Synonyms for intervention
ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃənin·ter·ven·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. intervention

   Synonyms:
   intrusion, insinuation, interference, intercession, mediation, agency, interposition

   Antonyms:
   continuance, nonintervention, uninterruptedness, noninterference

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. intervention, intercessionnoun

   the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

   "it occurs without human intervention"

   Synonyms:
   interposition, intercession, treatment, interference

   Antonyms:
   nonintervention, noninterference

2. intervention, interferencenoun

   a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, hitch, noise, intercession, hinderance, interference, interposition, preventive, hindrance, incumbrance, treatment, encumbrance, preventative

   Antonyms:
   nonintervention, noninterference

3. interposition, interventionnoun

   the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others

   Synonyms:
   interpolation, interjection, intercession, interference, interposition, treatment, interpellation

   Antonyms:
   noninterference, nonintervention

4. interventionnoun

   (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings

   "the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"

   Synonyms:
   interposition, intercession, treatment, interference

   Antonyms:
   noninterference, nonintervention

5. treatment, interventionnoun

   care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

   Synonyms:
   handling, intercession, interference, discourse, interposition, discussion, treatment

   Antonyms:
   nonintervention, noninterference

Matched Categories

1. • Care
   • Engagement
   • Foreign Policy
   • Law
   • Placement
   • Proceeding

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. interventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   interposition, interference

2. interventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   mediation, agency

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. interventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   interference, interposition, mediation, intercession

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "intervention":

   interference, speech, response, interventions, 'intervention, involvement, action, intervene, interfere, statement, intervening, meddling, interfering, non-interference, interventionism, interposition, surgery, engagement, contribution, contingency, speaking, intervened, non-intervention, reaction

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. intervention

   Synonyms:
   EBM Combination product, medical product, therapeutic intervention

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1. Micah Grzywnowicz:

   For years, we have said that marriage equality was an important signifier of equality, but not the be-all and end-all for LGBTI people, what is also crucial for our communities are effective laws to recognize rights of trans people to self-determination, robust protection against LGBTI-phobic violence and speech, equal access to reproductive rights, and prohibiting medical intervention on intersex children.

2. John Cohen:

   We need to change the way we deal with these issues and move beyond the 'report and arrest' model to more of a construct of intervention and violence prevention.

3. Kristi Watterberg:

   I think we as medical professionals need to do a better job of recognizing that birth does not necessarily need to be medicalized, a lot of women don't want to come to the hospital where they automatically have an IV started and they do this and that and put them on a monitor. [ In home births ], there's less maternal intervention and the C-section rate is much lower.

4. Claire Williams:

   People very much know what they need, but we often don't equip them with the intervention or the services that really empowers them with choice and dignity to move forward on their own terms.

5. Ricardo Munoz:

   What we can say about its being delivered online is that more people were able to benefit from it, because they were not forced to come to a clinic to receive the intervention, this is one of the great innovations and advantages of Internet interventions.