All obviate synonyms

verb obviate

• do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• forfend — to defend, secure, or protect.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
• intervene — to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• ward — (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.