Synonyms for prevention
- avoidance
- blockage
- determent
- forestalling
- halt
- hindrance
- impediment
- inhibitor
- interception
- interruption
- obstacle
- obstruction
- prohibition
- stoppage
- thwarting
- deterence
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Antonyms for prevention
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avoidance
noun. eluding; preventing
exclusion
noun. expulsion; forbiddance
- ban
- bar
- blackball
- blockade
- boycott
- coventry
- cut
- debarment
- debarring
- discharge
- dismissal
- ejection
- elimination
- embargo
- eviction
- exception
- excommunication
- interdict
- interdicting
- interdiction
- keeping out
- lockout
- nonadmission
- occlusion
- omission
- ostracism
- ousting
- preclusion
- prevention
- prohibition
- proscription
- refusal
- rejection
- relegation
- removal
- repudiation
- segregation
- separation
- suspension
- veto
inhibition
noun. restriction, hindrance
inoculation
noun. immunization
opposition
noun. obstruction, antagonism
- action
- antinomy
- antithesis
- aversion
- brush
- civil disobedience
- clash
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- confronting
- contention
- contest
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- hostility
- negativism
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- struggle
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.