obviating

1. 1.

   made impossible

   Synonymspreclusive

   Similarpreventive

Questions about obviating

What does obviating mean?

obviating means "made impossible".

How many syllables are in obviating?

obviating has 4 syllables: ob-vi-a-ting. The stress falls on "ob". In IPA it is /ˈɑbviˌeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for obviating?

Close synonyms include preclusive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obviating a common word?

obviating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.