What are the antonyms for PREVENT?
- let go, allow, assist, free, nurture, permit, encourage, aid, forward, smooth, push, abet, facilitate, promote, ease, heat, warm, let, help, unclog, advance, approve, cause, leave, open, further, support, release, liberate, continue.
Synonyms for PREVENT
- drag one's feet,
- by-passes,
- Forbore,
- rout out,
- look away,
- fight,
- blacklist,
- not countenanced,
- parry,
- edge in,
- put up fight,
- dam,
- queered,
- obstruction,
- prepared for,
- turned away,
- play for time,
- counterchecks,
- counter-balances,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- lock up,
- hinder,
- worked in,
- closing off,
- cramp style,
- run circles around,
- beat someone to it,
- choke off,
- hoodwinked,
- upset one's apple cart,
- forestall,
- discourage,
- keep back,
- over-ride,
- defend against,
- say no,
- Intermeddle,
- forbid,
- declare illegal,
- head off at pass,
- hanging fire,
- Downs,
- hold off,
- Prolonging,
- shut out,
- corking,
- dummy up,
- call in question,
- speak against,
- leash,
- bollix,
- sweep out,
- held in,
- disinclines,
- give run around,
- freeze out,
- curb,
- lay over,
- bar,
- put damper on,
- nip in the bud,
- not consider,
- anticipate,
- take issue,
- forces out,
- keep at arm's length,
- Warred,
- tying down,
- force out,
- taboo,
- putting in,
- detoured,
- intermeddled,
- Remanding,
- interfered with,
- choke back,
- detouring,
- put a lock on,
- INS,
- Counterchecking,
- choked off,
- forcing out,
- jam up,
- Jukes,
- buffaloed,
- interrupt,
- impede,
- interferes with,
- By-pass,
- guard against,
- downed,
- freeze-out,
- dummied up,
- ground,
- pinioned,
- act like a wet blanket,
- knocked down,
- conserve,
- look after,
- inhibit,
- upset the apple cart,
- Repulsing,
- hinders,
- delay,
- drag feet,
- holds back,
- shunt,
- DAMPS,
- left alone,
- shush,
- put stop to,
- discomfit,
- prevent,
- steer clear of,
- Indisposing,
- Stranding,
- foil,
- work in,
- ruin,
- Filibustering,
- got involved,
- Estop,
- Harnessing,
- cancel out,
- sidelined,
- watched over,
- hem in,
- abstains from,
- Depurate,
- Depurated,
- pass on,
- arrest,
- laid aside,
- stand between,
- puts in,
- depress,
- obstruct,
- bide time,
- prorogues,
- Disinclining,
- repel danger,
- circumvent,
- knocking down,
- Dueling,
- beat off,
- cared for,
- cool,
- forbidding,
- dueled,
- shunts,
- locking up,
- countercheck,
- Embargoed,
- Negativing,
- zinging,
- abstain from,
- thwart,
- Stoppering,
- refuse admittance,
- avert,
- restrict,
- tied down,
- pull back,
- swept out,
- stand to,
- close up,
- sandbag,
- pulling back,
- mixed in,
- out wit,
- taking aback,
- looked after,
- dead-ends,
- held down,
- strands,
- Inoculated,
- bollixing,
- except,
- duelling,
- corked,
- intimidate,
- run rings around,
- expiates,
- keep out,
- gridlock,
- daunt,
- derail,
- counterattacking,
- bottlenecked,
- Intermeddling,
- waylay,
- pinions,
- defeat,
- Preventing,
- disqualify,
- watching over,
- exhort,
- put off,
- steering clear of,
- intermediates,
- keeps back,
- fight for,
- head off,
- tie one's hands,
- sit on,
- encumber,
- suppress,
- slow down,
- gain time,
- put on back burner,
- upset apple cart,
- by-passed,
- rein in,
- put on hold,
- counter-balance,
- lay aside,
- take out of play,
- clamp down on,
- retain,
- Refusing,
- kept back,
- cut off,
- hold-down,
- put a damper on,
- disapprove,
- defend,
- restrain,
- upset,
- dampen,
- fly in face of,
- stopped up,
- snooker,
- dry up,
- cancelling out,
- hold at bay,
- Intermitting,
- neutralize,
- bust in,
- fending off,
- shoved aside,
- Scotching,
- box up,
- playing for time,
- Depurating,
- drying up,
- harded,
- takes aback,
- rule out,
- closed off,
- standing to,
- lean on,
- remonstrate,
- frustrate,
- took away,
- purge,
- not countenance,
- reprieve,
- baffle,
- kept down,
- sitting on,
- mowing down,
- cut in on,
- close off,
- taking away,
- go against,
- silence,
- care for,
- interfering with,
- counteract,
- passed by,
- queers,
- monopolize,
- shutting out,
- provide against,
- Beaching,
- oppose,
- make impracticable,
- harding,
- deflect,
- cancelled out,
- Bitted,
- put chill on,
- stood up to,
- leave alone,
- keep in line,
- variolate,
- knock something on the head,
- remand,
- leave out,
- stay,
- get in the way of something,
- counter-attack,
- hold back,
- Proroguing,
- En Garde,
- occlude,
- nixing,
- counter,
- block off,
- run counter to,
- balk,
- hangs fire,
- Paused,
- ban,
- interdict,
- keep lid on,
- double cross,
- Shunted,
- obtrude,
- keep arm's length,
- canceled out,
- preclude,
- ice out,
- render null and void,
- Wars,
- poke nose in,
- shortstop,
- muzzle,
- face down,
- draw off,
- hogtie,
- give the runaround,
- keep from,
- put half nelson on,
- give the run around,
- hobble,
- avoid,
- turning away,
- closing down,
- throw a wet blanket on,
- keep safe,
- chill,
- routing out,
- reins in,
- cry out against,
- prorogue,
- counterattacked,
- closed down,
- lays aside,
- hamper,
- control,
- Disfavored,
- crowd in,
- get involved,
- lock out,
- snafued,
- pulls back,
- hold over,
- Disadvise,
- passed up,
- keep,
- put the chill on,
- Hards,
- holding in,
- passed on,
- drives out,
- mow down,
- mows down,
- dishearten,
- Housed,
- indispose,
- kept out,
- be early,
- dissuade,
- Garrisoned,
- refuse,
- shuffle off,
- shut the door on,
- wipe off map,
- leaning on,
- stymie,
- tongue-tie,
- debar,
- blockaded,
- exclude,
- quietened,
- crack down on,
- put a stop to,
- passes on,
- outlaw,
- stultify,
- filibustered,
- knock down,
- shut up,
- stops up,
- held over,
- put up a fight,
- take wind out of,
- resist,
- chime in,
- Garrisoning,
- shackle,
- put lock on,
- divert,
- stop up,
- Entrapped,
- talk out of,
- Damped,
- stave off,
- deter,
- choking off,
- vaccinate,
- fend off,
- Tabooed,
- advise against,
- stop,
- looking after,
- Intermitted,
- frown at,
- not considering,
- disallow,
- Damping,
- offsetting,
- hold down,
- drive out,
- inhibits,
- preserve,
- cramp one's style,
- turn the tables,
- Inned,
- Manacling,
- pinion,
- impeded,
- driving out,
- putting on hold,
- keep away,
- ward off,
- action,
- Pinioning,
- cancel,
- searching out,
- turning aside,
- holds out against,
- play off,
- Worsting,
- halt,
- locked up,
- doublecross,
- iced,
- blockading,
- keeping back,
- provide sanctuary,
- Embargoing,
- dried up,
- close down,
- held out against,
- says no,
- outwitting,
- insure against,
- Counterwork,
- closing up,
- Negatived,
- talking out of,
- cork,
- persuade not to,
- Bulwarked,
- played off,
- put a stopper in,
- looks after,
- Parried,
- crack down,
- gridlocked,
- keep down,
- slowed down,
- mix in,
- Shelving,
- keep at bay,
- knocks down,
- reined in,
- override,
- take away,
- constrain,
- deny,
- buffalo,
- interfering,
- shove aside,
- search out,
- scotches,
- get around,
- downing,
- intermediated,
- cheat,
- hold,
- cares for,
- bottlenecking,
- withhold,
- draw,
- duel,
- stoppered,
- Juke,
- oppress,
- put an end to,
- get in the way,
- Manacled,
- left out,
- not considered,
- Shunting,
- disbar,
- come between,
- turned aside,
- admonish,
- by-passing,
- shake off,
- illegalize,
- turn away,
- disincline,
- getting around,
- throw cold water on,
- hang up,
- keep from happening,
- put in,
- ties down,
- tongue tie,
- snookered,
- squash,
- up set,
- hold in,
- keeping out,
- box in,
- passing on,
- stand up to,
- intercept,
- maintain,
- queering,
- Tabooing,
- stall,
- hold out against,
- Buffaloes,
- fortify,
- veto,
- worsted,
- panoplied,
- protract,
- outlawed,
- quieten,
- dead-end,
- shakes off,
- preempt,
- watch over,
- encumbered,
- limit,
- throw a monkey wrench into,
- urge not to,
- Interrupting,
- took aback,
- bollixed,
- caution against,
- Scotched,
- interfere,
- fend,
- foreclose,
- locks up,
- Remanded,
- closes up,
- prepare for,
- take aback,
- withholds,
- turns away,
- pass up,
- prohibit,
- fool with,
- curtail,
- throw a curve,
- Loitered,
- die hard,
- infringe,
- Forfend,
- ensnared,
- Suppressing,
- kept at bay,
- setting aside,
- reject,
- repress,
- heckling,
- pulled back,
- give the run-around,
- take a stand,
- obviate,
- Bulwarking,
- heckle,
- keep off,
- dashed hope,
- mowed down,
- make off with,
- proscribe,
- fly in the face of,
- struggle against,
- hold on to,
- block,
- turn aside,
- remands,
- intermediating,
- dash one's hope,
- intermit,
- intermeddles,
- closed up,
- plays for time,
- boxes in,
- busybodied,
- reserve,
- sideline,
- hang fire,
- shake out,
- cracking down on,
- check,
- depurates,
- Prorogued,
- leaving out,
- give the slip,
- keeps out,
- turned the tables,
- slackens,
- searched out,
- be one step ahead of,
- disturb,
- break train of thought,
- tie down,
- stop from,
- making off with,
- remain firm,
- Disfavoring,
- counter-attacks,
- interfere with,
- counterworking,
- leaves out,
- slacken pace,
- keep under,
- bring to screeching halt.
Usage Examples for PREVENT
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" You have heard the truth about me; but what should prevent you writing what you like to England? - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons" by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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Should it have been permitted, had there been any one to prevent, in view of the fact that no longer was there soldier duty to lead him on? - "A Trooper Galahad" by Charles King
