obviate
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
do away with
Types & categories
- close out hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Let's avoid a confrontation
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | need |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | evitable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |