RULE OUT Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the phrase rule out. (close relations)
Definition of RULE OUT
Best Alternative Words for RULE OUT
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eliminate | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||||
preclude | verbv | |||||||
verb • keep from happening or arising; make impossible • make impossible, especially beforehand | ||||||||
reject | verbv | |||||||
noun • the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality verb • not accept something given or offered • not accept as true • deem wrong or inappropriate • reject with contempt • resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ • refuse entrance or membership • dismiss from consideration or a contest | ||||||||
ban | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a decree that prohibits something • a bachelor's degree in nursing • 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova • 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania • an official prohibition or edict against something • a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. verb • forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) • prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure • ban from a place of residence, as for punishment • expel from a community or group | ||||||||
bar | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War • a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter • a counter where you can obtain food or drink • a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon • musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats • an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal • the act of preventing • (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter • a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore • the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction • a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background • a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) • a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises • a heating element in an electric fire • (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried verb • prevent from entering; keep out • render unsuitable for passage • expel, as if by official decree • secure with, or as if with, bars | ||||||||
block | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) • a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings • a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides • a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit • housing in a large building that is divided into separate units • (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted • an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension • a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope • a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine • an obstruction in a pipe or tube • a platform from which an auctioneer sells • the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements verb • render unsuitable for passage • hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of • stop from happening or developing • interfere with or prevent the reception of signals • run on a block system • interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia • shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight • stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block • obstruct • block passage through • support, secure, or raise with a block • impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) • be unable to remember • shape by using a block • shape into a block or blocks • prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | ||||||||
debar | verbv | |||||||
verb • bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off • prevent from entering; keep out | ||||||||
disallow | verbv | |||||||
verb • command against | ||||||||
dismiss | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • bar from attention or consideration • cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration • stop associating with • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave • declare void | ||||||||
disregard | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • lack of attention and due care • willful lack of care and attention verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • give little or no attention to | ||||||||
exclude | verbv | |||||||
verb • prevent from being included or considered or accepted • prevent from entering; shut out • lack or fail to include • prevent from entering; keep out • put out or expel from a place | ||||||||
forbid | verbv | |||||||
verb • command against • keep from happening or arising; make impossible | ||||||||
obviate | verbv | |||||||
verb • get rid of something • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | ||||||||
outlaw | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • contrary to or forbidden by law • disobedient to or defiant of law verb • declare illegal; outlaw | ||||||||
prevent | verbv | |||||||
verb • keep from happening or arising; make impossible • stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | ||||||||
prohibit | verbv | |||||||
verb • command against | ||||||||
veto | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a vote that blocks a decision • the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) verb • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent • command against | ||||||||
close out | verbv | |||||||
verb • make impossible, especially beforehand • terminate by selling off or disposing of • to finish off | ||||||||
rule in | verbv | |||||||
verb • include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules | ||||||||
winnow out | verbv | |||||||
verb • dismiss from consideration or a contest |