Our aim is to forestall all those risks.
Source: tatoeba (5225025)
Forestall
//fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl//
Synonyms for "forestall" (115 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (57)
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- предварям verb (to prevent)
- предотвратя verb (to prevent)
- предотврятявам verb (to prevent)
- предугаждам verb (to anticipate)
Dutch
2 entries- beletten verb (to prevent)
- voorkomen verb (to prevent)
Finnish
2 entries- ennakoida verb (to anticipate)
- estää verb (to prevent)
French
3 entries- anticiper verb (to anticipate)
- empêcher verb (to prevent)
- prévenir verb (to prevent)
German
4 entries- unterbinden verb (to prevent)
- verhindern verb (to prevent)
- vorwegnehmen verb (to anticipate)
- zuvorkommen verb (to anticipate)
Greek
1 entries- αποσόβηση verb (to prevent)
Hindi
1 entries- निवारण verb (to prevent)
Italian
1 entries- prevenire verb (to prevent)
Māori
1 entries- whakataunahua verb (to prevent)
Occitan
2 entries- anticipar verb (to anticipate)
- prevenir verb (to prevent)
Polish
4 entries- uprzedzać verb (to anticipate)
- uprzedzić verb (to anticipate)
- wyprzedzać verb (to anticipate)
- wyprzedzić verb (to anticipate)
Russian
3 entries- предваря́ть verb (to anticipate)
- предвосхища́ть verb (to anticipate)
- предотвраща́ть verb (to prevent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- preduhitriti verb (to anticipate)
- predupr(ij)editi verb (to prevent)
Spanish
1 entries- prevenir verb (to prevent)
Swedish
1 entries- förekomma verb (to anticipate)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks.
Source: tatoeba (5225030)
"'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'"
Source: tatoeba (6814562)
Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.