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PREVENTING Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word preventing. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PREVENTING

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enabling
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• providing legal power or sanction

encouraging
adjectiveadj
adjective

• giving courage or confidence or hope

adjective satellite

• furnishing support and encouragement

fostering
verb, nounv, n
noun

• encouragement; aiding the development of something

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

supporting
adjectiveadj
noun

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

adjective satellite

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

aiding
verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
noun

• a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

verb

• give help or assistance; be of service

• improve the condition of

allowing
verbv
verb

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• let have

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

• afford possibility

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• grant as a discount or in exchange

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

assisting
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play

verb

• give help or assistance; be of service

• act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function

• work for, or be a servant to

facilitating
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
verb

• make easier

• be of use

• increase the likelihood of (a response)

permitting
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
noun

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

verb

• consent to, give permission; permit

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

promoting
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

let
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again

• a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

verb

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• actively cause something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• leave unchanged

• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

Alternatives for ENABLING

Alternatives for ENCOURAGING

Alternatives for FOSTERING

Alternatives for SUPPORTING

Alternatives for AIDING

Alternatives for ALLOWING

Alternatives for ASSISTING

Alternatives for FACILITATING

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