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Disable

🔄 Synonyms of "Disable"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
invalidnoun	Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
handicapnoun	Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
incapacitateverb	To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
disenableverb	(transitive) To disable (render unable)

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
enableverb	To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
incapacitateverb	To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
handicapnoun	Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
disenableverb	(transitive) To disable (render unable)
invalidnoun	Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
maimverb	To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
idleverb	Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
inactivitynoun	The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
inactivateverb	(transitive) To make inactive.
quiesceverb	(intransitive) To become quiet or quieter.
neutraliseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.]
neutralisationnoun	(British spelling) The act of neutralising.
neutralizeverb	(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
neutralizationnoun	The act of neutralizing.
deactivateverb	(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
invalidateverb	To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
mutenoun	Not having the power of speech; dumb.
inactivenoun	Not active, temporarily or permanently.
downverb	(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
disqualifyverb	(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
interruptverb	(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.