10 Letter Words for Preventing
preventing
9 Letter Words for Preventing
preinvent, prevening, repenting, ventering
8 Letter Words for Preventing
enerving, entering, eventing, everting, inventer, petering, preening, preeving, prenting, reinvent, ventrine, ventring, vintener
7 Letter Words for Preventing
eevning, enginer, enprint, enripen, enriven, evening, gentier, giterne, inepter, ingener, ingreve, innerve, integer, negrine, nervine, nerving, peening, peering, peeving, pentine, pernine, perving, petrine, preeing, prevent, reeving, regiven, renting, retinge, ringent, teening, teering, terning, terpine, treeing, veering, ventige, venting, vergent, vernine, verting, vintner
6 Letter Words for Preventing
engine, engirt, enring, enrive, entier, entire, entrep, envier, envine, envire, epigne, erning, genepi, gennet, gerent, ginete, ginner, ginnet, grieve, grivet, ingene, ingent, intern, invent, invert, neiper, nerine, nerite, nipter, peeing, pening, penner, pennet, perine, perite, perten, petrie, pignet, pinene, pinger, pinner, pinnet, prieve, privet, pterin, regent, regive, rennet, repent, repine, retine, revent, teeing, tenner, tenpin, terpen, terpin, tinger, tinner, tipree, triene, veiner, veneti, venger, venine, venire, venite, venner, venter, ventin, verine, verite, vernin, vertep, vinter, virent
5 Letter Words for Preventing
egret, eigne, enent, engin, enter, entre, erept, ering, erven, event, evert, evite, genep, genet, genie, genin, genip, genit, genre, gerip, gerne, ginep, givee, given, giver, green, greet, grein, greit, grete, greve, grint, gripe, gript, inept, inert, inger, inner, innet, inter, irene, neger, negev, neive, neper, nepit, nerve, neter, neven, never, nieve, niger, niner, niter, peert, peine, penie, penne, penni, perit, perve, peter, petre, petri, piert, piner, pinge, pinte, preen, prent, prine, print, reget, regie, regin, reign, reive, reneg, renet, renig, renin, renne, rente, repeg, repen, repin, retie, retin, retip, revet, revie, rieve, ringe, ripen, riven, rivet, tenge, tenne, terne, tiger, tinge, tirve, tiver, treen, trine, tripe, vegie, venge, venie, venin, verge, vergi, veter, viner, vinet, vingt, viper, virge
4 Letter Words for Preventing
eevn, eger, eine, eire, engr, entr, epit, erie, erin, erne, eten, even, ever, evet, geep, geer, geet, gein, geir, geit, gene, gent, gere, gien, ginn, gire, girn, girt, gite, give, gree, gren, gret, grin, grip, grit, inne, intr, invt, irpe, iter, neep, neer, neet, nein, nene, nete, neti, neve, nevi, nine, peen, peer, pene, peng, peni, pent, pere, peri, pern, pert, perv, pete, pien, pier, piet, pine, ping, pint, pirn, pree, pret, prie, prig, prin, priv, reen, reet, regt, rein, reit, renn, rent, rept, rete, reve, rgen, rine, ring, ripe, ript, rite, rive, teen, teer, tene, teng, tepe, tern, terp, tien, tier, tige, tine, ting, tipe, tire, tree, trie, trig, trin, trip, veen, veep, veer, vein, vent, veri, vert, vier, vine, vint, vite
3 Letter Words for Preventing
eeg, een, eer, eir, ene, eng, env, epi, ere, erg, ern, ert, eve, evg, gee, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, git, gnp, gte, ign, ing, inn, int, inv, ipr, ire, ive, nee, neg, nei, nep, net, nie, nig, nip, nit, nne, pee, peg, pen, per, pet, pie, pig, pin, pir, pit, pre, prn, pte, ptg, pvt, ree, reg, rei, rep, rev, rie, rig, rin, rip, rit, riv, rpt, rte, rti, tee, teg, ten, ter, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tip, tng, tpi, tri, trp, vee, veg, vei, ver, vet, vie, vig, vin, vip
Definitions for Preventing
[1] to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
[2] to hinder or stop from doing something: There is nothing to prevent us from going.
[3] Archaic . to act ahead of; forestall.
[4] Archaic . to precede.
[5] Archaic . to anticipate.
[6] to interpose a hindrance: He will come if nothing prevents.
[7] (tr) to keep from happening, esp by taking precautionary action
[8] (tr often foll by from ) to keep (someone from doing something); hinder; impede
[9] (intr) to interpose or act as a hindrance
[10] (tr) archaic to anticipate or precede
Words related to Preventing
preventprohibit, thwart, forbid, restrict, hamper, halt, forestall, avoid, restrain, hinder, avert, stop, impede, inhibit, bar, preclude, counter, limit, block, obstruct
Words nearby Preventing
preventprevaricate, prevarication, prevaricator, prevenient, prevenient grace, prevent, prevent defense, preventer, prevention, preventive, preventive dentistry
Origin of Preventing
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praeventus (past participle of praevenīre “to anticipate”), equivalent to prae- pre- + ven- (stem of venīre come) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Preventing
pre·vent·a·ble , pre·vent·i·ble , adjective
pre·vent·a·bil·ty , noun
pre·vent·ing·ly , adverb
non·pre·vent·a·ble , adjective
non·pre·vent·i·ble , adjective
qua·si-pre·vent·ed , adjective
un·pre·vent·a·ble , adjective
un·pre·vent·ed , adjective
un·pre·vent·i·ble , adjective
Word origin for Preventing
C15: from Latin praevenīre, from prae before + venīre to come
Synonyms for Preventing
avert, avoid, bar, block, counter, forbid, forestall, halt, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, limit, preclude, prohibit, put an end to, restrain, restrict, rule out, stop, thwart, ward off, anticipate, arrest, baffle, balk, check, chill, cool, cork, counteract, dam, debar, foil, forfend, frustrate, intercept, interdict, interrupt, obstruct, obviate, repress, retard, defend against, head off, hold back, hold off, keep lid on, nip in the bud, put a stop to, shut out, stave off, turn aside
