PRECLUDE Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

preclude

verb

pri-ˈklüd

as in to prevent

to keep from happening by taking action in advance issued a strict schedule for doing household chores so as to preclude any arguments

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Recent Examples of preclude Hawaii lawmakers on Friday sent a bill to the governor that would redefine corporations in a way that precludes spending on elections. —

ABC News, 12 May 2026 The report was redacted to preclude the names of everyone involved. —

Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026 This is not extraordinary evidence The release doesn’t preclude the possibility that aliens have visited Earth, of course. —

Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 This does not preclude a school district from doing so sooner, and the SCUSD board of trustees directed staff to start by removing offensive imagery from the campus as soon as possible. —

Joe Davidson may 7, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for preclude

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preclude

Verb

Honest behavior has to do with telling the truth, but also prevents cheating, stealing, misleading, promise-breaking, fraud, self-deception, hypocrisy, BS-ing.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Israel is razing and looting homes and has vowed to prevent hundreds of thousands of residents, predominantly Shiites, though also members of other religious communities, from returning.

— Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026