pre-empt

1. 1.

   a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

   Synonymspreemptive bidpreempt

   Broaderbid

Questions about pre-empt

What does pre-empt mean?

pre-empt means "a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding".

How many syllables are in pre-empt?

pre-empt has 1 syllable: pre-empt.

What is another word for pre-empt?

Close synonyms include preemptive bid, preempt. 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 pre-empt a common word?

pre-empt 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.