debar

debar is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.
2. verb. prevent from entering; keep out

   "He was barred from membership in the club"

   Synonyms: bar, exclude

3. verb. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"

   "head off a confrontation"

   Synonyms: avert, avoid, deflect, forefend, forfend, obviate

4. verb. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

   Synonyms: suspend

Synonyms

bar, exclude, avert, avoid, deflect, forefend, forfend, obviate, suspend

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in debar:

ardeb, barde, bared, beard, bread

Common word forms

debars, debarred, debarment, debarring

Words from these letters

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