FORESTALLING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
   Synonym(s)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) forestalling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prevention (what does prevention mean?)
   • bar (what does bar mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • anticipate (what does anticipate mean?)
   • foresee (what does foresee mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • counter (what does counter mean?)
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • rid of (what does rid of mean?)
   • eliminate (what does eliminate mean?)
   • debar (what does debar mean?)
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • deflect (what does deflect mean?)
   • avert (what does avert mean?)
   • head off (what does head off mean?)
   • stave off (what does stave off mean?)
   • fend off (what does fend off mean?)
   • avoid (what does avoid mean?)
   • ward off (what does ward off mean?)