • presumption,
  • tabu,
  • Proscribing,
  • mitigation,
  • curb,
  • discontinuation,
  • Hampering,
  • prophylactic,
  • concealing,
  • end,
  • evasiveness,
  • Jink,
  • Preapprehension,
  • balking,
  • sumptuary laws,
  • Obstructing,
  • meter,
  • blockage,
  • termination,
  • balk,
  • embolism,
  • preventative,
  • shunning,
  • parsimony,
  • Counter-agent,
  • Discontinuing,
  • shot,
  • Prejudication,
  • impediment,
  • presentiment,
  • embargo,
  • Quashing,
  • Hinderance,
  • hindrance,
  • embarrassment,
  • arresting,
  • Debarring,
  • turn down,
  • check,
  • legal profession,
  • cracking down on,
  • Restraining,
  • presupposition,
  • hiding,
  • coarctation,
  • inoculant,
  • Retardment,
  • precaution,
  • baulk,
  • Checking,
  • PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
  • killing,
  • cessation,
  • block,
  • noninvolvement,
  • prophylaxis,
  • deterence,
  • Muffling,
  • Presupposal,
  • savings,
  • Delaying,
  • crack down,
  • concealment,
  • banning,
  • Arrestation,
  • withholding,
  • infarct,
  • thwarting,
  • repression,
  • quelling,
  • censoring,
  • stifling,
  • aborting,
  • Terminating,
  • forbidden fruit,
  • no-no,
  • barricade,
  • disease prevention,
  • Intercepting,
  • index librorum prohibitorum,
  • Interdicting,
  • obstacle,
  • taproom,
  • booster,
  • delay,
  • circumvention,
  • serum,
  • getting around,
  • neutrality,
  • put-down,
  • abortion,
  • deferment,
  • foreclosure,
  • inhibitor,
  • slowing,
  • Silencing,
  • counteractant,
  • frustrating,
  • Interclusion,
  • curbing,
  • defense mechanism,
  • Prenotion,
  • prejudgment,
  • forbidding,
  • zoning,
  • set back,
  • vaccine,
  • Retarding,
  • Preventing,
  • foregone conclusion,
  • smothering,
  • assumption,
  • slip,
  • gamma globulin,
  • impedance,
  • Refraining,
  • cut-off,
  • estoppel,
  • blocking,
  • anticipation,
  • zigzag,
  • embolus,
  • Forejudgment,
  • interdict,
  • barroom,
  • repressing,
  • control,
  • stopping,
  • preconception,
  • duck,
  • Muting,
  • foiling,
  • Oppilation,
  • Quieting,
  • Vetoing,
  • elusiveness,
  • enjoining,
  • inhibiting,
  • nixing,
  • equivocation,
  • ruling out,
  • staving off,
  • retardation,
  • warding off,
  • preventative medicine,
  • predilection,
  • stricture,
  • prenotice,
  • stay,
  • fixed idea,
  • preventive,
  • quenching,
  • Precluding,
  • save-all,
  • predisposition,
  • Index Expurgatorius,
  • evasive action,
  • forestalling,
  • Squelching,
  • fending off,
  • controlling,
  • elimination,
  • remedy,
  • interception,
  • closure,
  • legal community,
  • censorship,
  • interdiction,
  • avoidance,
  • Tabooing,
  • saloon,
  • baulking,
  • Mitigating,
  • Avoiding,
  • sidestep,
  • reprieve,
  • Impedition,
  • extinguishing,
  • antidote,
  • cutting off,
  • predetermination,
  • Suppressing,
  • avoiding reaction,
  • inoculum,
  • disqualification,
  • prepossession,
  • amount,
  • crushing,
  • ending,
  • Prohibiting,
  • dodge,
  • prevent,
  • taboo,
  • index,
  • barring.

Paraphrases for Prevention:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    Preventing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    hiv-prevention, conflict-prevention.
  • Proper noun, singular
    suppression.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    suppression, conflict-prevention.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    preventable, Preventing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    preventative, prohibition, protection, Preventing, Measures, initiatives, members, countermeasures, victims, hazards, dangers, MTS.
  • Noun, plural
    data, Agencies, Areas, women, Policies, Territories, Communities, Persons, Drugs, Efforts, Males, Measures, Organizations, Recommendations, Resources, Rights, Risks, seniors, partners, representatives, approaches, estimates, documents, practices, causes, projects, initiatives, principles, groups, warnings, safeguards, results, interventions, workers, objectives, aspects, topics, substances, responsibilities, precautions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deterrence, interdiction, preparedness, preventable, prohibition, protection, Preventing.
  • Verb, past tense
    barred, blocked, kept, opened, suspended, Avoided, Cautioned, Denied, Deterred, Had, Told, Warned.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    alerting, barring, dealing, discouraging, focusing, forbidding, forestalling, helping, hindering, protecting, reducing, setting, tackling, telling, thwarting, withholding, Addressing, Anticipating, Checking, Deterring, Maintaining, Notifying, Reversing, curbing, Precluding, Preventing, Stemming, Suspending, guarding.
  • Verb, past participle
    barred, blocked, designed, developed, encouraged, forbidden, improved, kept, restricted, revised, stopped, thwarted, turned, Aimed, Allowed, Avoided, Been, Denied, Forestalled, Refused, Precluded, Provided, Submitted, withheld.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Has, Comes, makes, prohibits, asks.
  • Verb, base form
    pre-empt.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    preventative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contraception, precaution, preventative.

Hypernym for Prevention:

• n.

  • act
    suppression, interception, averting, nonproliferation, prophylaxis, quelling, preclusion, crushing, non-proliferation, save, debarment, forestalling, stifling, obviation, disqualification.

Hyponym for Prevention:

• n.

  • act
    interference, hindrance, Hinderance.