obviated

The word “obviated” has 4 syllables: ob-vi-at-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈɑb.viˌeɪ.tɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for obviated?

In the thesaurus, “obviated” has 50 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obviated

  • anticipated
  • arrested
  • averted
  • avoided
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barred
  • blocked
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • counteracted
  • counterbalanced
  • deflected
  • deterred
  • dodged
  • ducked
  • eluded
  • escaped
  • eschewed
  • evaded
  • foiled
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forestalled
  • frustrated
  • halted
  • hampered
  • headed off
  • helped
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nullified
  • offset
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • provided
  • retarded
  • saved
  • shirked
  • shook
  • shunned
  • stalled
  • staved off
  • stopped
  • thwarted

Antonyms for obviated

Meanings of obviated

  • verb
    1. To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
    2. To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).

Example Sentences

  • The new security measures have obviated the need for additional staff.
  • Technological advancements have obviated many traditional manufacturing processes.
  • Her thorough explanation obviated any further questions on the topic.
  • The introduction of the automated system has obviated manual data entry errors.
  • His timely intervention obviated a potential disaster.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obviated, such as: abetted, advanced, aided, allowed, anticipated, arrested, assisted.

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Related Words

baffled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • adhered
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • agnostic
  • agog
  • appalled
  • arrested
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • averted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • balked
  • bamboozled
  • barred
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bested
  • bewildered
  • blocked
  • bollixed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • buffaloed
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • clogged
  • clueless
  • come apart
  • come unzipped
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • cowed
  • cozened
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deceived
  • defeated
  • deluded
  • disappointed
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • equivocal
  • faithless
  • faltering
  • fazed
  • fettered
  • fixed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • foggy
  • foiled
  • fooled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • foxed
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • glued
  • gone
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • hard put
  • hard-pressed
  • held back
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindered
  • hoaxed
  • hobbled
  • hoodwinked
  • humbled
  • humbugged
  • hung up
  • impeded
  • in a dither
  • in a fog
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • indecisive
  • inhibited
  • irresolute
  • joined
  • licked
  • like doubting Thomas
  • lost
  • loused up
  • manacled
  • mastered
  • mazed
  • messed-up
  • mind-blown
  • mired
  • misguided
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mortified
  • mucked up
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not following
  • not with it
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • of two minds
  • offset
  • out to lunch
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • posed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • put out
  • put to it
  • puzzled
  • questioning
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • routed
  • ruined
  • saddled
  • screwed-up
  • screwy
  • set back
  • shackled
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • short-circuited
  • shot to pieces
  • skeptical
  • slap-happy
  • slaphappy
  • snowed
  • spaced out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • startled
  • stopped
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • stymied
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • surprised
  • suspicious
  • taken aback
  • tentative
  • theoretical
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstruck
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • took in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • tricked
  • troubled
  • trounced
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undone
  • unglued
  • unhinged
  • unresolved
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

balked

  • aghast
  • arrested
  • averted
  • baffled
  • barred
  • beat
  • beaten
  • blocked
  • chapfallen
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • clogged
  • complaining
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • crabbed
  • cramped
  • crestfallen
  • crimped
  • defeated
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disillusioned
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • embittered
  • encumbered
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • frustrated
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hopeless
  • hung up on
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • irked
  • manacled
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nullified
  • objecting
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • offset
  • overcame
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • resentful
  • set back
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shot down
  • stalled
  • stonewalled
  • stopped
  • stymied
  • taken down
  • through the mill
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • ungratified
  • unhappy
  • unsated
  • unsatisfied
  • unslaked
  • up the wall
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • worsted

banned

  • banished
  • barred
  • black-market
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • bridled
  • ceased
  • checked
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • crushed
  • curbed
  • debarred
  • deported
  • deprived
  • deterred
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • discontinued
  • discouraged
  • disregarded
  • dissuaded
  • eliminated
  • embargoed
  • enjoined
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forbidden
  • froze out
  • halted
  • hindered
  • illegal
  • illegitimate
  • illicit
  • impeded
  • impermissible
  • improper
  • inappropriate
  • ineffable
  • inhibited
  • interdicted
  • intolerable
  • objectionable
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • proscribed
  • put down
  • quashed
  • quelled
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repressed
  • repudiated
  • restrained
  • revoked
  • ruled out
  • shut out
  • silenced
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • staved off
  • stopped
  • subdued
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • threw out
  • unacceptable
  • unauthorized
  • unbearable
  • unendurable
  • unlawful
  • unlicensed
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • verboten
  • vetoed

debarred

  • banished
  • banned
  • barred
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • ceased
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • deported
  • deterred
  • discontinued
  • disregarded
  • eliminated
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • froze out
  • halted
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • ruled out
  • shut out
  • staved off
  • suspended
  • threw out

eliminated

  • alone
  • banished
  • banned
  • barred
  • bereft
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • cast aside
  • cast away
  • ceased
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • debarred
  • deported
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • detached
  • deterred
  • discarded
  • discontinued
  • dislodged
  • disregarded
  • dissipated
  • dropped
  • dumped
  • eighty-sixed
  • ejected
  • empty
  • evacuated
  • excepted
  • excised
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • extirpate
  • extracted
  • forgotten
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • froze out
  • given up
  • godforsaken
  • halted
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • jilted
  • left
  • left in the cold
  • left in the lurch
  • neglected
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • outcast
  • passed up
  • pigeon-holed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • ruled out
  • shunned
  • shut out
  • side-tracked
  • sidelined
  • staved off
  • suspended
  • threw out
  • unoccupied
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • withdrawn

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