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Showing words for FORESTALL using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Forestall

astrofell, fellators, forestall

8 Letter Words for Forestall

astrofel, fellator, floatels, floaters, forestal, forstall, forsteal, reallots, refloats, rostella, saltorel

7 Letter Words for Forestall

altrose, fallers, falters, floatel, floater, florals, florate, floreal, floreat, floreta, florets, flotels, folates, fostell, loafers, loaflet, lofters, olestra, reallot, refalls, refloat, rosella, rotella, safrole, staller, stellar, tallero, tellars, tollers

6 Letter Words for Forestall

afters, alerts, allose, allots, alters, artels, astore, astrol, atolls, elator, estall, estral, faller, falser, falter, farles, faroes, farset, faster, feasor, fellas, festal, fetors, flares, flaser, floats, floral, floras, flores, floret, flotas, flotel, floter, flotes, folate, foller, folles, forels, forest, forlet, forset, fortes, foster, fstore, laster, loafer, lofter, lorate, loreal, lorels, lotase, oaters, orates, osella, osteal, ostler, ostrea, rastle, ratels, realos, refall, relast, relost, resalt, reslot, roates, roseal, rostel, safrol, sallet, salter, sellar, slater, softer, solate, solera, solert, sollar, soller, sorell, sortal, staler, stelar, stella, sterol, stolae, strafe, stroll, talers, taller, talles, talose, tarsel, tellar, tolars, toller, tolsel, torfel, torfle, torsel, trolls

5 Letter Words for Forestall

afore, afret, afros, after, alefs, aleft, alert, alfet, aller, allot, aloes, aloft, alose, alter, altos, arest, arets, arles, arose, arsle, artel, astel, aster, astor, astre, atelo, atole, atoll, earls, earst, ellas, eorls, erato, estro, falls, false, fares, farle, farls, faros, farse, farts, fates, fator, fatso, feals, fears, feast, feats, fella, fells, felts, feral, festa, fetal, fetas, fetor, flare, flats, flear, fleas, float, floes, flora, flors, flota, flote, flots, foals, forel, fores, foret, forte, forts, frase, frate, frats, frets, froes, frost, lares, laser, later, latro, leafs, lears, least, leats, lefts, lerot, loafs, loast, lofts, loral, lorel, lores, losel, loser, lotas, lotes, oater, ofter, ollas, orale, orals, orate, orfes, orles, orlet, orsel, osela, rafts, rales, ratel, rates, ratos, realo, reals, reast, relot, resat, retal, roast, roate, roles, rolfs, rolls, rosal, rosel, roset, rotal, rotas, rotes, rotls, safer, salet, salle, salol, salto, selar, sella, seora, seral, serta, setal, slare, slart, slate, sloat, slote, soare, sofar, sofer, softa, solar, solea, soler, solfa, soral, sorel, sorta, stale, stall, stare, steal, stear, stela, stell, stero, stoae, stola, stole, store, strae, taler, tales, talls, tares, taros, tarse, taser, teals, tears, telar, tells, telos, teras, terfs, tesla, toeas, tolar, tolas, toles, tolls, toral, tores, torse, treas, trefa, troll

4 Letter Words for Forestall

aero, afer, afro, alef, ales, allo, alls, aloe, also, alto, alts, ares, aret, arfs, arle, arte, arts, asor, astr, atef, ates, atle, earl, ears, east, eats, efts, elfs, ells, elts, eorl, eral, eras, erat, eros, erst, etas, fall, fare, farl, faro, fars, fart, fast, fate, fats, feal, fear, feat, fell, fels, felt, fers, fest, feta, fets, flat, flea, flet, floe, flor, flot, foal, foes, fole, foll, fore, fort, fots, frae, fras, frat, fret, froe, fros, frot, laer, laet, laft, lalo, laos, lare, lars, lase, last, late, lats, leaf, leal, lear, leas, leat, left, leos, lest, leto, lets, ller, loaf, loft, lora, lore, lors, lose, lost, lota, lote, lots, oafs, oars, oast, oats, olea, oles, olla, orae, oral, oras, ores, orfe, orfs, orle, orts, osar, raft, rale, rall, rals, rast, rate, rato, rats, real, refl, refs, reft, rest, rets, roes, role, rolf, roll, rosa, rose, rost, rota, rote, rotl, rots, safe, saft, sale, sall, salt, sare, sart, sate, seal, sear, seat, self, sell, selt, seor, serf, sero, sert, seta, slat, sloe, slot, soar, sofa, soft, sola, sole, sora, sore, sort, star, ster, stoa, stof, stor, stra, stre, tael, tale, tall, taos, tare, taro, tars, teal, tear, teas, tefs, tela, tell, tels, tera, terf, toea, toes, tola, tole, toll, tore, tors, tosa, tose, tres

3 Letter Words for Forestall

aer, aes, aft, ale, alf, all, alo, als, alt, aor, are, arf, ars, art, ase, asl, ast, ate, ear, eas, eat, efl, efs, eft, ela, elf, ell, els, elt, eof, eos, era, erf, ers, ert, esr, est, eta, fao, far, fas, fat, fer, fes, fet, fll, flo, flt, foe, fol, for, fot, fra, fro, frs, frt, lao, lar, las, lat, lea, leo, ler, les, let, loa, loe, lof, lor, los, lot, lst, ltr, oaf, oar, oas, oat, oer, oes, oft, ola, ole, ora, ore, orf, orl, ors, ort, ose, raf, ras, rat, rea, ref, rel, res, rfs, rle, roe, ros, rot, rte, sal, sao, sar, sat, sea, sel, ser, set, sla, sle, slt, sol, sot, sta, str, tal, tao, tar, tas, tea, tef, tel, ter, tes, tfr, tlo, tlr, toa, toe, tol, tor, tos, tra, trf, trs

Definitions for Forestall

[1] to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
[2] to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.
[3] to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold.
[4] to prevent sales at (a fair, market, etc.) by buying up or diverting goods.
[5] to delay, stop, or guard against beforehand
[6] to anticipate
[7] to prevent or hinder sales at (a market, etc) by buying up merchandise in advance, etc to buy up (merchandise) for profitable resale Compare corner (def. 21)

Words related to Forestall

hinder, prevent, thwart, avert, preclude, deter, anticipate, delay, monopolize, preoccupy

Words nearby Forestall

forest reserve, forest service, forest tent caterpillar, forestaff, forestage, forestall, forestation, forestay, forestaysail, forester, forestick

Origin of Forestall

1350–1400; Middle English forstallen, verbal derivative of forstalle, Old English foresteall intervention (to defeat justice), waylaying. See fore-, stall2

Other words from Forestall

fore·stall·er , noun
fore·stall·ment , forestal·ment , noun
un·fore·stalled , adjective

Word origin for Forestall

C14 forestallen to waylay, from Old English foresteall an ambush, from fore- in front of + steall place

Synonyms for Forestall

anticipate, avert, deter, hinder, preclude, prevent, thwart, delay, monopolize, preoccupy