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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to obviate:   (129 results)

Antonyms:
ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take

Often used in the same context:
forestall, negate, preclude, necessitate, ameliorate, alleviate, preempt, lessen, exacerbate, eliminates, allay, prevent, sidestep, facilitate, assuage, minimize, mitigate, constrain, diminish, engender, justify, legitimize, arise, circumvent, prompt, heighten, notwithstanding, satisfy, avoid, undermine, insulate, protract, entail, impede, undo, outweigh, avert, suffice, discourage, complicate, thwart, precipitate, deter, require, vitiate, inhibit, hasten, hinder, augment, counterbalance, validate, reduce, render, prolong, aggravate, relieve, elide, counteract, smoothen, nullifies, undercut, inhere, invalidate, induce, entrench, legitimatize, buttress, interpose, underscore, magnify, stave off, obliterate, expatiate, hamper, involve, quell, unfetter, stymie, squelch, attenuate, constitutionalize, imply, supersede, circumscribe, offset, solve, remedied, stem, compel, supplant, arouse, militate, quash, presuppose, analogize, distract, dramatize, conduce, forebode, eradicates, perpetuate, erase

More specific:
close out, preclude, rule out

Appears in the definition of:
broadloom

More general:
forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent

Synonyms:
avert, avoid, debar, deflect, eliminate, fend off, head off, rid of, stave off, ward off

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