What is another word for avert?
602 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐvˈɜːt], [ ɐvˈɜːt], [ ɐ_v_ˈɜː_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for avert:- avert (noun)
- avoid (verb)
- deflect (verb)
- deter (verb)
- dissuade (verb)
- divert (verb)
- fend off (verb)
- forestall (verb)
- inhibit (verb)
- keep (verb)
- motion (verb)
- obviate (verb)
- preclude (verb)
- prevent (verb)
- rule out (verb)
- social (verb)
- swing (verb)
- thwart; avoid by turning away (verb)
- veer (verb)
- vouch (verb)
- ward/ward off (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- defend
- deflect
- deviate
- fend off
- protect
- rule out
- stave
Synonyms for Avert:
n.
•avert (noun)v.
•avoid (verb)- bypass,
- decline,
- escape,
- dodge,
- shrink,
- recoil,
- shirk,
- duck,
- sidestep,
- evade,
- abstain,
- shun,
- skip,
- circumvent,
- elude.
- 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.
- 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.
- ban,
- check,
- depress,
- chill,
- disincline,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dampen,
- intimidate,
- derail,
- admonish,
- dissuade,
- restrain,
- bar,
- daunt.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- cancel.
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- fight.
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- upset.
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- turn.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Avoiding.
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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.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
counteract, avoid, alleviate, Avoiding.
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Verb, base form
Antonyms for Avert:
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v.
Homophones for Avert:
- abort, apart, apartheid, Afro hairdo, abrade, abfarad, afeared, aboard, afford, aberrate, abroad, aborad, afraid, avaritia, afeard, aboveboard, aphrodite.