Synonyms for veto
ˈvi toʊve·to

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. vetonoun

   a vote that blocks a decision

2. vetoverb

   the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

3. veto, blackball, negativeverb

   vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

   "The President vetoed the bill"

   Synonyms:
   blackball, ostracize, forbid, negative, ostracise, prohibit, banish, ban, nix, interdict, proscribe, cast out, disallow, shun

4. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nixverb

   command against

   "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

   Synonyms:
   blackball, interdict, forestall, disallow, prohibit, preclude, nix, negative, prevent, proscribe, foreclose, forbid

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1. vetonoun

   Synonyms:
   prohibition (of a legislative act by the executive), refusal to sanction

2. vetoverb

   Synonyms:
   prohibit, forbid, negative

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1. List of paraphrases for "veto":

   cassation, vet

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How to use veto in a sentence?

1. The White House:

   In addition to taking away Americans' health care security, the bill would increase the deficit, remove policies that have helped slow health care cost growth and improve the quality of care patients receive, and detract from the work the Congress could be doing to further job creation and economic growth, if the President were presented with H.R. 596, he would veto it.

2. Adam Smith:

   The President has raised an issue that's not directly related to the NDAA there's simply no reason. I mean, he may as well veto every single bill that ever gets passed because it didn't have something in it that you want.

3. Donald Trump:

   Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it.

4. Joe Biden:

   They have to, for them to make Dobbs—for them to outlaw Roe, outlaw the right of a woman to make a choice with their doctor, to not make exceptions for rape and incest and et cetera, and pass it out of the Congress to make it the law of the land, the president has to sign it. I’ll veto it.

5. Thomas Frieden:

   We helped create WHO. We are part of it. It is part of the world, and turning our back on WHO makes us and the world less safe, now, China and every other country in the world will have a veto at WHO, and the U.S. won't. This will make the U.S. more vulnerable.