forestall
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
Types & categories
- make unnecessary hyponym
- ward off hyponym
- blockade hyponym
- thwart hyponym
- kibosh hyponym
Related & opposite
- obviation derivation
- preventative derivation
Sense 2 verb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- obviation derivation
- anticipator derivation
- anticipatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preventative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make unnecessary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ward off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blockade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thwart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kibosh |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |