Definition for Prevention:

• The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

Synonyms for Prevention:

• n.

  •
  • interruption,
  • frustration,
  • proscription,
  • paralysis.
  •
  • deterrence,
  • determent,
  • forestallment,
  • obviation.
  •act (noun)
  • bar.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • evasion,
  • elusion,
  • runaround,
  • forbearance.
  •dissuasion (noun)
  • intimidation,
  • disinclination,
  • derailment,
  • disheartenment,
  • banishment,
  • discouragement,
  • aversion,
  • admonishment,
  • inhibition,
  • dissuasion,
  • deflection,
  • diversion,
  • restraint.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • refusal,
  • debarment,
  • veto.
  •inoculation (noun)
  • inoculation.
  •precaution (noun)
  • prophylaxis.
  •prevention (noun)
  • bar.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • restriction,
  • injunction,
  • curtailment,
  • forbiddance,
  • preclusion,
  • suppression,
  • rejection,
  • bar,
  • refusal,
  • prohibition,
  • disapproval,
  • constraint,
  • Disallowance,
  • blockade,
  • denial,
  • ban.
  •restraint (noun)
  • restraint.
  •stop (noun)
  • stoppage,
  • interception,
  • halt,
  • inhibitor,
  • interruption,
  • thwarting,
  • prohibition,
  • blockage,
  • obstruction,
  • obstacle,
  • impediment,
  • forestalling,
  • deterence,
  • determent,
  • hindrance,
  • avoidance.
  •stoppage (noun)
  • Debarring,
  • circumvention,
  • stopping,
  • halt,
  • interception,
  • thwarting,
  • obstruction,
  • blocking,
  • hindering,
  • impeding,
  • opposition,
  • repression,
  • arrest,
  • warding off,
  • arresting,
  • forestalling,
  • counteraction,
  • staving off,
  • retardation.

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Prevention:

• n.

  • stop
    start, help, go, clearance, assistance, promotion, support, continuation, aid.
  • Other antonyms:
    promotion, cultivation, support, aid, facilitation, encouragement, assistance, backing, nurture, advancement.