Clues for the word "DETER"
We've had 109 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 781 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on May 22, 2026.
Definition of deter
- v. t. - To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Referring Clues
- Hold off
- Restrain through intimidation
- Discourage from acting
- Prevent from acting
- Inhibit
- Frighten off
- Hinder
- Discourage
- Dissuade
- Ward off
- Impede
- Intimidate
- Put a damper on
- Block
- Prevent
- Scare off
- Keep (from)
- Stop, perhaps
- Stop
- Dissuade by threat, maybe
- Prevent through intimidation
- Check
- Try to prevent
- Put off
- Fend off
- Frustrate
- Chill
- Steer away
- Give pause to
- Act as a disincentive to
- Get in the way of
- Talk out of
- Dissuade from acting
- Stop from doing
- Thwart
- Block the path of
- A way to discourage
- Construct a roadblock
- Prevent from proceeding
- Be a disincentive to
- Advise against
- Advise against
- Turn aside
- Restrain
- Discourage from proceeding
- Hamper
- Keep (from doing)
- Restrain from acting
- Head off
- Block or dissuade
- Hold up
- Be an obstacle to
- Engage in discouragement
- Try to stop
- Hardly encourage
- Hold back
- Stave off
- Stand in the way of
- Impede the progress of
- Arrest
- Prevent from progressing
- Keep from happening
- Check from an act
- Daunt
- Prevent from doing something
- Attempt to prevent
- Put the brakes on
- Talk out of; discourage
- Hinder the progress of
- Put off in high-altitude terrain
- Cleaners don't have gents to put off
- Discourage, dissuade
- Check temperature inside animal
- Discourage (from)
- Animals eating dirt ultimately put off
- Discourage resolve when setter's missing
- Stop in the shade, terribly hot
- "Will discourage a slimmer", I put in
- Discourage venison suppliers heartlessly!
- Prevent animal swallowing the tin-opener
- Put off some French potatoes
- Put off before Araucaria's to decide
- Prevent by instilling fear
- Cleaners don't have gents to check
- Cleaner man wanted to supply disincentive
- Put off portion of French potatoes
- Stop some French potatoes
- Over time does, for example, hold back
- Put off, I must abandon one dropping pounds
- Discourage alien wearing red woolly
- Discourage Mr Heath's reflection on the monarch
- Discourage TV serial killer, withholding kiss
- Put off by animals ingesting source of tuberculosis
- Put off, in crude terms
- Put off cleaner gent jilted
- Check odd elements of diet theory
- Make think twice
- Forestall
- Discourage animal going round edge of forest
- Prevent via intimidation
- Cleaner doesn't have gent to put off
- Frighten (from)
- Put off changing temperature to Fahrenheit - it's really just the same
- Help prevent
- Nip in the bud
- Discourage 50% of firm
- Intimidate the deer around central Austria
- Hinder animals going around the outback
- Frighten off, as from doing something
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 19, 2026
- LA Times - April 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 19, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2025
- LA Times - November 27, 2025
- Daily American - November 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 14, 2025
- And in 751 more crossword puzzles...