obviates

The word “obviates” has 3 syllables: ob-vi-ates

It's pronounced as /ˈɑb.viˌeɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for obviates?

In the thesaurus, “obviates” has 49 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obviates

  • anticipates
  • arrests
  • averts
  • avoids
  • baffles
  • balks
  • bars
  • blocks
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • circumvents
  • counteracts
  • counterbalances
  • deflects
  • deters
  • dodges
  • ducks
  • eludes
  • escapes
  • eschews
  • evades
  • foils
  • forbids
  • forestalls
  • frustrates
  • halts
  • hampers
  • heads off
  • helps
  • hinders
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nullifies
  • offsets
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • prohibits
  • provides
  • retards
  • saves
  • shakes
  • shirks
  • shuns
  • stalls
  • staves off
  • stops
  • thwarts

Antonyms for obviates

  • abets
  • advances
  • aids
  • allows
  • assists
  • cultivates
  • eases
  • encourages
  • facilitates
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • furthers
  • leaves
  • lets
  • nurtures
  • permits
  • promotes
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • unclogs

Meanings of obviates

  • 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 policy obviates the need for frequent meetings by streamlining communication.
  • Installing solar panels obviates the reliance on conventional power sources.
  • Her innovative solution obviates the typical challenges faced during the project.
  • The medication obviates the symptoms of the disease, providing relief to patients.
  • This feature obviates the need for manual updates, making the software more efficient.

On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obviates, such as: abets, advances, aids, allows, anticipates, arrests, assists.

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Related Words

baffles

  • abashes
  • addles
  • agitates
  • arrests
  • averts
  • balks
  • bamboozles
  • barricades
  • bars
  • beats
  • befogs
  • befuddles
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewilders
  • blocks
  • bothers
  • buffaloes
  • buffers
  • bumpers
  • chagrins
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • cocoons
  • confounds
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  • conquers
  • cordons
  • counteracts
  • cozens
  • cushionings
  • cushions
  • deceives
  • defeats
  • deludes
  • discombobulates
  • discomfits
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • discountenances
  • dismays
  • disorients
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • dupes
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fazes
  • fenders
  • fetters
  • flummoxes
  • flusters
  • foils
  • fools
  • forestalls
  • foxes
  • frustrates
  • fuddles
  • gets
  • gravels
  • gulls
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hoaxes
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • hoodwinks
  • humbugs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • manacles
  • mazes
  • misguides
  • misleads
  • mortifies
  • muddies
  • muddles
  • mufflers
  • mystifies
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • nullifies
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • paddings
  • pads
  • perplexes
  • perturbs
  • poses
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • puzzles
  • rattles
  • safeguards
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • shields
  • short-circuits
  • snows
  • stalls
  • sticks
  • stops
  • strings along
  • stumps
  • stuns
  • takes in
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • tricks
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • weirds out

balks

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • averts
  • baffles
  • barriers
  • bars
  • beats
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • conquers
  • constraints
  • counteracts
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • defeats
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disadvantages
  • discomfits
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • foils
  • forestalls
  • frustrates
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • perils
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • rubs
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels

bans

  • anathemas
  • banishes
  • bars
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • blocks
  • bridles
  • caveats
  • ceases
  • censures
  • checks
  • checks off
  • closes out
  • commandments
  • condemnations
  • constraints
  • crushes
  • curbs
  • curses
  • damnations
  • debars
  • decrees
  • denials
  • denunciations
  • deports
  • deprives
  • deterrents
  • deters
  • dictates
  • disallowances
  • disallows
  • discontinues
  • discouragements
  • discourages
  • disregards
  • dissuades
  • edicts
  • eliminates
  • embargoes
  • enjoins
  • excepts
  • excludes
  • excommunicates
  • excommunications
  • execrations
  • exiles
  • expels
  • forbids
  • freezes out
  • halts
  • hexes
  • hinders
  • hoodoos
  • impedes
  • imprecations
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • injunctions
  • interdictions
  • interdicts
  • jinxes
  • limitations
  • maledictions
  • malisons
  • mandates
  • mojos
  • negations
  • no-nos
  • objections
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • ostracizes
  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • pox
  • poxes
  • precludes
  • preventions
  • prevents
  • prohibitions
  • prohibits
  • proscribes
  • proscriptions
  • protests
  • puts down
  • quashes
  • quells
  • refusals
  • rejections
  • rejects
  • represses
  • repressions
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • restraints
  • restrictions
  • rules out
  • shuts out
  • silences
  • spells
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • staves off
  • stops
  • subdues
  • suppresses
  • suppressions
  • suspends
  • taboos
  • tabus
  • throws out
  • vetoes
  • voodoos
  • warnings
  • whammies
  • winzes

debars

  • banishes
  • bans
  • bars
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • blocks
  • ceases
  • checks off
  • closes out
  • deports
  • deters
  • discontinues
  • disregards
  • eliminates
  • excepts
  • excludes
  • excommunicates
  • exiles
  • expels
  • freezes out
  • halts
  • hinders
  • impedes
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • ostracizes
  • ousts
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • prohibits
  • rules out
  • shuts out
  • staves off
  • suspends
  • throws out

keeps clear of

  • averts
  • avoids
  • bans
  • bars
  • bypasses
  • circumvents
  • debars
  • deflects
  • diverts
  • dodges
  • ducks
  • eliminates
  • eludes
  • escapes
  • eschews
  • evades
  • excepts
  • excludes
  • fights shy of
  • finesses
  • foils
  • foxes
  • frustrates
  • gets around
  • misses
  • obviates
  • outfoxes
  • outsmarts
  • outwits
  • overreaches
  • parries
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • rules out
  • scapes
  • shakes
  • shirks
  • shuns
  • skirts
  • stays clear of
  • steers clear of
  • thwarts

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