Home › Words › F › forestallerforestallerforestaller means agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.; One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.EtymologyFrom Middle English forstaller, forstallor, forstallar, equivalent to forestall + -er.nounAgent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.; One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.; A device that overrides an automatic brake signal.Agent noun of forestall: one who, or that which, forestalls.; One who obstructs a road, especially in order to intercept traffic.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forestalling 83% match — The act of one who forestalls. vs forestaller →forestallment 77% match — The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion. vs forestaller →forestall 75% match — To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. vs forestaller →forestallingly 74% match — In a forestalling manner vs forestaller →foresnatch 62% match — To snatch in advance. vs forestaller →forestate 61% match — To state in advance vs forestaller →forecomer 60% match — One who comes before (i.e. prior to or ahead of); a predecessor, antecedent, or ancestor. vs forestaller →forespend 59% match — To spend beforehand or in advance. vs forestaller →