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RULE OUT Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the phrase rule out. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the phrase rule out. (close relations)

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

Best Hypernyms For RULE OUT

Here is a list of related hypernyms for rule out, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (9)
eliminate decree dismiss disregard exclude obviate omit reject rule
Phrases (1)
rid of

Alternatives for ELIMINATE

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