Synonyms for obviate
Definitions
- v. 1
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
Forms
- Past participle
- obviated
e.g. obviated → precluded, prevented, averted, avoided…
Example sentences
- avoid She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
- prevent Eating healthfully can help prevent heart disease.
- avert We need to act now if we want to avert disaster.
- preclude You can be both kind and firm. One does not preclude the other.
- eliminate Algeria needs to eliminate its endemic corruption.
- abrogate Did the ruling abrogate your right to seek compensation?
By length
- 4 letters
- save1
- 5 letters
- avoid2, avert2, debar
- 7 letters
- prevent2, deflect2, forfend
- 8 letters
- preclude2, abrogate3
- 9 letters
- eliminate4
- 10 letters
- anticipate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avoid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obvier