preclude

Verb

Meaning

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prevent forbid forestall foreclose rule out close out keep intercept avoid stop block bar check arrest ban
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Antonyms

support back further include make allow
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Hypernyms

eliminate obviate rid of

Hyponyms

scotch queer avoid stop block cross

Related terms

exclude foreclose preclusion

Phrases with the word

in order to preclude preclude a fire

Derivatives

precluded Precluding

Examples

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head. Andy Rooney

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality. Jhumpa Lahiri

The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject. William Falconer

The complexity of the connection between the world of perception and the world of physics does not preclude that such a connection can be shown to exist at any time. Max Horkheimer

We cannot preclude the possibility that we are living through a political disruption that will in time bear comparison with the collapse of Communism a generation ago. Francis Fukuyama

In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. Milan Kundera

Close letter words and terms

preclosing preclosure precludable preclude a fire preclusion preclusive