prevention preventingly • preventionism · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · prevention · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) the act of preventing. Synonyms: bar. Examples: "There was no bar against leaving." "Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bar · · Synonym 1 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 v latin small letter v U+0076