These days, a smart phone with a good data plan can obviate the need for a land line.
Source: tatoeba (10250411)
Obviate
//ˈɒb.viˌeɪt//
Synonyms for "obviate" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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Translations
31 translations across 15 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- omzeilen verb (to bypass a requirement)
- overbodig maken verb (to bypass a requirement)
Esperanto
1 entries- sennecesigi verb (to bypass a requirement)
Finnish
1 entries- välttää verb (to bypass a requirement)
French
2 entries- rendre superflu verb (to bypass a requirement)
- éviter verb (to bypass a requirement)
Georgian
2 entries- თავიდან აცილება verb (to bypass a requirement)
- თავის არიდება verb (to bypass a requirement)
German
2 entries- umgehen verb (to bypass a requirement)
- überflüssig machen verb (to bypass a requirement)
Greek
1 entries- προλαβαίνω verb (to bypass a requirement)
Hungarian
4 entries- elejét veszi verb (to bypass a requirement)
- elhárít verb (to bypass a requirement)
- elkerül verb (to bypass a requirement)
- eloszlat verb (to bypass a requirement)
Italian
3 entries- evitare verb (to bypass a requirement)
- ovviare verb (to bypass a requirement)
- prevenire verb (to bypass a requirement)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overflødiggjøre verb (to bypass a requirement)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overflødiggjere verb (to bypass a requirement)
Portuguese
1 entries- obviar verb (to bypass a requirement)
Russian
2 entries- избега́ть verb (to bypass a requirement)
- уклоня́ться verb (to bypass a requirement)
Spanish
1 entries- obviar verb (to bypass a requirement)
Swedish
4 entries- förebygga verb (to bypass a requirement)
- kringgå verb (to bypass a requirement)
- undanröja verb (to bypass a requirement)
- undvika verb (to bypass a requirement)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
[…] and in the kindest manner she now urged Fanny’s taking one for the cross and to keep for her sake, saying everything she could think of to obviate the scruples which were making Fanny start back at first with a look of horror at the proposal.
Source: wiktionary
The door it was necessary to keep ajar in hers, as in most cottages, because of the smoke; but she obviated the effect of the ribbon of light through the chink by hanging a cloth over that also.
Source: wiktionary
A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.