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Avert

🔄 Synonyms of "Avert"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Avert"

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Word	Definition
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
avoidancenoun	The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
precludeverb	(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
shunverb	(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
eschewverb	(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
deterverb	(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
refrainverb	(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
avoidingnoun	Avoidance.