Definition for Prevention:

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

Synonyms for Prevention:

• n.

  •
  • interruption,
  • frustration,
  • paralysis.
  •act (noun)
  • bar.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • evasion,
  • elusion,
  • runaround,
  • forbearance.
  •dissuasion (noun)
  • intimidation,
  • disinclination,
  • discouragement,
  • disheartenment,
  • aversion,
  • derailment,
  • restraint,
  • diversion,
  • admonishment,
  • banishment,
  • deflection,
  • dissuasion.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • refusal,
  • debarment,
  • veto.
  •inoculation (noun)
  • inoculation.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • suppression,
  • injunction,
  • denial,
  • forbiddance,
  • constraint,
  • disapproval,
  • blockade,
  • ban,
  • restriction,
  • preclusion,
  • curtailment,
  • rejection,
  • Disallowance.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Prevention:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    Preventing.

• Reverse Entailment

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

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Prevention:

• n.

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

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.