This list of answers for “Veto” reflects how the clue has been handled in completed crosswords. Each entry has previously matched this type of clue in published puzzle grids with proven accuracy.
Answer List:
- BAN
- NIX
- DENY
- OVERRULE
- PROHIBIT
- KILL
- REJECT
- EMBARGO
- NEGATIVE
- FORBID
- NEGATE
Synonyms and Definitions
BAN
- Synonyms: bachelor of arts in nursing, banish, banning, blackball, cast out, censor, forbiddance, forbidding, ostracise, ostracize, prohibition, proscription, shun
NIX
- Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, disallow, forbid, goose egg, interdict, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, prohibit, proscribe, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
- Definition: an amount that holds no significance
DENY
- Synonyms: abnegate, refuse, traverse
OVERRULE
- Synonyms: override, overthrow, overturn, reverse
PROHIBIT
- Synonyms: nix
KILL
- Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, defeat, down, drink down, killing, obliterate, pop, pour down, putting to death, shoot down, stamp out, toss off, vote down, vote out, wipe out
REJECT
- Synonyms: cull, decline, disapprove, disdain, eliminate, freeze off, pass up, pooh-pooh, resist, rule out, scorn, spurn, turn away, turn down, winnow out
EMBARGO
- Synonyms: trade embargo, trade stoppage
NEGATIVE
- Synonyms: damaging, disconfirming, electronegative, minus, negatively charged
FORBID
- Synonyms: foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
NEGATE
- Synonyms: belie, contradict, contravene, neutralise, neutralize, nullify