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Deflect

🔄 Synonyms of "Deflect"

15 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.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
deviateverb	(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
bendnoun	(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
distractverb	(transitive) To divert the attention of.
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.
draw awayverb	(intransitive) To move away.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
parrynoun	To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deflect"

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Word	Definition
distractverb	(transitive) To divert the attention of.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
draw awayverb	(intransitive) To move away.
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
deviateverb	(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
bendverb	(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
parryverb	To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
blockverb	(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
divertverb	(transitive) To turn aside from a course.
destabilizeverb	(transitive) To make something unstable.
detourverb	A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
divergeverb	(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
misappropriateverb	(transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.