| Main Entry: | prevention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
Synonyms: |
avoidance, blockage, deterence, determent, forestalling, halt, hindrance, impediment, inhibitor, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slowing or stopping |
Synonyms: |
blockage, cessation, check, checking, delay, end, halt, hindrance, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, prevention, restraining, restraint, stalling, stay, staying, stoppage, suppression, suspension |
Antonyms: |
activation, encouragement, letting go, release |
| Main Entry: | avoidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eluding; preventing |
Synonyms: |
absention, circumvention, delay, departure, dodge, dodging, elusion, escape, escapism, eschewal, evasion, flight, forbearance, nonparticipation, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, shirking, shunning, steering clear of |
Antonyms: |
meeting |
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
Synonyms: |
bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression |
Antonyms: |
aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
| Main Entry: | inoculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immunization |
Synonyms: |
injection, prevention, shot, vaccination |
| Main Entry: | opposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, antagonism |
Synonyms: |
action, antinomy, antithesis, aversion, brush, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contest, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, defense, defiance, disapproval, duel, encounter, engagement, fray, grapple, hostility, negativism, obstructiveness, opposure, oppugnancy, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare |
Antonyms: |
compatibility, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | prohibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ban, forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto |
Antonyms: |
allowance, clearance, permission |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding |
Antonyms: |
agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | prophylaxis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precaution |
Synonyms: |
prevention, sanitation, treatment |