deterrent
Meaning of deterrent
- a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
cameras are a major deterrent to crime
- able or intended to deter.
the deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences
early 19th century: from Latin deterrent- ‘deterring’, from the verb deterrere (see deter).
Information about deterrent
- The plural form of deterrent is: deterrents.
- Languages in which deterrent is used:
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Hyphenation of deterrent
de-ter-rent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- deterrent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
deterrent synonyms
Meaning hindrance:
hindrance, hinderance, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
Meaning a factor, especially a financial disadvantage, that discourages a particular action:
Meaning a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness:
Meaning the action or process of trying to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action:
Meaning a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect:
Meaning a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels:
Meaning a check or restraint on something:
Meaning deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement:
Meaning a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress:
Meaning a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage:
Meaning an obstacle to the normal progress or functioning of something:
Meaning a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress:
Meaning a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way:
deterrent antonyms
Meaning a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something:
Meaning the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope:
Translation of deterrent
- French: dissuasif, effroyable
- Italian: deterrente, dissuasivo
- Portuguese: dissuasor
- Spanish: horroroso, horrorosa, disuasivo, disuasiva
- German: abschreckend
Words that rhyme with deterrent
rent, Celarent, Parent, apparent, arent, bioparent, birthparent, celarent, coparent, foreparent, godparent, grandparent, houseparent, inapparent, intransparent, midparent, nonapparent, nonparent, nontransparent, omniparent, parent, proparent, protoparent, radioparent, radiotransparent, semitransparent, stepparent, subapparent, subtransparent, transparent, unapparent, untransparent, Brent, brent, subrent, unbrent, ybrent, adrent, drent, headrent, adherent, afferent, belligerent, candlerent, circumferent, cobelligerent, coherent, coinherent, corticoafferent, corticoefferent