889 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ stˈe͡ɪv ˈɒf], [ stˈe‍ɪv ˈɒf], [ s_t_ˈeɪ_v ˈɒ_f]

Similar words for stave off:

• avoid (noun)
• debar (noun)
• fight off (noun)
• head off (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• avert (verb)
• circumvent (verb)
• defend (verb)
• delay (verb)
• deter (verb)
• fend off (verb)
• fight back/fight off (verb)
• obviate (verb)
• preclude (verb)
• prevent (verb)
• rebuff (verb)
• rebut (verb)
• repel (verb)
• repulse (verb)
• rule out (verb)
• suspend (verb)
• other synonyms
• defend
• fend off
• other relevant words
• repulse
• rule out
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "stave off" in context?

Homophones for stave off

Synonyms for Stave off:

• n.

  •
  • stop,
  • get in the way of something,
  • obstruct,
  • knock something on the head,
  • squash,
  • discourage.
  • avoid (noun)
  • avoid.
  • debar (noun)
  • debar.
  • fight off (noun)
  • fight.
  • head off (noun)
  • head off.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • dishearten,
  • deflect,
  • Forefend,
  • obviate,
  • Estop.

• v.

  • avert (verb)
  • fore stall,
  • fore stalls,
  • looks away,
  • fore-stalls,
  • looked away,
  • looking away,
  • shoves aside,
  • fore stalling,
  • shoving aside,
  • fore-stalling,
  • turns aside,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore-stalled.
  • circumvent (verb)
  • dis appoint,
  • be-guile,
  • de tour,
  • over reached,
  • over reach,
  • de touring,
  • out flank,
  • de-touring,
  • gat around,
  • over reaches,
  • out-witting,
  • gotten around,
  • gets around,
  • de-toured,
  • be guiles,
  • dis appoints,
  • out-flanking,
  • de tours,
  • out-witted,
  • out flanked,
  • dis appointed,
  • dis-appoint,
  • out-wits,
  • out witted,
  • over-reach,
  • out flanking,
  • over-reaches,
  • by passes,
  • be-guiles,
  • out flanks,
  • de toured,
  • dis-appointed,
  • over-reached,
  • dis-appoints,
  • steered clear of,
  • out witting,
  • over reaching,
  • dis-appointing,
  • out wits,
  • out-flanks,
  • by pass,
  • out-wit,
  • steers clear of,
  • be guile,
  • de-tour,
  • got around,
  • by passed,
  • out-flank,
  • over-reaching,
  • de-tours,
  • out-flanked,
  • by passing,
  • dis appointing.
  • defend (verb)
  • guarded against,
  • with stood,
  • provided sanctuary,
  • in sure,
  • with stands,
  • beats off,
  • holding at bay,
  • de fend,
  • in-sure,
  • watches over,
  • repelled danger,
  • fought for,
  • up held,
  • panoplying,
  • de-fend,
  • up holds,
  • re-tains,
  • up-held,
  • guards against,
  • pre-served,
  • pre-serving,
  • de-fended,
  • with-standing,
  • kept safe,
  • pre serve,
  • de fending,
  • pre-serve,
  • provides sanctuary,
  • repelling danger,
  • re-tain,
  • pre serving,
  • de fends,
  • pre serves,
  • de-fending,
  • re tains,
  • with standing,
  • up-hold,
  • with stand,
  • providing sanctuary,
  • up-holds,
  • repels danger,
  • holds at bay,
  • held bay,
  • pre served,
  • keeps safe,
  • fights for,
  • de-fends,
  • pre-serves,
  • re tain,
  • holds bay,
  • fighting for,
  • holding bay,
  • up holding,
  • keeping safe,
  • with-stand,
  • with-stands,
  • hold bay,
  • held at bay,
  • de fended,
  • beating off,
  • up-holding,
  • up hold,
  • guarding against.
  • delay (verb)
  • laying over,
  • laid over,
  • pro tracts,
  • pro-long,
  • with holding,
  • gained time,
  • pro longs,
  • de-laying,
  • de-lays,
  • de lay,
  • inter-fere,
  • pro-rogue,
  • re-strict,
  • post-pones,
  • re strict,
  • bode time,
  • inter fere,
  • pro-roguing,
  • with held,
  • with holds,
  • de-tains,
  • pro-longing,
  • re-pressing,
  • with-holds,
  • intermits,
  • gains time,
  • pro rogues,
  • bides time,
  • de tains,
  • biding time,
  • pro longing,
  • pro roguing,
  • pro rogued,
  • de lays,
  • dis-courage,
  • with-hold,
  • post pone,
  • re pressed,
  • re pressing,
  • pro tract,
  • holds over,
  • with-held,
  • pro-longed,
  • gaining time,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro-longs,
  • post-pone,
  • pro-tracts,
  • dis courages,
  • pro-rogues,
  • re-presses,
  • inter-feres,
  • pro rogue,
  • dis courage,
  • re presses,
  • de-tain,
  • dilly dally,
  • bided time,
  • with hold,
  • lays over,
  • inter feres,
  • re press,
  • de-lay,
  • de laying,
  • pro-rogued,
  • pro long,
  • post pones,
  • de tain,
  • dis-courages.
  • deter (verb)
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • de-barred,
  • disadvising,
  • threw cold water on,
  • re strained,
  • re strain,
  • forfended,
  • forfending,
  • dis-advises,
  • dis advised,
  • disadvised,
  • de-barring,
  • dis-advised,
  • talked out of,
  • de-bars,
  • disadvises,
  • re-strain,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • putting a damper on,
  • de barred,
  • throws cold water on,
  • de bar,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • dis-advising,
  • re-strains,
  • talks out of,
  • de barring,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • re-straining,
  • putting damper on,
  • dis advises,
  • de-bar,
  • puts damper on,
  • puts a damper on,
  • dis advising,
  • re straining,
  • re-strained,
  • de bars,
  • dis advise,
  • forfends,
  • dis-advise,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • re strains.
  • fend off (verb)
  • block.
  • fight back/fight off (verb)
  • puts fight,
  • put fight,
  • kept bay,
  • re plied,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • putting fight,
  • re plying,
  • putting up fight,
  • re-plying,
  • puts up fight,
  • re-plied,
  • keep bay.
  • obviate (verb)
  • counter-act,
  • re move,
  • re-moves,
  • inter posing,
  • re moved,
  • counter-acting,
  • re-moving,
  • inter pose,
  • re moving,
  • counter acted,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-posed,
  • counter-acted,
  • inter posed,
  • re-move,
  • counter acting,
  • inter-pose,
  • counter acts,
  • counter act,
  • counter-acts.
  • preclude (verb)
  • dis-continuing,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-continued,
  • puts a stop to,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis continued,
  • dis continuing,
  • makes impracticable,
  • puts stop to,
  • making impracticable,
  • putting stop to,
  • made impracticable,
  • putting a stop to,
  • dis continue.
  • prevent (verb)
  • inter dict,
  • putting an end to,
  • kept lid on,
  • defended against,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre vented,
  • keeps lid on,
  • pre-vent,
  • nip bud,
  • pre vent,
  • inter cept,
  • pre-vents,
  • keeping lid on,
  • puts end to,
  • puts an end to,
  • pre-venting,
  • inter-cept,
  • defends against,
  • nip the bud,
  • pre vents,
  • inter-dict,
  • holds off,
  • nip in bud,
  • putting end to,
  • defending against,
  • pre venting.
  • rebuff (verb)
  • pushed back,
  • passing up,
  • puts one place,
  • puts one's place,
  • re-buffing,
  • dis-regard,
  • put place,
  • dis regarded,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis allowed,
  • lashing out at,
  • putting in one's place,
  • re proves,
  • put one place,
  • re buffs,
  • dis allow,
  • lashed out at,
  • putting one place,
  • re-buff,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis-allow,
  • puts place,
  • re proved,
  • re-proves,
  • de cline,
  • dis-regarding,
  • puts in one's place,
  • de-cline,
  • dis missing,
  • de-clines,
  • put ones place,
  • puts in ones place,
  • re-proving,
  • dis allows,
  • dis-missed,
  • re-proved,
  • pushing back,
  • re buff,
  • re buffing,
  • puts in place,
  • dis-regards,
  • re-prove,
  • puts ones place,
  • dis-regarded,
  • putting one's place,
  • putting in one place,
  • put in ones place,
  • putting ones place,
  • dis-allows,
  • putting in place,
  • re prove,
  • passes up,
  • puts in one place,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re buffed,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-allowed,
  • de clines,
  • re-buffed,
  • pushes back,
  • lashes out at,
  • putting place,
  • dis regard,
  • dis allowing,
  • putting in ones place,
  • put one's place,
  • put in one place,
  • dis missed,
  • dis-missing.
  • rebut (verb)
  • dis confirms,
  • proves false,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-proved,
  • de-feats,
  • dis-confirm,
  • re butted,
  • dis confirmed,
  • dis prove,
  • dis-confirming,
  • coming back at,
  • dis confirming,
  • de feat,
  • re-butted,
  • proving false,
  • in validating,
  • over-turn,
  • over turning,
  • in validate,
  • in-validate,
  • dis-prove,
  • in validated,
  • in-validating,
  • disconfirms,
  • over-turning,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis confirm,
  • came back at,
  • over turns,
  • re-butting,
  • comes back at,
  • proved false,
  • dis-confirms,
  • re butting,
  • in-validated,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • in-validates,
  • de feats,
  • dis proves,
  • in validates,
  • dis proved.
  • repel (verb)
  • stood up against,
  • put flight,
  • dis owned,
  • forced off,
  • beats back,
  • dis owning,
  • dis-owning,
  • standing up against,
  • forces back,
  • chases away,
  • beating back,
  • stood against,
  • casting aside,
  • puts to flight,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • drove away,
  • drives away,
  • forcing off,
  • duelled,
  • chasing away,
  • drives off,
  • driving away,
  • drave away,
  • drove off,
  • stands against,
  • putting flight,
  • driving off,
  • stands up against,
  • forced back,
  • drave off,
  • casts aside,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • forcing back,
  • putting to flight,
  • forces off,
  • puts flight,
  • dis-owned.
  • repulse (verb)
  • kicked in teeth,
  • heave-hoing,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re pulse,
  • heave ho,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • over throws,
  • over thrown,
  • over-throws,
  • heavehoes,
  • kicks teeth,
  • heave hoing,
  • heave-hoed,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • re pulses,
  • re pulsing,
  • over throwing,
  • nixed,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • over throw,
  • over-throw,
  • kick the teeth,
  • threw back,
  • heavehoed,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • heavehoing,
  • heaveho,
  • kicking teeth,
  • kicked teeth,
  • heave hoed,
  • re-pulsing,
  • heave-hoes,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • over-throwing,
  • over-thrown,
  • kick teeth,
  • re-pulse,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • heave hoes,
  • throwing back,
  • re-pulses,
  • throws back,
  • re pulsed,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • kicked in the teeth.
  • rule out (verb)
  • not considers,
  • pro scribed,
  • leaved out,
  • ex cept,
  • re canting,
  • pro-scribed,
  • pro-scribe,
  • pro scribe,
  • ex-cept,
  • re-canted,
  • pro scribes,
  • pro scribing,
  • re-canting.
  • suspend (verb)
  • lay table,
  • hung fire,
  • in-activated,
  • puts on shelf,
  • hanged fire,
  • in-activating,
  • pinkslip,
  • laid the table,
  • lays on the table,
  • puts on the shelf,
  • puts on ice,
  • lays the table,
  • lays table,
  • laid table,
  • hanging up,
  • laying on table,
  • puts back burner,
  • laid on table,
  • putting shelf,
  • put back burner,
  • lay the table,
  • laying on the table,
  • puts on back burner,
  • put ice,
  • puts the shelf,
  • putting on shelf,
  • putting back burner,
  • in activating,
  • in activate,
  • putting on the shelf,
  • in-activates,
  • laying table,
  • putting the shelf,
  • lays on table,
  • putting ice,
  • put on shelf,
  • puts shelf,
  • laying the table,
  • put hold,
  • puts hold,
  • in activated,
  • puts ice,
  • putting on back burner,
  • hanged up,
  • laid on the table,
  • putting on ice,
  • in activates,
  • put shelf,
  • putting hold,
  • lay on table,
  • put the shelf,
  • in-activate,
  • laying aside.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • defend.
  •
  • forestall,
  • frighten.
  • defend
  • watch over,
  • cares for,
  • Bulwarked,
  • panoplied,
  • retain,
  • care for,
  • fortify,
  • keep safe,
  • looking after,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • fight back,
  • Warred,
  • cared for,
  • watching over,
  • Housed,
  • Garrisoned,
  • look after,
  • looked after,
  • fight for,
  • Garrisoning,
  • repel danger,
  • beat off,
  • hold at bay,
  • watched over,
  • guard against,
  • Wars,
  • looks after,
  • Bulwarking.
  • fend off
  • driving back,
  • keep off,
  • keep at a distance,
  • keep distance,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • fending off,
  • keep arm's length,
  • drive back.
  • Other relevant words:
  • rebut,
  • repel,
  • prohibit,
  • put in one's place,
  • suspend,
  • withhold,
  • Proroguing,
  • put in place,
  • slackens,
  • keep back,
  • put damper on,
  • protract,
  • drive off,
  • get around,
  • dueled,
  • preclude,
  • knocking down,
  • keeping back,
  • turn aside,
  • laid aside,
  • outwitting,
  • Everted,
  • kept back,
  • shoved aside,
  • queering,
  • put on the shelf,
  • withholds,
  • talking out of,
  • put stop to,
  • drive away,
  • EVERTS,
  • En Garde,
  • prorogues,
  • put a damper on,
  • chased away,
  • knocks down,
  • sent away,
  • disconfirmed,
  • disconfirm,
  • Damped,
  • knocked down,
  • put to flight,
  • send away,
  • queered,
  • Remanded,
  • circumvent,
  • put off,
  • lash out at,
  • encumbered,
  • turning aside,
  • Damping,
  • fend,
  • put a stop to,
  • lay on the table,
  • Remanding,
  • Prolonging,
  • force back,
  • come back at,
  • throw cold water on,
  • inactivate,
  • keep at bay,
  • everting,
  • act like a wet blanket,
  • disconfirming,
  • Forfend,
  • remand,
  • chase away,
  • cast aside,
  • prove false,
  • put on back burner,
  • push back,
  • queers,
  • remands,
  • avert,
  • corking,
  • putting on hold,
  • turn down,
  • shutting out,
  • rule out,
  • gain time,
  • passed up,
  • Disadvise,
  • filibustered,
  • Intermitted,
  • by-passing,
  • keep lid on,
  • knock down,
  • hoodwinked,
  • evert,
  • rebuff,
  • inactivates,
  • stand against,
  • Intermitting,
  • turned aside,
  • getting around,
  • put end to,
  • keeps back,
  • hang fire,
  • hold off,
  • put an end to,
  • Filibustering,
  • steer clear of,
  • inactivating,
  • talk out of,
  • turn away,
  • hangs fire,
  • defend against,
  • make impracticable,
  • ward off,
  • detoured,
  • inactivated,
  • by-passed,
  • prorogue,
  • deter,
  • put on ice,
  • intermit,
  • stand up against,
  • give cold shoulder to,
  • shut out,
  • pass up,
  • put on hold,
  • beat back,
  • repulse,
  • turns away,
  • by-passes,
  • Parried,
  • hang up,
  • shove aside,
  • fight off,
  • Preventing,
  • heads off,
  • shunt,
  • shunts,
  • held over,
  • Prorogued,
  • turning away,
  • not hear of,
  • parry,
  • lays aside,
  • over turn,
  • corked,
  • duel,
  • By-pass,
  • prevent,
  • kept at bay,
  • hanging fire,
  • Loitered,
  • lay over,
  • delay,
  • Entrapped,
  • fend off,
  • detouring,
  • bide time,
  • turned away,
  • Negatived,
  • Dueling,
  • duelling,
  • Shunting,
  • sends away,
  • standing against,
  • lay aside,
  • look away,
  • DAMPS,
  • steering clear of,
  • encumber,
  • hold over,
  • Shelving,
  • sending away,
  • Negativing,
  • put up fight,
  • force off,
  • ensnared,
  • out wit,
  • suspended,
  • Shunted.
  • repulse
  • Repulsing,
  • throw back,
  • nixing,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • set back,
  • kick in teeth,
  • heave-ho.
  • rule out
  • not consider,
  • not considered,
  • leaving out,
  • not considering,
  • leaves out,
  • leave out.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • ward,
  • table,
  • curb,
  • shelve,
  • ban,
  • put back,
  • interdict,
  • counter,
  • divert,
  • proscribe,
  • keep from,
  • check,
  • intercept,
  • continue,
  • hamper,
  • enjoin,
  • stand over,
  • bar,
  • Prorogate,
  • slow,
  • stay,
  • pigeonhole,
  • baulk,
  • frustrate,
  • hinder,
  • thwart,
  • restrain,
  • retard,
  • mitigate,
  • foreclose,
  • baffle,
  • foil,
  • reserve,
  • exclude,
  • save,
  • nip in the bud,
  • control,
  • arrest,
  • inhibit,
  • sleep on,
  • extend,
  • abort,
  • help,
  • waive,
  • prolong,
  • anticipate,
  • drag out,
  • impede,
  • push aside,
  • hold up,
  • wait,
  • defer,
  • recess,
  • halt,
  • stretch out,
  • balk,
  • put aside,
  • forbid,
  • adjourn,
  • postpone,
  • taboo,
  • resist,
  • set by,
  • stave.

How to use "Stave off" in context?

Homophones for Stave off:

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