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Avoid

🔄 Synonyms of "Avoid"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
voidnoun	Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
nullifyverb	To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
annulverb	(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
invalidateverb	To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
abstain from	—
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.
refrain from	—
keep offverb	(ambitransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
keep fromverb	To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
desist from	—
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
forbear from	—

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
facenoun	(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
validateverb	(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
confrontverb	(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
formalizeverb	To give something a formal or official standing.
face upverb	To confront an unpleasant situation

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
keep offverb	(ambitransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
keep fromverb	To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
nullifyverb	To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
annulverb	(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
invalidateverb	To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
voidverb	(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
abstain fromverb	—
desist fromverb	—
refrain fromverb	—
eschewverb	(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
avoidancenoun	The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.