embargoing

The word “embargoing” has 4 syllables: em-bar-go-ing

It's pronounced as /ɛmˈbɑːr.ɡoʊ.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for embargoing?

In the thesaurus, “embargoing” has 43 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for embargoing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for embargoing

  • banning
  • barring
  • blocking
  • bridling
  • checking
  • crushing
  • curbing
  • debarring
  • depriving
  • deterring
  • disallowing
  • discouraging
  • dissuading
  • enjoining
  • excluding
  • forbidding
  • halting
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • interdicting
  • obstructing
  • outlawing
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • prohibiting
  • proscribing
  • putting down
  • quashing
  • quelling
  • rejecting
  • repressing
  • repudiating
  • restraining
  • ruling out
  • shutting out
  • silencing
  • squashing
  • squelching
  • stopping
  • subduing
  • suppressing
  • vetoing

Antonyms for embargoing

  • abetting
  • abiding
  • advancing
  • allowing
  • approving
  • authorizing
  • bearing
  • bidding
  • brooking
  • commanding
  • countenancing
  • cultivating
  • encouraging
  • endorsing
  • enduring
  • forwarding
  • furthering
  • indorsing
  • letting
  • licencing
  • licensing
  • nourishing
  • nurturing
  • ordering
  • permitting
  • promoting
  • sanctioning
  • suffering
  • supporting
  • tolerating
  • warranting

Meanings of embargoing

  • verb
    1. To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
    2. To impose an embargo on a document.

Example Sentences

  • The government is embargoing all military shipments to the conflict zone.
  • By embargoing the news, the agency aimed to control the timing of the release.
  • They are embargoing certain exports due to health and safety concerns.
  • The organization faced criticism for embargoing humanitarian aid.
  • Embargoing critical supplies can lead to political tension between nations.

On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to embargoing, such as: abetting, abiding, advancing, allowing, approving, authorizing, banning.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

banning

  • ban
  • banishing
  • barring
  • bidding
  • blackballing
  • blacklisting
  • blocking
  • bridling
  • ceasing
  • charging
  • checking
  • checking off
  • closing out
  • coercion
  • compulsion
  • constraint
  • crushing
  • curbing
  • debarring
  • decreeing
  • deporting
  • depriving
  • deterrence
  • deterring
  • dictation
  • direction
  • disallowance
  • disallowing
  • discontinuing
  • discouragement
  • discouraging
  • disregarding
  • dissuading
  • eliminating
  • embargo
  • embargoing
  • enjoining
  • excepting
  • excluding
  • excommunicating
  • exiling
  • expelling
  • forbidding
  • force
  • freezing out
  • halting
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • instruction
  • interdict
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • obstructing
  • obviating
  • off-limits
  • ostracizing
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • putting down
  • quashing
  • quelling
  • rejecting
  • repressing
  • repression
  • repudiating
  • restraining
  • restriction
  • ruling out
  • shutting out
  • silencing
  • squashing
  • squelching
  • staving off
  • stopping
  • subduing
  • suppressing
  • suppression
  • suspending
  • throwing out
  • vetoing

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