Synonyms for debar
Definitions
- v. 1
To exclude or shut out; to bar.
- v. 2
To hinder or prevent.
Forms
- Past participle
- debarred
e.g. debarred → excluded, prohibited, precluded, deterred…
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Debar is said of persons, disallow of acts; one is debarred from anything when shut off, as by some irresistible authority or necessity; one is prohibited from an act in express terms; he may be debarred by silent necessity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- exclude Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
- prohibit Shame can limit what the law does not prohibit.
- deter Ukraine's drones failed to deter Russia's assault.
- preclude You can be both kind and firm. One does not preclude the other.
- prevent Eating healthfully can help prevent heart disease.
By length
- 3 letters
- bar1
- 4 letters
- shut1, deny2
- 5 letters
- avoid2, deter2, avert2
- 6 letters
- forbid2, hinder2, impede2, thwart1
- 7 letters
- prevent2, exclude2, suspend2, inhibit3, deflect2, obviate3, forfend
- 8 letters
- prohibit3, restrain2, obstruct2, preclude2
- 9 letters
- forestall2, foreclose2, interdict3
- 10 letters
- disqualify4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deny2 = 2 syllables).