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  3. Preventing

Preventing Synonyms and Antonyms

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Keep from happening or arising; make impossible
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. precluding
  2. restraining
  3. arresting
  4. foiling
  5. obviating
  6. stopping
  7. frustrating
  8. forestalling
  9. blocking
  10. balking
  11. warding
  12. deterring
  13. barring
  14. interrupting
  15. repressing
  16. thwarting
  17. circumventing
  18. anticipating
  19. forbidding
  20. debarring
  21. warning
  22. hindering
  23. keeping
  24. vetoing
  25. suppressing
  26. intercepting
  27. stifling
  28. countering
  29. resisting
  30. halting
  31. averting
  32. limiting
  33. prohibiting
  34. preempting
  35. restricting
  36. inhibiting
  37. parrying
  38. paralyzing
  39. obstructing
  40. hampering
  41. guarding
  42. gagging
  43. impeding
  44. foreclosing
  45. forbearing
  46. overriding
  47. defending
  48. damming
  49. censoring
  50. counteracting
  51. binding
  52. retarding
  53. checking
Antonyms:
  1. allowing
  2. aiding
  3. permitting
  4. letting
  5. assisting
  6. causing
  7. helping
  8. encouraging

Preventing Is Also Mentioned In

  • anxiolytic
  • antisuppurative
  • deodorant
  • perfin
  • antimitotic
  • life-saving
  • backfire
  • antispark
  • antivertigo
  • antiphagocytic
  • door-chain
  • sealed

Words near Preventing in the Thesaurus

  • prevaricator
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • preventative
  • prevented
  • preventer
  • preventing
  • prevention
  • preventions
  • preventive
  • prevents
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