'obviate' definitions:
verb
Do away with [syn: obviate,
rid of,
eliminate] [ant:
ask,
call for,
demand,
involve,
necessitate,
need,
postulate,
require,
take]
verb
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn:
debar,
forefend,
forfend, obviate,
deflect,
avert,
head off,
stave off,
fend off,
avoid,
ward off]
- anticipate,
- avert,
- bar,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- help,
- interfere,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- repel,
- rule out,
- save,
- stave off,
- turn aside,
- ward,
- ward off
Words containing 'obviate'
