Synonyms for Avert:

• n.

  •
  • stop,
  • knock something on the head,
  • squash,
  • turn aside,
  • get in the way of something.
  •
  • thwart,
  • study at.
  •
  • pivot,
  • shift.
  •avert (noun)
  • debar,
  • stave off,
  • avoid,
  • head off,
  • obviate.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • bypass,
  • decline,
  • escape,
  • dodge,
  • shrink,
  • recoil,
  • shirk,
  • duck,
  • sidestep,
  • evade,
  • abstain,
  • shun,
  • skip,
  • circumvent,
  • elude.
  •deflect (verb)
  • dis-perse,
  • volte-faced,
  • keeps off,
  • keeping off,
  • volte facing,
  • voltefacing,
  • glanced off,
  • kept off,
  • glancing off,
  • volteface,
  • volte faced,
  • glances off,
  • dis perse,
  • volte-facing,
  • voltefaced,
  • voltefaces.
  •deter (verb)
  • de-barring,
  • re straining,
  • dis-advised,
  • de barring,
  • re-strained,
  • dis advising,
  • disadvised,
  • dis-advises,
  • de bars,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • de bar,
  • dis advise,
  • puts a damper on,
  • dis advises,
  • re strain,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • puts damper on,
  • forfending,
  • de-bar,
  • forfends,
  • de-barred,
  • forfended,
  • dis courages,
  • talked out of,
  • talks out of,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • re-straining,
  • de-bars,
  • re strained,
  • dis-advising,
  • dis courage,
  • putting damper on,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • dis-courage,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • threw cold water on,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • de barred,
  • dis-courages,
  • re strains,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • throws cold water on,
  • re-strain,
  • disadvising,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • re-strains,
  • dis-advise,
  • dis advised,
  • putting a damper on,
  • disadvises.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • ban,
  • check,
  • depress,
  • chill,
  • disincline,
  • discourage,
  • dishearten,
  • dampen,
  • intimidate,
  • derail,
  • admonish,
  • dissuade,
  • restrain,
  • bar,
  • daunt.
  •divert (verb)
  • re direct,
  • re-directs,
  • re directing,
  • re-directed,
  • re-direct,
  • re-directing,
  • re directed,
  • re directs.
  •fend off (verb)
  • keeping at arms length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • re butting,
  • drives back,
  • re pulsing,
  • re buffed,
  • re buffing,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • drove back,
  • re fused,
  • re fuse,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • kept distance,
  • re fuses,
  • re-buffed,
  • kept arm's length,
  • kept arm length,
  • re buff,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffs,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • kept at a distance,
  • kept at arms length,
  • re pulses,
  • keeps arms length,
  • keep a distance,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keeps distance,
  • re-buffing,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • re-butting,
  • re butted,
  • keep at distance,
  • re-fused,
  • re fusing,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeps a distance,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeping at distance,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keep at arms length,
  • re pulsed,
  • re-buffs,
  • re-pulses,
  • kept a distance,
  • fended off,
  • keep arms length,
  • keeping a distance,
  • kept at arm length,
  • re-pulsed,
  • keeping distance,
  • drave back,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • kept at distance,
  • re-butted,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • re-fuse,
  • kept arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keeps at distance.
  •forestall (verb)
  • pre-occupied,
  • fore stalling,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalls,
  • pre-occupies,
  • pre occupies,
  • pre occupy,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-occupying,
  • pre occupied,
  • fore-stall,
  • pre-occupy,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stalling.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • inter-dict,
  • out-lawed,
  • hog tie,
  • with-hold,
  • hanging up,
  • puts brakes,
  • out lawing,
  • put brakes,
  • re pressed,
  • putting brakes,
  • out-lawing,
  • re press,
  • putting on brakes,
  • holding down,
  • with holding,
  • hanged up,
  • with held,
  • with hold,
  • re pressing,
  • with holds,
  • out lawed,
  • with-holds,
  • holds down,
  • with-held,
  • re presses,
  • puts on brakes,
  • re-presses,
  • keeps in,
  • re-pressing,
  • Bitting,
  • inter dict,
  • holds in.
  •keep (verb)
  • de lays,
  • de tains,
  • de-lays,
  • de-tains,
  • de-lay,
  • de-laying,
  • de tain,
  • de laying,
  • de-tain,
  • de lay.
  •motion (verb)
  • avert.
  •obviate (verb)
  • counter-acts,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter-fere,
  • inter feres,
  • re moved,
  • re-moves,
  • inter pose,
  • inter fere,
  • counter act,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter acting,
  • re move,
  • counter-act,
  • inter-posing,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter acts,
  • re-move,
  • re moving,
  • inter posed,
  • inter posing,
  • inter-posed,
  • inter-pose,
  • re-moving.
  •preclude (verb)
  • dis continued,
  • dis continuing,
  • dis-continuing,
  • dis-continue,
  • puts a stop to,
  • makes impracticable,
  • making impracticable,
  • dis-continued,
  • putting a stop to,
  • made impracticable,
  • dis continue,
  • puts stop to,
  • putting stop to,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-continues.
  •prevent (verb)
  • re-strict,
  • pre vent,
  • re strict,
  • kept lid on,
  • nip in bud,
  • defended against,
  • defending against,
  • inter-cept,
  • nip the bud,
  • puts an end to,
  • puts end to,
  • pre-vented,
  • putting an end to,
  • putting end to,
  • pre venting,
  • defends against,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre vented,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vent,
  • keeps lid on,
  • nip bud,
  • pre vents,
  • keeping lid on,
  • inter cept.
  •rule out (verb)
  • ex cept,
  • pro-scribe,
  • pro-scribed,
  • re-canting,
  • leaved out,
  • dis missing,
  • pro scribed,
  • dis-missed,
  • pro scribes,
  • dis missed,
  • not considers,
  • dis-missing,
  • pro scribing,
  • re-canted,
  • pro scribe,
  • ex-cept,
  • re canting.
  •social (verb)
  • Forefend.
  •swing (verb)
  • pendulates,
  • turn on axis,
  • turned axis,
  • turning on axis,
  • being pendent,
  • turning on an axis,
  • am pendent,
  • turning axis,
  • art pendent,
  • turns on an axis,
  • are pendent,
  • awaying,
  • turning an axis,
  • turns an axis,
  • pendulated,
  • wert pendent,
  • turn an axis,
  • turns axis,
  • wast pendent,
  • turn axis,
  • turns on axis,
  • turned an axis,
  • was pendent,
  • is pendent,
  • turns about,
  • turned on an axis,
  • turned on axis,
  • were pendent.
  •thwart; avoid by turning away (verb)
  • frustrate,
  • shove aside,
  • foil,
  • halt,
  • look away.
  •veer (verb)
  • were deflected,
  • makes a left,
  • wast deflected,
  • made a right,
  • made right,
  • are deflected,
  • art deflected,
  • changing course,
  • make left,
  • training off,
  • trains off,
  • making a right,
  • am deflected,
  • was deflected,
  • makes a right,
  • being deflected,
  • trained off,
  • wert deflected,
  • making left,
  • making a left,
  • made a left,
  • made left,
  • makes left,
  • is deflected,
  • changed course.
  •vouch (verb)
  • co signs,
  • gave affidavit,
  • swearing down,
  • acted as witness,
  • rubberstamps,
  • de clare,
  • signing for,
  • swore and down,
  • sware up and down,
  • co signing,
  • swearing up down,
  • bears testimony,
  • acts as a witness,
  • getting behind,
  • cosigning,
  • acting as witness,
  • got behind,
  • signed for,
  • rubber-stamped,
  • gotten behind,
  • cosigned,
  • giving an affidavit,
  • swearing to,
  • cosigns,
  • de-clares,
  • pro-fess,
  • saying so,
  • give affidavit,
  • swearing and down,
  • putting forth,
  • co-signed,
  • swears and down,
  • swears to,
  • co-signs,
  • gave an affidavit,
  • beared testimony,
  • de-clare,
  • co sign,
  • co signed,
  • bore testimony,
  • swears up down,
  • swears up and down,
  • giving affidavit,
  • standing up for,
  • rubber-stamping,
  • says so,
  • attests to,
  • swore down,
  • swear up down,
  • bearing testimony,
  • pro fesses,
  • swore to,
  • art responsible for,
  • swore up down,
  • co-signing,
  • sware up down,
  • was responsible for,
  • gives affidavit,
  • gives an affidavit,
  • were responsible for,
  • gat behind,
  • swore up and down,
  • signs for,
  • bare testimony,
  • pro-fesses,
  • attesting to,
  • acting as a witness,
  • swears down,
  • sware and down,
  • am responsible for,
  • are responsible for,
  • swearing up and down,
  • pro fess,
  • said so,
  • swear and down,
  • acts as witness,
  • being responsible for,
  • sware down,
  • act as witness,
  • wast responsible for,
  • rubberstamping,
  • puts forth,
  • de clares,
  • swear down,
  • wert responsible for,
  • rubberstamped,
  • acted as a witness,
  • sware to.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeping at bay,
  • kept bay,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • keep bay.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • block off,
  • insure against,
  • hold off,
  • keep from,
  • reprieve,
  • guard against,
  • forbid,
  • obstruct.
  •
  • defeat,
  • preempt.
  •
  • cancel.
  •
  • fight.
  •
  • upset.
  •
  • turn.
  •avoid
  • Withdrew,
  • by-passes,
  • stepped aside,
  • turning aside,
  • turned aside,
  • skip out on,
  • by-passed,
  • Shying,
  • shies,
  • shrink from,
  • By-pass,
  • shakes off,
  • Escaping,
  • steer clear of,
  • circumlocute,
  • by-passing,
  • stay out,
  • shuffle off,
  • fake out,
  • faked out,
  • stay away,
  • skip town,
  • give the slip,
  • shake and bake,
  • steering clear of,
  • laid low,
  • run for cover,
  • lay low,
  • skipped town,
  • Shied,
  • step aside,
  • shake off,
  • keep clear.
  •defend
  • Bulwarking,
  • Bulwarked,
  • repel danger,
  • retain,
  • watch over,
  • watched over,
  • look after,
  • Wars,
  • fortify,
  • fight for,
  • looks after,
  • Garrisoning,
  • hold at bay,
  • looking after,
  • cared for,
  • care for,
  • beat off,
  • Garrisoned,
  • looked after,
  • cares for,
  • Housed,
  • keep safe,
  • Warred,
  • panoplied,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • watching over.
  •deflect
  • covering up,
  • Slipped,
  • covered up,
  • slipping,
  • fend,
  • glance off,
  • keep off,
  • volte-faces,
  • Slewed,
  • covers up,
  • volte-face,
  • cover up,
  • wheeled,
  • Sheered,
  • slewing,
  • Parried,
  • sheers,
  • Sheering.
  •deviate
  • edge off,
  • take a turn,
  • swim against stream,
  • go off on tangent,
  • bear off,
  • go haywire,
  • go amiss,
  • break pattern,
  • go out of control,
  • bend the rules,
  • takes a turn,
  • leave beaten path,
  • not conform,
  • circumlocate,
  • depart from,
  • go out of way,
  • aberrated,
  • angle off,
  • get around,
  • getting around,
  • aberrate,
  • not conforming.
  •fend off
  • drive back,
  • keep distance,
  • driving back,
  • keep at a distance,
  • keep arm's length,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • Repulsing,
  • fending off.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •rule out
  • leaving out,
  • not considering,
  • leaves out,
  • not consider,
  • not considered,
  • leave out.
  •stave
  • stave.

Paraphrases for Avert:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    avoid, Averted.
  • Verb, base form
    forestall, stave.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Avoiding.
  • Verb, base form
    prevents, divert, deter, eliminate, Eliminating, obviate, remove, distract, pre-empt, thwart, stop, reverse, Reversing, counter, circumvent, overcome, discourage, defuse, evade, preclude, deflect, frustrate, eradicate, refrain, address, tackle, resist, eschew, resolve, avertany, ensure, preempt, dissuade, minimize, save, saving, bypass, impede, escape, curb, exclude, relieve, restrain, side-step, halt, dispel, obstruct, remedy, hinder, spare, mitigate, hijack, suppress, combat, negate, warn, reduce, protect, discard, steer, sidestep, rectify, curtail, interdict, derail.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    counteract, avoid, alleviate, Avoiding.

Antonyms for Avert:

• v.

  • thwart; avoid by turning away
    allow, support, aid, assist, help.
  • Other antonyms:
    nurture, unclog, cultivate.

Homophones for Avert:

• abort, apart, apartheid, Afro hairdo, abrade, abfarad, afeared, aboard, afford, aberrate, abroad, aborad, afraid, avaritia, afeard, aboveboard, aphrodite.

Hyponym for Avert:

• v.

  • motion
    turn.
  • social
    foreclose, prevent, forbid, forestall, preclude.