PREVENT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • prevent from doing something or being in a certain state
   Synonym(s)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We must prevent the cancer from spreading
   • His snoring kept me from falling asleep
   • Keep the child from eating the marbles
   Antonym(s)
   • let (what does let mean?)
   • allow (what does allow mean?)
   • permit (what does permit mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • defend (what does defend mean?)
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • keep back (what does keep back mean?)
   • hold back (what does hold back mean?)
   • exclude (what does exclude mean?)
   • keep out (what does keep out mean?)
   • shut out (what does shut out mean?)
   • shut (what does shut mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • keep away (what does keep away mean?)
   • blank (what does blank mean?)
   • impede (what does impede mean?)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   • rain out (what does rain out mean?)
   • wash out (what does wash out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • prevention (what does prevention mean?)
   • bar (what does bar mean?)
2. Meaning
   • keep from happening or arising
   • have the effect of preventing
   Synonym(s)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
   Hyponym(s)
   • save (what does save mean?)
   • make unnecessary (what does make unnecessary 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?)
   • obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   • stymie (what does stymie mean?)
   • stymy (what does stymy mean?)
   • embarrass (what does embarrass mean?)
   • thwart (what does thwart mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • scotch (what does scotch mean?)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • frustrate (what does frustrate mean?)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • halt (what does halt mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • kibosh (what does kibosh mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)