Antonyms of verb enable

1 sense of enable

Sense 1
enable -- (render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain")
       Antonym of disable (Sense 1)
      => disable, disenable, incapacitate -- (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enable

1 sense of enable

Sense 1
enable -- (render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")