Synonyms for intercept
Definitions
- v. 1
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
- v. 2
To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
Related words
- Word family
- interception
Forms
- Past participle
- intercepted
e.g. intercepted → tapped, bugged, stopped, seized…
Choose the right word
Intercept is applied to an object that may be seized or stopped while in transit; as, to intercept a letter or a messenger; interrupt is applied to an action which might or should be continuous, but is broken in upon (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- prevent Eating healthfully can help prevent heart disease.
- seize You have to seize the opportunity with both hands.
By length
- 3 letters
- tap1, bug1
- 4 letters
- stop1, head1
- 5 letters
- catch1, seize1
- 6 letters
- arrest2
- 7 letters
- prevent2
- 9 letters
- interrupt3
- 10 letters
- anticipate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrest2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intercepter
- Español
- interceptar