veto

Meaning of veto

noun
  1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.
    neither state was given a veto over amendments to the Act
    the royal power of veto

verb

exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘I forbid’, used by Roman tribunes of the people when opposing measures of the Senate.

Information about veto

Hyphenation of veto

veto

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • veto is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

veto synonyms

Meaning blackball:

blackball, negative

Meaning forbid:

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow

Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:

reject

Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:

dismiss

Meaning reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority:

overrule

Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:

quash

Meaning ban or make illegal:

outlaw

Meaning impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity):

embargo

Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):

ban

Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:

bar

Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:

block

Meaning prevent from happening; make impossible:

preclude

Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:

stop

Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:

nullify

Meaning put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something):

kill

Meaning crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape:

squash

veto antonyms

Meaning officially agree to or accept as satisfactory:

approve

Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):

authorize

Translation of veto

Anagrams of veto

Tove, voet, Vote, vote

Words that rhyme with veto

beveto, preveto, reveto

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