Synonyms of obviating

obviating

verb

present participle of obviate

as in preventing

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

brushing regularly should obviate the need for frequent trips to the dentist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preventing
• averting
• precluding
• avoiding
• forestalling
• providing
• helping
• escaping
• anticipating
• heading off
• nullifying
• evading
• saving
• staving off
• neutralizing
• thwarting
• deterring
• negating
• impeding
• hindering
• hampering
• deflecting
• shaking
• eschewing
• prohibiting
• offsetting
• retarding
• circumventing
• eluding
• forbidding
• counteracting
• shunning
• blocking
• interfering (with)
• stopping
• balking
• frustrating
• counterbalancing
• stalling
• barring
• baffling
• inhibiting
• fending (off)
• dodging
• foiling
• warding (off)
• checkmating
• checking
• halting
• compensating (for)
• shirking
• ducking
• making up (for)
• arresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• aiding
• facilitating
• abetting
• easing
• smoothing
• promoting
• advancing
• encouraging
• permitting
• fostering
• furthering
• allowing
• forwarding
• cultivating
• leaving
• letting
• nurturing
• unclogging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obviating

Most offer a variety of dining options, obviating the need to make restaurant reservations or arrange local transportation. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

By that time, Brendan Carr will likely be last year’s model, obviating the need for any Carr insurance, as he is joined in retirement by Lina Khan on the far left. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026

While there are no modular reactors up and running yet in the United States, Albrecht said some of those in the design phase will use molten salt, helium or liquid metal to help cool the fission process, obviating the need for large amounts of water. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 May 2026

New designs and operating methods are also obviating the noise that older-style centers once created. — Mehdi Paryavi, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026

The area vacated by that project — more than 30 acres — is large enough to build a new arena, obviating the need to tear down City Hall for that purpose. — Mark Lamster architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026

Dan Lawrence’s son, Luke, piloting Ariel, which once belonged to the Roosevelts’ neighbor Archie Rogers, took the first heat, and then the second, obviating the need for a third. — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026

Even the hefty, vintage camcorder Matthew totes around to film his documentary drops us directly into his leering point of view, crash zooming in on Oliver’s face and obviating boundaries. — Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025

Often, the liquid gets poured right to the brim, obviating any attempt at swirling and sniffing. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022