Synonyms for entail
ɛnˈteɪl; ˈɛn teɪlen·tail

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1. entail

   Synonyms:
   bequeath, leave, devolve, demise, involve, necessitate, induce

   Antonyms:
   alienate, supersede, nullify, prevent, obviate

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1. entailnoun

   land received by fee tail

2. entailverb

   the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

3. entail, imply, meanverb

   have as a logical consequence

   "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

   Synonyms:
   intend, incriminate, involve, implicate, inculpate, have in mind, connote, stand for, signify, fee-tail, mean, think, imply, think of

4. entail, implicateverb

   impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

   "What does this move entail?"

   Synonyms:
   fee-tail, imply, implicate, mean

5. fee-tail, entailverb

   limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

   Synonyms:
   fee-tail, imply, implicate, mean

Matched Categories

1. • Land
   • Lead

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1. entailverb

   Synonyms:
   transfer (by inalienable title)

2. entailverb

   Synonyms:
   transmit (by necessity), fix unalterably

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1. List of paraphrases for "entail":

   involve, imply, mean, lead, cause

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1. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen:

   Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter.

2. European Commission:

   In the aftermath of the outburst of this scandal, strong calls have been made to the Commission to reinforce the type approval system, in particular by ensuring adequate supervisory mechanisms, substantial divergences in the interpretation and application of the rules entail the risk of undermining the effectiveness of the system and therefore the main policy objectives of ensuring the safety and health of citizens and the protection of the environment.

3. Mutsuyoshi Nishimura:

   They were too caught up in the belief that industrialization and economic growth would entail such huge CO2 emissions in developing countries that China, India etc. would oppose any notion of decarbonisation.

4. Chris Paine:

   But a significant portion of this is accounted for by currency volatility, we believe the yields on offer for hard and local currency EM debt don't offset the credit risk that the underlying indices entail.

5. Brian Osborne:

   Parents are not having enough high quality conversations with their kids about what their online interactions actually entail, lots of time parents have a well-intended but not fully informed respect for their children's privacy online and what we need parents to understand is this isn't about not reading their kids' journal or diary out of a sense of respect and privacy. This is equivalent to knowing where your kid is.