forgo

forgo is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 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 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.
2. verb. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

   "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"

   "forfeited property"

   Synonyms: forego, forfeit, waive

3. verb. do without or cease to hold or adhere to

   "We are dispensing with formalities"

   "relinquish the old ideas"

   Synonyms: forego, foreswear, relinquish, waive

4. verb. be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

   Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, precede, predate

Synonyms

forego, forfeit, waive, foreswear, relinquish, antecede, antedate, precede, predate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forgo:

groof

Common word forms

forgoer, forgoes, forgoing

Words from these letters

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