obviate

obviate is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To meet in the way. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To meet in the way.
2. transitive verb. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
3. verb. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"

   "head off a confrontation"

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

4. verb. do away with

   Synonyms: eliminate

Synonyms

avert, avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, eliminate

Common word forms

obviated, obviates, obviating

Words from these letters

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