Synonyms for Averting:

• adj.

  •defensive (adjective)
  • Interrupting,
  • in opposition,
  • coping with,
  • on guard,
  • preservative.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • defensive.
  •preventive (adjective)
  • preemptive.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • averting.
  •aversion (noun)
  • aversion.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • bar,
  • avoidance,
  • prevention,
  • shunning,
  • dodging,
  • turning away.

• v.

  •avoiding (verb)
  • shirking,
  • Recoiling,
  • declining,
  • shrinking,
  • Avoiding,
  • Escaping,
  • bypassing,
  • sidestepping,
  • Evading,
  • Abstaining,
  • Circumventing,
  • eluding,
  • ducking,
  • Skipping.
  •defending (verb)
  • returning,
  • arguing,
  • Securing,
  • Policing,
  • answering,
  • guarding,
  • saving,
  • Fending,
  • supporting,
  • Rebutting,
  • Sustaining,
  • covering,
  • screening,
  • opposing,
  • shielding,
  • upholding,
  • Retorting,
  • buffering,
  • defending,
  • Replying,
  • countering,
  • safeguarding,
  • counterattacking,
  • Resisting,
  • backfiring,
  • Warding,
  • Barricading,
  • protecting,
  • Sheltering,
  • Responding.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • dampening,
  • barring,
  • discouraging,
  • daunting,
  • Preventing,
  • intimidating,
  • banning,
  • inhibiting,
  • diverting,
  • disheartening,
  • Deflecting,
  • Derailing,
  • Disinclining,
  • Restraining,
  • Checking,
  • Dissuading,
  • chilling,
  • admonishing,
  • Deterring,
  • depressing.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • disconfirming,
  • charm,
  • preservation,
  • stripe,
  • frolic,
  • stray,
  • temperature reduction,
  • on one's guard,
  • load-bearing,
  • redemptive,
  • shivery,
  • sickness,
  • cark,
  • wander,
  • juggle,
  • think of,
  • lark about,
  • degenerate,
  • gross out,
  • justificatory,
  • bend,
  • captivate,
  • keep off,
  • curse,
  • saloon,
  • void,
  • think about,
  • disputation,
  • entrance,
  • blackball,
  • reproachful,
  • set forth,
  • pervert,
  • animus,
  • encouraging,
  • disfavor,
  • block up,
  • cover,
  • contestation,
  • legal profession,
  • disfavour,
  • preclusion,
  • evasion,
  • trance,
  • indisposition,
  • measure,
  • slacking,
  • support,
  • vary,
  • enchant,
  • ginmill,
  • annul,
  • quit,
  • loathly,
  • flirt with,
  • enamor,
  • barricade,
  • demoralising,
  • enamour,
  • run around,
  • natural covering,
  • grievance,
  • exclude,
  • defensive attitude,
  • elusion,
  • reversive,
  • hostility,
  • economy,
  • goldbricking,
  • amusing,
  • fend off,
  • foeman,
  • catch,
  • hold,
  • scary,
  • hoodwink,
  • go away,
  • immersion,
  • dousing,
  • refuse,
  • turnout,
  • shrinkage,
  • antagonism,
  • stop,
  • slip,
  • lark,
  • revolting,
  • divagate,
  • barroom,
  • foe,
  • rollick,
  • contention,
  • hesitation,
  • reluctance,
  • ward off,
  • becharm,
  • sicken,
  • scheme,
  • cheerless,
  • pull up stakes,
  • taproom,
  • detestation,
  • oppositeness,
  • leave,
  • repellent,
  • nullify,
  • showing,
  • cooling,
  • goofing off,
  • harbour,
  • block off,
  • opponent,
  • resistance,
  • forbiddance,
  • respondent,
  • viewing,
  • obviation,
  • redeeming,
  • play,
  • condemnation,
  • aberrant,
  • mutual exclusiveness,
  • head off,
  • score,
  • bewitch,
  • railroad siding,
  • tilt,
  • loathsome,
  • siding,
  • hate,
  • turn down,
  • repulsive force,
  • stew,
  • cavort,
  • set out,
  • loathing,
  • start out,
  • disquiet,
  • skanky,
  • relegate,
  • browning automatic rifle,
  • moistening,
  • controversy,
  • excreting,
  • inconsistency,
  • cake,
  • trouble,
  • caper,
  • coating,
  • skylark,
  • toy with,
  • set off,
  • shuddery,
  • foul,
  • hindering,
  • standoff,
  • enemy,
  • sport,
  • harbor,
  • disorder,
  • swerve,
  • bad blood,
  • evacuation,
  • deviant,
  • capture,
  • application,
  • straggle,
  • preclusive,
  • distasteful,
  • fascinate,
  • demoralizing,
  • quash,
  • perturb,
  • part,
  • pre-emptive,
  • hive off,
  • wicked,
  • amusive,
  • forbidding,
  • uncheerful,
  • disgusting,
  • masking,
  • soldiering,
  • dispiriting,
  • repel,
  • upon one's guard,
  • ban,
  • excretion,
  • go,
  • disgustful,
  • legal community,
  • romp,
  • dodge,
  • nurse,
  • blockade,
  • take off,
  • duck hunting,
  • reject,
  • justificative,
  • deliverance,
  • debar,
  • opposite,
  • incompatibility,
  • admonitory,
  • obstructive,
  • reverting,
  • elimination,
  • revolt,
  • veering,
  • unhinge,
  • escape,
  • disapproval,
  • streak,
  • reproving,
  • on your guard,
  • stave off,
  • confrontation,
  • yucky,
  • take leave,
  • invalidate,
  • argument,
  • frisk,
  • fillet,
  • submersion,
  • rescue,
  • delivery,
  • banish,
  • repellant,
  • ill will,
  • hesitancy,
  • block,
  • start,
  • obviate,
  • parry,
  • nauseate,
  • churn up.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • disinclination,
  • digress,
  • Suspending,
  • Distracting,
  • Obstructing,
  • depart,
  • Shunting,
  • avoid,
  • divert,
  • odium,
  • Nullifying,
  • Detracting,
  • abhorrence,
  • eschewing,
  • Sidetracking,
  • distract,
  • entertain,
  • swerving,
  • execration,
  • voiding,
  • stopping,
  • obviating,
  • deviate,
  • impeding,
  • enmity,
  • beguile,
  • animosity,
  • turn away,
  • nausea,
  • Staving,
  • horror,
  • opposition,
  • Debarring,
  • sidetrack,
  • distaste,
  • Repulsing,
  • invalidating,
  • grudge,
  • disgust,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • Deviating,
  • deflect,
  • disport,
  • Annulling,
  • repulsion,
  • dislike,
  • amuse,
  • avert,
  • Precluding,
  • abomination,
  • hatred,
  • repelling,
  • diverge,
  • Quashing,
  • forestalling,
  • Refusing,
  • revulsion,
  • gambol,
  • repugnance,
  • antipathy.

Paraphrases for Averting:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    forestalling, Avoiding.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    thwarting, Mitigating, Restraining, Eliminating, diverting, Removing, Circumventing, discouraging, Deterring, resolving, alerting, obviating, minimising, stopping, Curtailing, relocating, Evading, Distracting, Refraining, Preempting, defusing, Anticipating, redirecting, halting, Distorting, tackling, Reversing, Correcting, impeding, Obstructing, Intercepting, countering, redressing, Hampering, Disrupting, Precluding, Dispelling, hindering, Prohibiting, bypassing, Escaping, sparing, ensuring, disregarding, dissolving, warning, stealing, Deflecting, Transferring, disqualifying, curbing, Rejecting, Discarding, weaning, skirting, guarding, Combating, combatting, inhibiting, Stamping, forbidding, Channelling, incurring, barring, hijacking, informing, Dismissing, dealing, banning, Notifying, telling, misusing, blocking, dodging, failing, Denying, fighting, twisting, shirking, shunning, jacking, dropping, shifting.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Counteracting.

Antonyms for Averting:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    assistance, advancement, aid, encouragement, promotion, cultivation, nurture, backing, support, facilitation.

Homophones for Averting:

• appurtenance, Aberdeen Angus, apportioning.

Hyponym for Averting:

• n.

  • act
    bar, prevention.