What is another word for thwart?
Pronunciation:
[ θwˈɔːt], [ θwˈɔːt], [ θ_w_ˈɔː_t]
Synonyms for Thwart:
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adj.
• crosswise • crosswise/crossways- from side side ,
- more aslant ,
- more athwart ,
- more contrariwise ,
- more crossing ,
- more crosswise ,
- more diagonally ,
- more horizontally ,
- more longways ,
- more sideways ,
- more transversely ,
- more traverse ,
- more vertically ,
- most aslant ,
- most athwart ,
- most contrariwise ,
- most crossing ,
- most diagonally ,
- most horizontally ,
- most longways ,
- most sideways ,
- most transversely ,
- most traverse ,
- most vertically ,
- on bias ,
- thwartest .
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n.
• frustrate -
v.
• baffle • bilk- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reached ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching .
- closes off ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- inter cept ,
- inter-cept ,
- stopping up ,
- stopt up ,
- take out play ,
- takes out of play ,
- takes out play ,
- taking out of play ,
- taking out play ,
- took out of play ,
- took out play .
- Bitting ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud ,
- played for time ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- reining in ,
- slackened pace ,
- slackening pace ,
- slackens pace ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de tour ,
- de toured ,
- de touring ,
- de tours ,
- de-tour ,
- de-toured ,
- de-touring ,
- de-tours ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- out flank ,
- out flanked ,
- out flanking ,
- out flanks ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-flank ,
- out-flanked ,
- out-flanking ,
- out-flanks ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of .
- bring knees ,
- bringing knees ,
- bringing to knees ,
- brings knees ,
- brings to knees ,
- brought knees ,
- brought to knees ,
- gat better of ,
- gat the better of ,
- get better of ,
- gets better of ,
- gets the better of ,
- getting better of ,
- getting the better of ,
- got better of ,
- got the better of ,
- gotten better of ,
- gotten the better of ,
- over master ,
- over mastered ,
- over mastering ,
- over masters ,
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over ride ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-master ,
- over-mastered ,
- over-mastering ,
- over-masters ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- pre vail ,
- pre vailed ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre vails ,
- pre-vail ,
- pre-vailed ,
- pre-vails ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- sub-jugate ,
- sur mount ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur mounting ,
- sur mounts ,
- sur-mount ,
- sur-mounted ,
- sur-mounting ,
- sur-mounts ,
- trampled underfoot ,
- tramples underfoot ,
- trampling underfoot ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- conflicted with ,
- conflicting with ,
- conflicts with ,
- dis affirm ,
- dis affirmed ,
- dis affirming ,
- dis affirms ,
- dis obey ,
- dis obeyed ,
- dis obeying ,
- dis obeys ,
- dis-affirm ,
- dis-affirmed ,
- dis-affirming ,
- dis-affirms ,
- dis-obey ,
- dis-obeyed ,
- dis-obeying ,
- dis-obeys ,
- in fracted ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in fringing ,
- in-fracted ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-fringing ,
- infracts ,
- inter pose ,
- inter posed ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-pose ,
- inter-posed ,
- inter-posing ,
- over stepped ,
- over stepping ,
- over steps ,
- over-stepped ,
- over-stepping ,
- over-steps .
- Counter-work ,
- Counterchecked ,
- canceling out ,
- cancels out ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter balance ,
- counter balanced ,
- counter balances ,
- counter balancing ,
- counter check ,
- counter checked ,
- counter checking ,
- counter checks ,
- counter vail ,
- counter vailed ,
- counter vailing ,
- counter vails ,
- counter work ,
- counter worked ,
- counter working ,
- counter works ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-balanced ,
- counter-balancing ,
- counter-check ,
- counter-checked ,
- counter-checking ,
- counter-checks ,
- counter-vail ,
- counter-vailed ,
- counter-vailing ,
- counter-vails ,
- counter-worked ,
- counter-working ,
- counter-works ,
- counterworked ,
- counterworks ,
- goes against ,
- going against ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- re dress ,
- re dressed ,
- re dresses ,
- re dressing ,
- re-dress ,
- re-dressed ,
- re-dresses ,
- re-dressing ,
- went against .
- backtalked ,
- backtalking ,
- bollixes ,
- had bone pick ,
- had bone to pick ,
- haddest bone pick ,
- haddest bone to pick ,
- hadst bone pick ,
- hadst bone to pick ,
- has bone pick ,
- has bone to pick ,
- hast bone pick ,
- hast bone to pick ,
- hath bone pick ,
- hath bone to pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- having bone pick ,
- having bone to pick ,
- knocked props out ,
- knocking props out ,
- knocks props out ,
- snafuing ,
- stab back ,
- stab the back ,
- take wind out sails ,
- takes wind out of sails ,
- takes wind out sails ,
- taking wind out of sails ,
- taking wind out sails ,
- took wind out of sails ,
- took wind out sails .
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforted ,
- dis comforting ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforted ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-comforts ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays .
- co wed ,
- co wing ,
- co-wed ,
- co-wing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- over awe ,
- over awed ,
- over awes ,
- over awing ,
- over-awe ,
- over-awed ,
- over-awes ,
- over-awing .
- beat system ,
- beating down ,
- beating system ,
- beating the system ,
- beats down ,
- beats system ,
- beats the system ,
- casts down ,
- caused setback ,
- causes setback ,
- causing setback ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- counter plot ,
- counter plots ,
- counter plotted ,
- counter plotting ,
- counter-plots ,
- counter-plotted ,
- counter-plotting ,
- counterplots ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis prove ,
- dis proved ,
- dis proves ,
- dis proving ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-prove ,
- dis-proved ,
- dis-proves ,
- dis-proving ,
- nosed out ,
- noses out ,
- nosing out ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- puts end to ,
- putting end to ,
- threw for loop ,
- throwing for loop ,
- throws for loop ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing .
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in face of ,
- fly face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- hurled defiance at ,
- hurling defiance at ,
- hurls defiance at ,
- made my day ,
- makes my day ,
- making my day ,
- out dare ,
- out dared ,
- out dares ,
- out daring ,
- out-dare ,
- out-dared ,
- out-dares ,
- out-daring ,
- outdared ,
- outdares ,
- outdaring ,
- sticked fast ,
- sticks fast ,
- takes one on ,
- taking one on ,
- took one on .
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-came ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settles ,
- un-settling .
- advised against ,
- advises against ,
- advising against ,
- cautioned against ,
- cautioning against ,
- cautions against ,
- co unselling ,
- co-unselling ,
- cried out against ,
- cries out against ,
- crying out against ,
- dis advise ,
- dis advised ,
- dis advises ,
- dis advising ,
- dis incline ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis inclines ,
- dis inclining ,
- dis-advise ,
- dis-advised ,
- dis-advises ,
- dis-advising ,
- dis-incline ,
- dis-inclined ,
- dis-inclines ,
- dis-inclining ,
- disadvised ,
- disadvises ,
- disadvising ,
- ex postulate ,
- ex postulated ,
- ex postulates ,
- ex postulating ,
- ex-postulate ,
- ex-postulated ,
- ex-postulates ,
- ex-postulating ,
- leaned on ,
- leans on ,
- leant on ,
- persuaded not to ,
- persuades not to ,
- persuading not to ,
- threw a wet blanket on ,
- threw cold water on ,
- threw wet blanket on ,
- throw wet blanket on ,
- throwing a wet blanket on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throwing wet blanket on ,
- throws a wet blanket on ,
- throws cold water on ,
- throws wet blanket on ,
- urged not to ,
- urges not to ,
- urging not to .
- am beyond someone ,
- are beyond someone ,
- art beyond someone ,
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- beats around the bush ,
- being beyond someone ,
- gat away from ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the runaround ,
- gave the slip ,
- gave wide berth to ,
- give runaround ,
- give slip ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the runaround ,
- gives the slip ,
- gives wide berth to ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the runaround ,
- giving the slip ,
- giving wide berth to ,
- gotten away from ,
- hem haw ,
- is beyond someone ,
- not touched ,
- not touches ,
- out run ,
- out running ,
- out runs ,
- out-run ,
- out-running ,
- out-runs ,
- pass buck ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- ran around ,
- running around ,
- runs around ,
- staid shy of ,
- stayed shy of ,
- staying shy of ,
- stays shy of ,
- was beyond someone ,
- wast beyond someone ,
- were beyond someone ,
- wert beyond someone .
- buffaloing ,
- gave run around ,
- gave run-around ,
- gave the run around ,
- gave the run-around ,
- give run-around ,
- gives run around ,
- gives run-around ,
- gives the run around ,
- gives the run-around ,
- giving run around ,
- giving run-around ,
- giving the run around ,
- giving the run-around ,
- juked ,
- juking ,
- ran circles around ,
- ran rings around ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- running circles around ,
- running rings around ,
- runs circles around ,
- runs rings around ,
- shuffled off ,
- shuffles off ,
- shuffling off ,
- threw monkey wrench in ,
- throwing monkey wrench in ,
- throws monkey wrench in ,
- upsets apple cart ,
- upsets the apple cart ,
- upsetting apple cart ,
- upsetting the apple cart .
- fore stall ,
- fore stalled ,
- fore stalling ,
- fore stalls ,
- fore-stall ,
- fore-stalled ,
- fore-stalling ,
- fore-stalls ,
- pre occupied ,
- pre occupies ,
- pre occupy ,
- pre-occupied ,
- pre-occupies ,
- pre-occupy ,
- pre-occupying .
- cramp one style ,
- cramp ones style ,
- cramped one style ,
- cramped one's style ,
- cramped ones style ,
- cramped style ,
- cramping one style ,
- cramping one's style ,
- cramping ones style ,
- cramping style ,
- cramps one style ,
- cramps one's style ,
- cramps ones style ,
- cramps style ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat in the way ,
- gat in way ,
- gat the way ,
- gat way ,
- get in way ,
- get the way ,
- get way ,
- gets in the way ,
- gets in way ,
- gets the way ,
- gets way ,
- getting in the way ,
- getting in way ,
- getting the way ,
- getting way ,
- got in the way ,
- got in way ,
- got the way ,
- got way ,
- gotten in the way ,
- gotten in way ,
- gotten the way ,
- gotten way ,
- hog tie ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- tie hands ,
- tie one hands ,
- tie ones hands ,
- tied hands ,
- tied one hands ,
- tied one's hands ,
- tied ones hands ,
- ties hands ,
- ties one hands ,
- ties one's hands ,
- ties ones hands ,
- tying hands ,
- tying one hands ,
- tying one's hands ,
- tying ones hands .
- bar ,
- bottleneck ,
- brake ,
- bung ,
- burden ,
- catch ,
- choke ,
- clog ,
- complicate ,
- congest ,
- constipate ,
- constrain ,
- counter ,
- crimp ,
- cripple ,
- curb ,
- dam ,
- delay ,
- detain ,
- deter ,
- drag ,
- entangle ,
- entrap ,
- fetter ,
- foul ,
- hamstring ,
- handicap ,
- impair ,
- inhibit ,
- interrupt ,
- jam ,
- mire ,
- paralyze ,
- plug ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- snag ,
- snarl ,
- stay ,
- stop ,
- tangle .
- blew whistle on ,
- blowing whistle on ,
- blows whistle on ,
- flagged one ,
- flagging one ,
- flags one ,
- saddles with ,
- saddling with .
- busybodying ,
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- gat involved ,
- gets involved ,
- getting involved ,
- gotten involved ,
- in commode ,
- in commodes ,
- in-commode ,
- in-commodes ,
- inter cede ,
- inter ceded ,
- inter cedes ,
- inter ceding ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter lope ,
- inter loped ,
- inter lopes ,
- inter loping ,
- inter meddle ,
- inter meddled ,
- inter meddles ,
- inter meddling ,
- inter mediate ,
- inter mediated ,
- inter mediates ,
- inter mediating ,
- inter-cede ,
- inter-ceded ,
- inter-cedes ,
- inter-ceding ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- inter-lope ,
- inter-loped ,
- inter-lopes ,
- inter-loping ,
- inter-meddle ,
- inter-meddled ,
- inter-meddles ,
- inter-meddling ,
- inter-mediated ,
- inter-mediates ,
- inter-mediating ,
- intermits ,
- mixes in ,
- mixing in ,
- mixt in ,
- poked nose in ,
- pokes nose in ,
- poking nose in .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- mess with head ,
- mess with one head ,
- mess with ones head ,
- messed with head ,
- messed with one head ,
- messed with one's head ,
- messed with ones head ,
- messes with head ,
- messes with one head ,
- messes with one's head ,
- messes with ones head ,
- messing with head ,
- messing with one head ,
- messing with one's head ,
- messing with ones head ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- threw in to tizzy ,
- threw into tizzy ,
- throw in to tizzy ,
- throwing in to tizzy ,
- throwing into tizzy ,
- throws in to tizzy ,
- throws into tizzy .
- call question ,
- called in question ,
- called question ,
- calling in question ,
- calling question ,
- calls in question ,
- calls question ,
- counter attack ,
- counter attacked ,
- counter attacking ,
- counter attacks ,
- counter-attacked ,
- counter-attacking ,
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- dis agree ,
- dis agreed ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis agrees ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-agree ,
- dis-agreed ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-agrees ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- faced down ,
- faces down ,
- facing down ,
- flew in the face of ,
- flew the face of ,
- flies in the face of ,
- flies the face of ,
- fly the face of ,
- flying in the face of ,
- flying the face of ,
- frowned at ,
- frowning at ,
- frowns at ,
- not countenances ,
- not countenancing ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- ran counter to ,
- re verse ,
- re versing ,
- re-verse ,
- re-versed ,
- running counter to ,
- runs counter to ,
- searches out ,
- spake against ,
- speaking against ,
- speaks against ,
- spoke against ,
- standing up to ,
- stands to ,
- stands up to ,
- stood to ,
- take stand ,
- takes a stand ,
- takes issue ,
- takes stand ,
- taking a stand ,
- taking issue ,
- taking stand ,
- took a stand ,
- took issue ,
- took stand ,
- turn tables ,
- turned tables ,
- turning tables ,
- turns tables ,
- turns the tables .
- bend one will ,
- bend one's will ,
- bend ones will ,
- bend to one will ,
- bend to ones will ,
- bend to will ,
- bend will ,
- bended one will ,
- bended one's will ,
- bended ones will ,
- bended to one will ,
- bended to one's will ,
- bended to ones will ,
- bended to will ,
- bended will ,
- bending one will ,
- bending one's will ,
- bending ones will ,
- bending to one will ,
- bending to one's will ,
- bending to ones will ,
- bending to will ,
- bending will ,
- bends one will ,
- bends one's will ,
- bends ones will ,
- bends to one will ,
- bends to one's will ,
- bends to ones will ,
- bends to will ,
- bends will ,
- bent one will ,
- bent one's will ,
- bent ones will ,
- bent to one will ,
- bent to one's will ,
- bent to ones will ,
- bent to will ,
- bent will ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- made null and void ,
- made null void ,
- made void ,
- make null void ,
- makes null and void ,
- makes null void ,
- making null and void ,
- making null void ,
- making void ,
- not heeds ,
- out vote ,
- out voted ,
- out votes ,
- out voting ,
- out weighed ,
- out weighing ,
- out weighs ,
- out-vote ,
- out-voted ,
- out-votes ,
- out-voting ,
- out-weigh ,
- out-weighed ,
- out-weighing ,
- out-weighs ,
- outvotes ,
- over ridden ,
- over rides ,
- over riding ,
- over rode ,
- over rule ,
- over ruled ,
- over rules ,
- over ruling ,
- over-ridden ,
- over-rides ,
- over-riding ,
- over-rode ,
- over-rule ,
- over-ruled ,
- over-rules ,
- over-ruling ,
- prevailed over ,
- prevailing over ,
- prevails over ,
- re calling ,
- re calls ,
- re peal ,
- re pealed ,
- re pealing ,
- re peals ,
- re-call ,
- re-called ,
- re-calling ,
- re-calls ,
- re-pealed ,
- re-peals ,
- rid roughshod ,
- rides roughshod ,
- riding roughshod ,
- rode roughshod ,
- ruled against ,
- rules against ,
- ruling against ,
- sets aside ,
- takes no account of ,
- taking no account of ,
- took no account of .
- be fuddle ,
- be fuddled ,
- be fuddles ,
- be fuddling ,
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be-fuddle ,
- be-fuddled ,
- be-fuddles ,
- be-fuddling ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- gat to ,
- gotten to ,
- muddied the waters ,
- muddied waters ,
- muddies the waters ,
- muddies waters ,
- muddying the waters ,
- muddying waters ,
- snarling up ,
- snarls up ,
- sur prise ,
- sur prises ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prise ,
- sur-prised ,
- sur-prises ,
- sur-prising .
- defended against ,
- defending against ,
- defends against ,
- forfended ,
- forfending ,
- forfends ,
- holds off ,
- inter dict ,
- inter-dict ,
- keeping lid on ,
- keeps lid on ,
- kept lid on ,
- pre vent ,
- pre vented ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- puts a stop to ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts stop to ,
- putting a stop to ,
- putting an end to ,
- putting stop to ,
- turns aside .
- abstained from ,
- abstaining from ,
- died hard ,
- dieing hard ,
- dies hard ,
- duelled ,
- dying hard ,
- holding out against ,
- keeping from ,
- keeps from ,
- kept from ,
- leaved alone ,
- leaves alone ,
- leaving alone ,
- put a fight ,
- put fight ,
- puts a fight ,
- puts fight ,
- puts up a fight ,
- puts up fight ,
- putting a fight ,
- putting fight ,
- putting up a fight ,
- putting up fight ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- remained firm ,
- remaining firm ,
- remains firm ,
- struggled against ,
- struggles against ,
- struggling against .
- chokes off ,
- dead ended ,
- dead ending ,
- dead-ended ,
- dead-ending ,
- deadend ,
- deadended ,
- deadending ,
- deadends ,
- hanged fire ,
- hung fire ,
- put back burner ,
- put hold ,
- puts back burner ,
- puts hold ,
- puts on back burner ,
- puts on hold ,
- putting back burner ,
- putting hold ,
- putting on back burner ,
- snookering ,
- snookers ,
- threw a monkey wrench in to ,
- threw a monkey wrench into ,
- threw monkey wrench in to ,
- threw monkey wrench into ,
- throw a monkey wrench in to ,
- throw monkey wrench in to ,
- throw monkey wrench into ,
- throwing a monkey wrench in to ,
- throwing a monkey wrench into ,
- throwing monkey wrench in to ,
- throwing monkey wrench into ,
- throws a monkey wrench in to ,
- throws a monkey wrench into ,
- throws monkey wrench in to ,
- throws monkey wrench into .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- keeping hanging ,
- keeps hanging ,
- kept hanging ,
- made mouth water ,
- makes mouth water ,
- making mouth water .
- de stabilize ,
- de stabilized ,
- de stabilizes ,
- de stabilizing ,
- de-stabilize ,
- de-stabilized ,
- de-stabilizes ,
- de-stabilizing ,
- under cut ,
- under cuts ,
- under cutting ,
- under-cut ,
- under-cuts ,
- under-cutting .
- ate away ,
- clip one wings ,
- clip ones wings ,
- clipped one wings ,
- clipped one's wings ,
- clipped ones wings ,
- clipped wings ,
- clipping one wings ,
- clipping one's wings ,
- clipping ones wings ,
- clipping wings ,
- clips one wings ,
- clips one's wings ,
- clips ones wings ,
- clips wings ,
- digged out ,
- digging out ,
- digs out ,
- dug out ,
- ex cavate ,
- ex-cavate ,
- hollowed out ,
- hollowing out ,
- hollows out ,
- knocked bottom out of ,
- knocked the bottom out of ,
- knocking bottom out of ,
- knocking the bottom out of ,
- knocks bottom out of ,
- knocks the bottom out of ,
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- whittled away ,
- whittles away ,
- whittling away .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeping off ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps arms length ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps at bay ,
- keeps bay ,
- keeps off ,
- kept arm length ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept bay ,
- kept off ,
- re butted ,
- re butting ,
- re-butted ,
- re-butting .
- grappled with ,
- grapples with ,
- grappling with ,
- hold one ground ,
- hold ones ground ,
- prevailed against ,
- prevailing against ,
- prevails against ,
- put struggle ,
- puts struggle ,
- puts up struggle ,
- putting struggle ,
- putting up struggle ,
- putting with ,
- rid out ,
- rides out ,
- riding out ,
- rode out ,
- sat and take it ,
- sat take it ,
- sate and take it ,
- sate take it ,
- sit take it ,
- sits and take it ,
- sits take it ,
- sitting and take it ,
- sitting take it ,
- stand ground ,
- stand one ground ,
- stand ones ground ,
- standing ground ,
- standing one ground ,
- standing ones ground ,
- standing up against ,
- stands against ,
- stands ground ,
- stands one ground ,
- stands one's ground ,
- stands ones ground ,
- stands up against ,
- stood against ,
- stood ground ,
- stood one ground ,
- stood one's ground ,
- stood ones ground ,
- stood up against ,
- winned out ,
- winning out ,
- wins out ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands ,
- with-stood ,
- won out .
Other synonyms:
- come between ,
- disbar ,
- freeze-out ,
- hold on to ,
- opposition ,
- seat ,
- shackle ,
- shush ,
- stand between ,
- transversal ,
- waylay .
- hold .
- disturb .
Other relevant words:
- Bitted ,
- Breaching ,
- Buffaloes ,
- By-pass ,
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Entrapped ,
- Forfend ,
- Harnessing ,
- Infracted ,
- Infracting ,
- Intermeddle ,
- Intermeddling ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Juke ,
- Jukes ,
- Mocked ,
- Muddy Waters ,
- Overawing ,
- Paused ,
- Preventing ,
- Repulsing ,
- Shying ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Stoppering ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Transgressed ,
- Trashed ,
- Worsting ,
- be beyond someone ,
- be set ,
- beat around bush ,
- beat around the bush ,
- beat off ,
- beating around the bush ,
- bend to one's will ,
- bilk ,
- block ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- blow whistle on ,
- bollix ,
- bollixed ,
- bollixing ,
- bottlenecked ,
- bottlenecking ,
- box up ,
- breached ,
- bring to knees ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- busybodied ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- check ,
- circumvent ,
- clip one's wings ,
- clip wings ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- conflict with ,
- conquer ,
- contravene ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- counteract ,
- cramp ,
- cramp one's style ,
- cramp style ,
- cross ,
- dash ,
- daunt ,
- defeat ,
- defend against ,
- defy ,
- derail ,
- detoured ,
- detouring ,
- dig out ,
- disappoint ,
- discomfit ,
- dissuade ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- eat away ,
- eating away ,
- eats away ,
- elude ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- ensnared ,
- fend ,
- flag one ,
- foil ,
- fool with ,
- forestall ,
- get around ,
- get away from ,
- get in the way ,
- get involved ,
- get the better of ,
- get to ,
- gets away from ,
- gets to ,
- getting around ,
- getting away from ,
- getting to ,
- give run around ,
- give the run-around ,
- give the runaround ,
- give the slip ,
- give wide berth to ,
- got away from ,
- got involved ,
- got to ,
- grapple with ,
- hamper ,
- hang up ,
- have bone to pick ,
- heads off ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hinder ,
- hobble ,
- hogtie ,
- hold down ,
- hold ground ,
- hold in ,
- hold off ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- hollow out ,
- hoodwinked ,
- impede ,
- impeded ,
- impeding ,
- infract ,
- infringe ,
- inhibits ,
- interfere ,
- interfere with ,
- interfered with ,
- interferes with ,
- interfering ,
- interfering with ,
- intermeddled ,
- intermeddles ,
- intermediated ,
- intermediates ,
- intermediating ,
- intermit ,
- interpose ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at arm's length ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep back ,
- keep lid on ,
- keep off ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept at bay ,
- kept back ,
- knock bottom out of ,
- knock props out ,
- knock the bottom out of ,
- leash ,
- make null and void ,
- make void ,
- makes void ,
- mix in ,
- mixed in ,
- mock ,
- mocking ,
- monkey with ,
- mucked ,
- mucking ,
- muddy the waters ,
- neutralize ,
- nonplus ,
- not heed ,
- not heeded ,
- not heeding ,
- not touch ,
- not touching ,
- obstruct ,
- obtrude ,
- occlude ,
- offend ,
- oppose ,
- out weigh ,
- out wit ,
- outvote ,
- outvoted ,
- outvoting ,
- outwitting ,
- over-ride ,
- overawe ,
- overawed ,
- overawes ,
- overmaster ,
- overmastered ,
- overmastering ,
- overmasters ,
- overstep ,
- pass up ,
- passed up ,
- perplex ,
- play for time ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time ,
- poke full of holes ,
- poke nose in ,
- prevail against ,
- prevail over ,
- prevails ,
- prevent ,
- put a stop to ,
- put an end to ,
- put off ,
- put stop to ,
- put up struggle ,
- put up with ,
- put with ,
- putting up with ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- quell ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- repudiate ,
- resist ,
- ride out ,
- ride roughshod ,
- ruin ,
- rule against ,
- run around ,
- run circles around ,
- run rings around ,
- saddle with ,
- saddled with ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- sell ,
- setting aside ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- shies ,
- shuffle off ,
- shut out ,
- shutting out ,
- sit and take it ,
- slacken pace ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snafued ,
- snarl up ,
- snarled up ,
- spurn ,
- squelch ,
- stab in back ,
- stall ,
- stand against ,
- stand fast ,
- stand firm ,
- stand one's ground ,
- stand up against ,
- standing against ,
- standing fast ,
- standing firm ,
- standing one's ground ,
- stands fast ,
- stands firm ,
- stay shy of ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- stood fast ,
- stood firm ,
- stop up ,
- stopped up ,
- stoppered ,
- stops up ,
- stymie ,
- swindle ,
- take aback ,
- take no account of ,
- take out of play ,
- take wind out of sails ,
- takes aback ,
- taking aback ,
- tantalize ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- tie one's hands ,
- took aback ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- trample underfoot ,
- transverse ,
- traverse ,
- turn aside ,
- turn away ,
- turned aside ,
- turned away ,
- turning aside ,
- turning away ,
- turns away ,
- up set ,
- upset apple cart ,
- upset the apple cart ,
- ward off ,
- whittle away ,
- win out ,
- wipe off map ,
- withhold ,
- withholds ,
- withstand ,
- worsted ,
- zap .
- Counterchecking ,
- Counterwork ,
- Negatived ,
- Negativing ,
- cancel out ,
- canceled out ,
- cancelled out ,
- cancelling out ,
- counter-balance ,
- counter-balances ,
- countercheck ,
- counterchecks ,
- counterworking ,
- go against ,
- offsetting .
- Blanked ,
- Blanking ,
- Counterplotted ,
- Counterplotting ,
- Squashing ,
- beat down ,
- beat the system ,
- cast down ,
- casting down ,
- cause setback ,
- counter-plot ,
- counterplot ,
- nose out ,
- over turn ,
- put end to ,
- shellac ,
- skunked ,
- skunking ,
- squash ,
- throw for loop .
- Fronting ,
- Outdare ,
- Ridiculed ,
- fly in face of ,
- hurl defiance at ,
- make my day ,
- stick fast ,
- sticking fast ,
- stuck fast ,
- take one on .
- bring to naught ,
- come to nothing ,
- dash hopes ,
- dashed hopes ,
- dashing hopes ,
- disenchant ,
- disenchanting ,
- disenchants ,
- embitter ,
- fall down on ,
- fall flat ,
- fall short of ,
- founders ,
- leave in lurch ,
- not show ,
- ruin prospects ,
- stand up ,
- standing up ,
- stood up .
- Disadvise ,
- Disinclining ,
- advise against ,
- caution against ,
- cry out against ,
- disincline ,
- disinclines ,
- exhort ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- persuade not to ,
- remonstrate ,
- throw a wet blanket on ,
- throw cold water on ,
- urge not to .
- ATHWARTSHIPS ,
- Against ,
- Bendwise ,
- Cornerwise ,
- Feaze ,
- Feeze ,
- From ,
- Overthwart ,
- Thwartly ,
- Toward ,
- Versus ,
- abort ,
- acquire ,
- across ,
- across the grain ,
- act against ,
- adverse ,
- ailing ,
- amaze ,
- annul ,
- anticipate ,
- apart ,
- arrest ,
- aside ,
- askance ,
- aslant ,
- astonish ,
- astound ,
- at odds ,
- athwart ,
- avoid ,
- awry ,
- baby ,
- bad ,
- baffling ,
- balk ,
- ball up ,
- ban ,
- barrier ,
- batter ,
- batter up ,
- battle ,
- baulk ,
- be defeated ,
- be proof ,
- beat ,
- bedevil ,
- bench ,
- best ,
- bewilder ,
- bias ,
- biased ,
- biassed ,
- biaswise ,
- blackbird ,
- blast ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blow ,
- bobble ,
- bollix up ,
- bollocks ,
- botch ,
- botch up ,
- brace ,
- brave ,
- bridle ,
- bring to nothing ,
- buffer ,
- bugger up ,
- bumble ,
- bungle ,
- cancel ,
- catercorner ,
- catercornered ,
- cattycorner ,
- censure ,
- challenge ,
- chase away ,
- chilly ,
- clobber ,
- cocker ,
- coddle ,
- collapse ,
- combat ,
- condemnation ,
- conflict ,
- confound ,
- confront ,
- confuse ,
- contradict ,
- contrariety ,
- contrariness ,
- contrariwise ,
- contrary ,
- control ,
- controvert ,
- corrupt ,
- cosset ,
- counterbalance ,
- countermand ,
- countermine ,
- countervail ,
- cover ,
- crab ,
- crabwise ,
- cream ,
- crisscross ,
- crookedly ,
- cross thwart ,
- cross-brace ,
- cross-grained ,
- crossbreed ,
- crosspiece ,
- crossway ,
- crossways ,
- crucify ,
- crumple up ,
- cut across ,
- cut the ground from under ,
- cut through ,
- damp ,
- dashing ,
- death ,
- defer ,
- defiant ,
- deflower ,
- deformation ,
- demolish ,
- deny ,
- despoil ,
- destroy ,
- destruction ,
- devastation ,
- diagonal ,
- diagonally ,
- diametral ,
- difficulty ,
- disable ,
- disapproval ,
- disarm ,
- discombobulate ,
- discomfort ,
- discontinue ,
- discountenance ,
- discouragement ,
- dish ,
- dislike ,
- disobedient ,
- disobey ,
- disrupt ,
- dissatisfy ,
- ditch ,
- dodge ,
- drawback ,
- drub ,
- duck ,
- dumbfound ,
- dun ,
- embarrass ,
- encumbrance ,
- end ,
- endanger ,
- endure ,
- enjoin ,
- escape ,
- evade ,
- exception ,
- exclude ,
- exclusion ,
- expose ,
- extinguish ,
- face down ,
- fail ,
- faze ,
- featherbed ,
- fend off ,
- fight ,
- fight off ,
- finish ,
- flub ,
- fluff ,
- flummox ,
- forbid ,
- foul-up ,
- fractious ,
- fumble ,
- gain ,
- gainsay ,
- get ,
- get across ,
- get over ,
- go bad ,
- gravel ,
- gum up ,
- halt ,
- headstrong ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- hold back ,
- hold out ,
- hold the line ,
- hold up ,
- hostile ,
- hybridise ,
- hybridize ,
- ill ,
- impediment ,
- imperfectly ,
- in opposition to ,
- inclined ,
- indisposed ,
- indulge ,
- inimical ,
- injure ,
- interbreed ,
- intercept ,
- interdict ,
- interruption ,
- intersect ,
- invalidate ,
- keep from ,
- kill ,
- kittycorner ,
- last ,
- laterally ,
- let down ,
- lick ,
- limit ,
- lock up ,
- louse up ,
- mar ,
- match ,
- mess-up ,
- mishandle ,
- mitigate ,
- mollycoddle ,
- muck up ,
- muff ,
- murder ,
- mystify ,
- negate ,
- negative ,
- neutralise ,
- nip ,
- nullify ,
- obdurate ,
- oblique ,
- obliquely ,
- obstacle ,
- obstinate ,
- obstruction ,
- obviate ,
- offset ,
- outdo ,
- outlast ,
- outwit ,
- over ,
- overcome ,
- overpower ,
- override ,
- overwhelm ,
- pamper ,
- parry ,
- pass over ,
- peril ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- pit ,
- play off ,
- plunder ,
- pose ,
- postpone ,
- preclude ,
- prohibit ,
- prorogue ,
- proscribe ,
- pulverize ,
- put back ,
- puzzle ,
- quarrel ,
- quash ,
- queer ,
- rag ,
- react against ,
- rebuff ,
- regulate ,
- repel ,
- repulse ,
- retard ,
- rout ,
- rule out ,
- sabotage ,
- sadden ,
- scotch ,
- screw up ,
- scupper ,
- set ,
- set back ,
- short-circuit ,
- shut down ,
- shut off ,
- sidewards ,
- sideways ,
- sidewise ,
- skin ,
- slant ,
- slanting ,
- slaughter ,
- sloping ,
- slow ,
- smash ,
- snafu ,
- snooker ,
- snub ,
- span ,
- spike ,
- spoil ,
- stanch ,
- standstill ,
- staunch ,
- stave ,
- stave off ,
- stem ,
- stonewall ,
- stultify ,
- stupefy ,
- style ,
- suppress ,
- sweep ,
- switch off ,
- taboo ,
- take down ,
- take wind out of ,
- tantalise ,
- tease ,
- terminate ,
- torment ,
- track ,
- transversely ,
- trounce ,
- trump ,
- turn ,
- turn off ,
- undercut ,
- undermine ,
- undo ,
- unfavorable ,
- unfavourable ,
- unfriendly ,
- upset ,
- upset one's apple cart ,
- vex ,
- vitiate ,
- void ,
- ward ,
- weather ,
- whip ,
- work against ,
- worst ,
- wry .
- call in question ,
- counter-attack ,
- counter-attacks ,
- counterattacked ,
- counterattacking ,
- fly in the face of ,
- frown at ,
- not countenance ,
- not countenanced ,
- run counter to ,
- search out ,
- searched out ,
- searching out ,
- speak against ,
- stand to ,
- stand up to ,
- standing to ,
- stood up to ,
- take a stand ,
- take issue ,
- turn the tables ,
- turned the tables .
- Dueling ,
- Hards ,
- abstain from ,
- abstains from ,
- die hard ,
- duel ,
- dueled ,
- duelling ,
- harded ,
- harding ,
- held out against ,
- hold out against ,
- holds out against ,
- leave alone ,
- left alone ,
- put up a fight ,
- put up fight ,
- remain firm ,
- struggle against .
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How to use "Thwart" in context?
1. To thwart means to prevent from happening or reaching a desired goal. To thwart a plan or attack is to neutralize it before it can succeed. Typically, thwarting can be done by either users or manufacturers of security software.
2. The word can have a variety of applications in daily life. For example, thwarting a scheme to rob a jewelry store may involve distracting the robbers with pleas for help, or by shooting rubber bullets at the criminals. Thwarting a plan to vandalize a public monument may require getting the vandalism done before it's noticed.
Paraphrases for Thwart:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
thwarted.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Verb, base form
address, antagonise, antagonize, avert, avoid, circumvent, combat, constrain, contradict, cripple, curb, curtail, defeat, defuse, demolish, demoralize, derail, destroy, deter, discourage, disrupt, eliminate, evade, exclude, forestall, halt, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, inhibit, interfere, jeopardize, negate, neutralise, nullify, obstruct, offset, oppose, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overturn, preclude, prevent, quell, resist, restrain, restrict, reverse, sabotage, scuttle, stall, stem, stifle, stop, stymie, subvert, suffocate, suppress, torpedo, undermine, undo, upset, Eliminating, Combating, pre-empt.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
block, counter, counteract, frustrate, countering.
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Verb, base form
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