Word Meanings - DETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. Addison. Potent enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. Tillotson. My own face deters me from my glass. Prior. (more info) Etym:
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DETER)
- Debar
- Exclude
- stop
- thwart
- obstruct
- hinder
- prevent
- deter
- deprive
- disqualify
- deny
- prohibit
- preclude
- Intimidate
- Frighten
- alarm
- threaten
- dishearten
- scare
- appall
- browbeat
- cow
- Repel
- Repulse
- reject
- refuse
- resist
- check
- Scare
- Terrify
- affright
- intimidate
- frighten
- dismay
- daunt
- Warn
- Premonish
- monish
- admonish
- notify
- dissuade
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DETER)
- Compose
- embolden
- reassure
- rally
- Loose
- liberate
- instigate
- accelerate
- license
- indulge
- allow
- abet
- Encourage
- inspirit
- assure
- allure
- Grant
- afford
- yield
- concede
- acquiesce
Related words: (words related to DETER)
- REPELLENCE; REPELLENCY
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion. - ADMONISHER
One who admonishes. - CHECKWORK
Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard. - ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - DEPRIVEMENT
Deprivation. - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - REPULSER
One who repulses, or drives back. - YIELD
pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be - ALLOWEDLY
By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone. - DAUNTER
One who daunts. - ENCOURAGER
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison. - ALLOW
allocare to admit as proved, to place, use; confused with OF. aloer, fr. L. allaudare to extol; ad + laudare to praise. See Local, and cf. 1. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke xi. 48. We commend - CHECKREIN
1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. 2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse. - DISHEARTENMENT
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. - ALLOWER
1. An approver or abettor. 2. One who allows or permits. - AFFRIGHTER
One who frightens. - DEBARB
To deprive of the beard. Bailey. - YIELDABLE
Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall. - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - INDULGEMENT
Indulgence. Wood. - HALLOW
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - UNRESISTANCE
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall. - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - SALLOWISH
Somewhat sallow. Dickens. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - WALLOWER
A lantern wheel; a trundle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, wallows. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - UNASSURED
1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods. - IMMIGRANT
One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable.