Synonyms of prevention

prevention

noun

pri-ˈven(t)-shən 

as in avoidance

the act or practice of keeping something from happening

good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoidance
• prohibition
• neutralization
• prohibiting
• averting
• circumvention
• deterrence
• precluding
• forestallment
• nullification
• thwarting
• negation
• outlawing
• forbidding
• interdiction
• debarment
• barring
• crossing
• checkmate
• frustration
• proscribing
• baffling
• determent
• proscription
• enjoining
• balking
• foiling
• interdicting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assistance
• support
• aid
• backing
• promotion
• facilitation
• cultivation
• encouragement
• advancement
• nurture

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of prevention

For this reason, some people use magnesium for migraine prevention. —Ashley Wong, Health, 10 Dec. 2024

Last year, Mayor Michelle Wu announced a violence prevention plan to cut homicides and shootings by 20% by 2026. —Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024

Though there's not currently a specific link between sleeping naked and chronic disease prevention, if sleeping naked improves your slumber, the habit could support your overall health. —Cristina Mutchler, Health, 2 Dec. 2024

At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, doctors see roughly one child a month who has been injured by a button battery, said Helen Arbogast, injury prevention program manager in its division of general pediatric surgery. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024