obviating

The word “obviating” has 4 syllables: ob-vi-a-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈɑb.viˌeɪ.tɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for obviating?

In the thesaurus, “obviating” has 49 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obviating

  • anticipating
  • arresting
  • averting
  • avoiding
  • baffling
  • balking
  • barring
  • blocking
  • checking
  • checkmating
  • circumventing
  • counteracting
  • counterbalancing
  • deflecting
  • deterring
  • dodging
  • ducking
  • eluding
  • escaping
  • eschewing
  • evading
  • foiling
  • forbidding
  • forestalling
  • frustrating
  • halting
  • hampering
  • heading off
  • helping
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • inhibiting
  • negating
  • neutralizing
  • nullifying
  • offsetting
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • prohibiting
  • providing
  • retarding
  • saving
  • shaking
  • shirking
  • shunning
  • stalling
  • staving off
  • stopping
  • thwarting

Antonyms for obviating

Meanings of obviating

  • 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 software update is obviating the need for manual data entry.
  • By addressing the root cause, they are obviating potential future issues.
  • The streamlined process is obviating unnecessary delays in the workflow.
  • Improved communication channels are obviating misunderstandings among team members.
  • The innovative design is obviating the requirement for additional equipment.

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obviating, such as: abetting, advancing, aiding, allowing, anticipating, arresting, assisting.

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

Related Words

keeping clear of

  • averting
  • avoiding
  • banning
  • barring
  • bypassing
  • circumventing
  • debarring
  • deflecting
  • diverting
  • dodging
  • ducking
  • eliminating
  • eluding
  • escaping
  • eschewing
  • evading
  • excepting
  • excluding
  • fighting shy of
  • finessing
  • foiling
  • foxing
  • frustrating
  • getting around
  • missing
  • obviating
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • overreaching
  • parrying
  • precluding
  • preventing
  • ruling out
  • scaping
  • shaking
  • shirking
  • shunning
  • skirting
  • staying clear of
  • steering clear of
  • thwarting

baffling

  • abashing
  • abstruse
  • absurd
  • addling
  • agitating
  • arresting
  • asinine
  • averting
  • avoidance
  • balking
  • bamboozling
  • barring
  • beating
  • befogging
  • befuddling
  • beguiling
  • bemusing
  • bewildering
  • beyond one
  • bizarre
  • blocking
  • bothering
  • buffaloing
  • chagrining
  • checking
  • checkmate
  • checkmating
  • choppy
  • circumvention
  • clogging
  • confounding
  • confused
  • confusing
  • conquering
  • counteracting
  • cozening
  • crossing
  • curious
  • debarment
  • deceiving
  • defeating
  • deluding
  • determent
  • deterrence
  • difficult to understand
  • discombobulating
  • discomfiting
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disconcerting
  • disconnected
  • discountenancing
  • disjointed
  • dismaying
  • disordered
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • disorienting
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • duping
  • eccentric
  • embarrassing
  • encumbering
  • enigmatic
  • enjoining
  • fallacious
  • fazing
  • fettering
  • flummoxing
  • flustering
  • foiling
  • fooling
  • foolish
  • forbidding
  • forestalling
  • forestallment
  • foxing
  • frustrating
  • frustration
  • fuddling
  • getting
  • graveling
  • gravelling
  • gulling
  • halting
  • hampering
  • handicapping
  • hard to understand
  • hindering
  • hoaxing
  • hobbling
  • holding back
  • hoodwinking
  • humbugging
  • illogical
  • impeding
  • incoherent
  • incomprehensible
  • inconsistent
  • inexplicable
  • inhibiting
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • invalid
  • irrational
  • manacling
  • mazing
  • meaningless
  • misguiding
  • misleading
  • mortifying
  • muddled
  • muddling
  • muddying
  • mystifying
  • negating
  • negation
  • neutralization
  • neutralizing
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • nonsensical
  • nullification
  • nullifying
  • nutty
  • obstructing
  • obviating
  • odd
  • offsetting
  • outlandish
  • outlawing
  • overcoming
  • peculiar
  • perplexing
  • perturbing
  • posing
  • precluding
  • preposterous
  • preventing
  • prevention
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • puzzling
  • rattling
  • ridiculous
  • screwy
  • senseless
  • setting back
  • shackling
  • short-circuiting
  • silly
  • snowing
  • stalling
  • sticking
  • stopping
  • strange
  • stringing along
  • stumping
  • stunning
  • taking in
  • thwarting
  • tieing up
  • trammeling
  • trammelling
  • tricking
  • tying up
  • unaccountable
  • unclear
  • unconnected
  • unconvincing
  • unexplainable
  • unfathomable
  • unhinging
  • unorganized
  • unreasonable
  • unsettling
  • unsound
  • unusual
  • upsetting
  • vexing
  • weird
  • weirding out

balking

  • afraid
  • antipathetic
  • arresting
  • averse
  • averting
  • avoidance
  • backward
  • baffling
  • barring
  • beating
  • blocking
  • checking
  • checkmate
  • checkmating
  • circumvention
  • clogging
  • conquering
  • conservative
  • coping with
  • counteracting
  • crossing
  • debarment
  • defeating
  • defending
  • determent
  • deterrence
  • deterrent
  • deterring
  • discomfiting
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • encumbering
  • enjoining
  • fettering
  • foiling
  • forbidding
  • forestalling
  • forestallment
  • frustrating
  • frustration
  • guarding
  • halting
  • hampering
  • handicapping
  • hesitating
  • hindering
  • hobbling
  • holding back
  • impeding
  • in opposition
  • indisposed
  • inhibiting
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • interrupting
  • loath
  • manacling
  • negating
  • negation
  • neutralization
  • neutralizing
  • not in the mood
  • nullification
  • nullifying
  • objecting
  • obstructing
  • obviating
  • offsetting
  • opposed
  • opposing
  • outlawing
  • overcoming
  • precautionary
  • precluding
  • preservative
  • preventative
  • preventing
  • prevention
  • preventive
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • prophylactic
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • protecting
  • protesting
  • reluctant
  • resistant
  • resistive
  • retardant
  • safeguarding
  • setting back
  • shackling
  • short-circuiting
  • shy
  • shying
  • slow
  • stalling
  • sticking
  • stopping
  • thwarting
  • tieing up
  • trammeling
  • trammelling
  • tying up
  • uneager
  • unsympathetic
  • uptight
  • warding off
  • withstanding

debarring

  • aside from
  • ban
  • banishing
  • banning
  • bar
  • barring
  • bating
  • besides
  • blackballing
  • blacklisting
  • blockade
  • blocking
  • but
  • ceasing
  • checking off
  • closing out
  • cut
  • debarment
  • deporting
  • deterring
  • discontinuing
  • dismissal
  • disregarding
  • ejection
  • eliminating
  • elimination
  • excepting
  • exception
  • excluding
  • excommunicating
  • excommunication
  • exiling
  • expelling
  • freezing out
  • halting
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • interdiction
  • keeping out
  • leaving aside
  • nonadmission
  • not counting
  • obstructing
  • obviating
  • omission
  • omitting
  • ostracism
  • ostracizing
  • ousting
  • outside of
  • precluding
  • preclusion
  • preventing
  • prevention
  • prohibiting
  • refusal
  • rejection
  • relegation
  • removal
  • restricting
  • ruling out
  • save
  • segregation
  • separation
  • shutting out
  • staving off
  • suspending
  • throwing out

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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