prevent

Meanings

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible;
• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state;
• "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"
• PREVENT v -ED, -ING, -S to keep from happening

Synonyms

• forestall
• foreclose
• preclude
• forbid
• keep

Scrabble Score: 12

prevent is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

prevent is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

prevent is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

prevent is a valid Words With Friends word

Anagrams of prevent