vetoes

The word “vetoes” has 2 syllables: ve-toes

It's pronounced as /ˈviːtoʊz/


What is synonym and antonym for vetoes?

In the thesaurus, “vetoes” has 46 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for vetoes

  • bans
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • caveats
  • commandments
  • constraints
  • declines
  • decrees
  • denials
  • deterrents
  • dictates
  • disallowances
  • disallows
  • disapproves
  • discouragements
  • dismisses
  • downs
  • edicts
  • embargoes
  • inhibitions
  • injunctions
  • interdictions
  • interdicts
  • kills
  • limitations
  • mandates
  • negations
  • negatives
  • nixes
  • no-nos
  • objections
  • preventions
  • prohibitions
  • proscriptions
  • protests
  • refusals
  • refuses
  • rejections
  • repressions
  • restraints
  • restrictions
  • shoots down
  • suppressions
  • taboos
  • tabus
  • warnings

Antonyms for vetoes

  • accessions
  • acquiescences
  • admits
  • agreements
  • allowances
  • allows
  • approbations
  • approvals
  • approves
  • assents
  • authorizations
  • blessings
  • clearances
  • compliances
  • confirms
  • consents
  • elects
  • encouragements
  • endorsements
  • facilitations
  • imprimaturs
  • indorsements
  • leaves
  • licences
  • licenses
  • obediences
  • okays
  • oks
  • passes
  • permissions
  • prescriptions
  • promotions
  • ratifies
  • sanctions
  • submissions
  • sufferances
  • supports
  • tolerances
  • tolerations

Meanings of vetoes

  • noun
    1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
    2. An invocation of that right.
    3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
  • verb
    1. To use a veto against.

Example Sentences

  • The president frequently vetoes bills that he disagrees with.
  • The council rarely vetoes proposals unless they are controversial.
  • Her decision to vetoes the new policy upset many employees.
  • The governor vetoes laws that do not align with his administration’s goals.
  • The committee vetoes any amendments that conflict with existing regulations.

On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vetoes, such as: accessions, acquiescences, admits, agreements, allowances, allows, approbations.

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

Related Words

abrogates

  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • countermands
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • drops
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • prohibits
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • throws out
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • withdraws
  • writes off

taboos

  • abominations
  • anathemas
  • atrocities
  • bad
  • bans
  • cancers
  • cankers
  • caveats
  • commandments
  • constraints
  • corruptions
  • debaucheries
  • decays
  • decrees
  • degeneracies
  • denials
  • depravities
  • deterrents
  • devilries
  • deviltries
  • diabolisms
  • dictates
  • disallowances
  • discouragements
  • edicts
  • embargoes
  • enormities
  • evils
  • ills
  • immoralities
  • indecencies
  • inhibitions
  • iniquities
  • injunctions
  • interdictions
  • interdicts
  • limitations
  • malefactions
  • mandates
  • negations
  • no-nos
  • objections
  • perversions
  • preventions
  • prohibitions
  • proscriptions
  • protests
  • refusals
  • rejections
  • repressions
  • restraints
  • restrictions
  • rot
  • satanisms
  • scurrilities
  • sins
  • squalors
  • suppressions
  • vetoes
  • villainies
  • warnings
  • wrongs

negations

abolitions

abrogations


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