All prevent antonyms
preΒ·vent
P p verb prevent
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- dragoon β (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
- inveigle β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- innervated β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- acquiesce β If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- cued β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- deputed β to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- normalizing β Present participle of normalize.
- generate β to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- charter β A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
- buy out β If you buy someone out, you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together.
- flesh out β the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- establish β Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- infatuating β to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- bring into line β a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- humored β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- counsel β Counsel is advice.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- amnestied β a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- cuing β a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- implement β any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- angeled β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- buy up β If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
- let slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- make ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- melodramatize β to make melodramatic.
- wholesaling β the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- innervates β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- conform β If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
- hand it to β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- crown β A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.