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Detailed Synonyms for deter in English

deter:

to deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)

  1. to deter
    to deter; scare off; to frighten off; to frighten away
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • scare off verbe
    • frighten off verbe (frightens off, frightened off, frightening off)
    • frighten away verbe (frightens away, frightened away, frightening away)
  2. to deter
    to deter; to scare
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • scare verbe (scares, scared, scaring)
  3. to deter
    to delay; to retard; to deter; to stop
    • delay verbe (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • retard verbe (retards, retarded, retarding)
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • stop verbe (stops, stopped, stopping)
  4. to deter
    to hesitate; to doubt; to linger; to waver; to delay; to defer; to brood over; to tarry; to deter
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • doubt verbe (doubts, doubted, doubting)
    • linger verbe (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • waver verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • delay verbe (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • defer verbe (defers, deferred, deferring)
    • brood over verbe (broods over, brooded over, brooding over)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
  5. to deter
    – turn away from by persuasion 1
    to deter; to dissuade
    – turn away from by persuasion 1
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • dissuade verbe (dissuades, dissuaded, dissuading)
      • Negative campaigning will only dissuade people1
  6. to deter
    – try to prevent; show opposition to 1
    to deter; to discourage
    – try to prevent; show opposition to 1
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
    • discourage verbe (discourages, discouraged, discouraging)
      • We should discourage this practice among our youth1

Conjugations for deter:

present
  1. deter
  2. deter
  3. deters
  4. deter
  5. deter
  6. deter
simple past
  1. deterred
  2. deterred
  3. deterred
  4. deterred
  5. deterred
  6. deterred
present perfect
  1. have deterred
  2. have deterred
  3. has deterred
  4. have deterred
  5. have deterred
  6. have deterred
past continuous
  1. was deterring
  2. were deterring
  3. was deterring
  4. were deterring
  5. were deterring
  6. were deterring
future
  1. shall deter
  2. will deter
  3. will deter
  4. shall deter
  5. will deter
  6. will deter
continuous present
  1. am deterring
  2. are deterring
  3. is deterring
  4. are deterring
  5. are deterring
  6. are deterring
subjunctive
  1. be deterred
  2. be deterred
  3. be deterred
  4. be deterred
  5. be deterred
  6. be deterred
diverse
  1. deter!
  2. let's deter!
  3. deterred
  4. deterring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "deter":

  1. turn away from by persuasion1
  2. try to prevent; show opposition to1