Definition for Avoid:

• refrain from doing something; " She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; " He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"

Synonyms for Avoid:

• n.

  •
  • escape from,
  • draw back,
  • let well enough alone,
  • give a wide berth,
  • refrain from,
  • go off,
  • flee from,
  • abstain from,
  • shake off,
  • fight shy of,
  • recoil from,
  • withdraw,
  • skirt,
  • keep clear of.
  •
  • have no truck with,
  • give a wide berth to.
  •
  • snub.
  •avoid (noun)
  • deflect,
  • keep off,
  • obviate,
  • debar,
  • quash,
  • nullify,
  • stave off,
  • annul,
  • void,
  • head off,
  • invalidate.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • elude,
  • dodge,
  • bypass,
  • shrink,
  • shun,
  • duck,
  • skip,
  • shirk,
  • recoil.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • hang back.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shrink from,
  • obstruct,
  • guard against,
  • reprieve,
  • preclude,
  • pass by,
  • repulse,
  • steer clear of,
  • cold shoulder,
  • rebuff,
  • stay away,
  • forbid,
  • shy away,
  • circumnavigate,
  • forestall.
  •
  • defeat,
  • burke,
  • preempt,
  • detour,
  • endure.
  •
  • hold back,
  • berth.
  •
  • save.
  •
  • fight.
  •
  • upset.
  •
  • check.
  •back down
  • chicken out.
  •back out
  • weasel out.
  •beware
  • be cautious,
  • be wary,
  • keep one's distance.
  •dislike
  • shudder at,
  • Mislike.
  •escape
  • run off,
  • lam,
  • get out,
  • fly the coop,
  • cut and run,
  • run away,
  • make oneself scarce,
  • take flight,
  • take a powder.
  •eschew
  • shy away from,
  • forswear,
  • not touch,
  • swear off.
  •evade
  • pussyfoot.
  •quibble
  • quibble,
  • pettifog.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •withdraw
  • back out.

Paraphrases for Avoid:

• Equivalence

  • Foreign word
    Avoiding.
  • Adjective
    Avoiding.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Avoided, avert, Avoiding.
  • Adverb
    Avoiding.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    unavoidable.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    avoidable, inevitable, Preventing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Does, Preventing.
  • Noun, plural
    safeguards, Risks, definitions, tasks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Preventing.
  • Adverb
    inevitably.
  • Verb, past tense
    Prevented, saved, Dodged, Spared.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    discourage, eschew.
  • Verb, base form
    evade, circumvent, obviate, escape, sidestep, preclude, shirk, elude, pre-empt, remove, save, stave, discourage, overcome, protect, exclude, impede, ignore, eschew, avertany, eradicate, dispel, divert, relieve, omit, alleviate, hinder, subtract, flee, discard, thwart, beware, address, abandon, ward, mitigate, override, swerve, curb, forego, steer, void, cancel, waive, abrogate, solve, resolve, withhold, withstand, withdraw.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    avoids.
  • Proper noun, singular
    avoids.
  • Noun, plural
    avoids.
  • Verb, base form
    side-step, counteract, avert, unavoidable.

Antonyms for Avoid:

• v.

  • communication
    confront.
  • Other antonyms:
    incur, pursue, validate, lay down, embrace, command, ratify, legalize, endorse, order, decree, establish, found, permit, warrant, catch, sanction, welcome, legislate, pass, contract, institute, mandate, legitimize, legitimate, approve, enact, authorize, allow, seek, prescribe, clear.

Homophones for Avoid:

• apathy, abut, au fait, avid, avowed, apodidae, abwatt, abbot, abet, about, apidae, aphididae, afoot, abide, abode, avidity, aphidoidea, aptitude, abate, abaft, apoidea, apt, appetite, aviate, aft, aphid, a bit, apatite.

Hypernym for Avoid:

• v.

  • communication
    get by, shun, evade, stay off, parry, miss, get around, short-circuit, elude, fudge, hedge, shy away from, duck, get out, circumvent, go around, escape, sidestep, put off, shirk, get away, bypass, keep off, eschew, skirt, dodge, get off.
  • social
    goldbrick, fiddle, shrink from, shirk.