Synonyms for veto
ˈvi toʊve·to

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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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1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   It may be a situation where the president doesn't even have to veto it because there are now legitimate questions that are being raised about whether or not it's actually going to even pass the Senate.

2. Ryan Bernstein:

   The president ... is basically threatening a veto this time, Obviously, this makes it harder to gather votes.

3. William Howell:

   I have to see what his veto message said.

4. Marco Rubio:

   He talks tough on some of these issues. For example, he was going to carpet bomb ISIS. But the only budget he's ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it, he voted against the Defense Authorization Act every year that it came up. And I assume that if he voted against it, he would veto it as president.

5. President Biden:

   My comments created the impression that I was issuing a veto threat on the very plan I had just agreed to, which was certainly not my intent.