'fend off' definitions:
Definition of 'fend off'
From: WordNet
Synonyms of 'fend off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticipate,
- avert,
- avoid,
- bar,
- beat back,
- beat off,
- block,
- brush off,
- chase,
- chase away,
- chase off,
- check,
- counter,
- cut,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dismiss,
- drive away,
- drive back,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fend,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- help,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- pack off,
- parry,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- refuse,
- reject,
- repel,
- repulse,
- rule out,
- save,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- snub,
- spurn,
- stave off,
- stop,
- thrust back,
- turn aside,
- turn back,
- ward off