forefend

forefend is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
2. verb. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"

   "head off a confrontation"

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

Synonyms

avert, avoid, debar, deflect, forfend, obviate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forefend:

offender, reoffend

Common word forms

forefends, forefended, forefending

Words from these letters

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