veto

Meaning

Noun

1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
2. An invocation of that right.
3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
4. A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To use a veto against.
2. (transitive) To countermand.

Synonyms

forbid

prohibit

nix

rejection

prohibition

disallow

proscription

negative

proscribe

interdict

ban

disallowance

reject

dissent

blackball

denial

disapproval

overrule

play

pull

refusal

refuse

taboo

taxis

temptation

tow

traction

tusk

vindication

vote down

wager

veto power

vote against

stroke

stop

🛑

swimming stroke

annul

bar

bet

block

boycott

cancel

defence

deny

draft

drag

draught

draw

embargo

excuse

Translations

veto

veto

veto

Veto

veto

veto

vetar

βέτο

αρνησικυρία

vet

Einspruch

interdiction

vetar

divieto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈviːtəʊ/

Etymology

From Latin vetō (“I forbid”).