Obviates [verb]
Definition of Obviates:
make unnecessary
Synonyms of Obviates:
● Forestall
● Preclude
● Counteract
● Hinder
● Prevent
● Counter
● Avert
● Anticipate
● Intervene
● Interpose
● Remove
● Interfere
● Restrain
● Ward
● Deter
● Block
● Do away with
● Rule out
● Stave off
● Forfend
Opposite/Antonyms of Obviates:
● Let go
● Promote
● Help
● Encourage
● Allow
● Support
● Permit
● Assist
● Aid
Sentence/Example of Obviates:
We have, perhaps, incurred the very hazard we hoped to obviate.
Will you allow me to arrange your shirt so as to obviate it?
She then, to obviate that objection, lent me a black domino.
But shall we, to obviate these evils, completely transpose their conditions?
I fear that result, and hope that you will try to obviate it.
To obviate this a screen has been placed on the landward side of the lantern.
The Professor, with a smile, thinks that he can obviate this unpleasantness.
Of these it is necessary that I should now take notice, and obviate them as well as I may.
This will obviate all danger of shock or shiver when the cold cloth is placed on the skin.
I must obviate here an objection that may strike some readers.