Synonyms for Avoid:

• n.

  •
  • study at escape,
  • abstain from,
  • skirt,
  • withdraw,
  • shake off,
  • let alone,
  • flee from,
  • escape from,
  • flinch from (doing) something,
  • keep out of the way,
  • give one the slip,
  • edge off,
  • wriggle out of (doing) something,
  • let well enough alone,
  • keep clear of,
  • recoil from,
  • fight shy of,
  • hold oneself aloof from,
  • avert the eyes,
  • keep in the background,
  • give a wide berth,
  • malinger,
  • stay back,
  • refrain from,
  • go off,
  • lay off,
  • keep at a respectful distance,
  • draw back,
  • keep oneself aloof.
  •
  • give a wide berth to,
  • squash,
  • knock something on the head,
  • have no truck with,
  • get in the way of something.
  •
  • stand up,
  • snub,
  • keep your distance,
  • get/be given the cold shoulder.
  •
  • pass.
  •
  • clear.
  •annul (noun)
  • annul.
  •avoid (noun)
  • keep off,
  • void,
  • deflect,
  • nullify,
  • quash,
  • debar,
  • invalidate,
  • head off,
  • stave off,
  • obviate.
  •gloss over (noun)
  • gloss.

• v.

  •abstain (verb)
  • fence-sits,
  • sit fence,
  • took the cure,
  • sate fence,
  • sits on fence,
  • went on wagon,
  • passing up,
  • going on wagon,
  • goes the wagon,
  • sit on hands,
  • sits on one hands,
  • sate on ones hands,
  • sit the fence,
  • went on the wagon,
  • took cure,
  • denies oneself,
  • sate hands,
  • goes on wagon,
  • going the wagon,
  • sate on fence,
  • took pledge,
  • sat on the fence,
  • sat on ones hands,
  • sat the fence,
  • sat on hands,
  • takes cure,
  • sits on one's hands,
  • re fused,
  • sits the fence,
  • went the wagon,
  • fence-sat,
  • gave go by,
  • denied oneself,
  • sitting hands,
  • sate on the fence,
  • gave the go by,
  • sate the fence,
  • re-fuse,
  • sitting fence,
  • takes pledge,
  • sitting on ones hands,
  • fence sit,
  • gives go by,
  • take pledge,
  • gives the go by,
  • re-fusing,
  • fencesitting,
  • keeps from,
  • sat one's hands,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • kept from,
  • giving the go by,
  • sate on hands,
  • sits ones hands,
  • sitting one's hands,
  • sitting on one's hands,
  • taking cure,
  • fencesits,
  • takes the cure,
  • sit ones hands,
  • goes wagon,
  • sits one hands,
  • fence sat,
  • sits one's hands,
  • denying oneself,
  • sits on the fence,
  • give go by,
  • go on wagon,
  • sat fence,
  • went wagon,
  • sitting on one hands,
  • re fuses,
  • sitting the fence,
  • sat on one hands,
  • sate ones hands,
  • takes the pledge,
  • sits fence,
  • sat one hands,
  • sat hands,
  • sits on hands,
  • sits out,
  • sit on one hands,
  • sits on ones hands,
  • sat on one's hands,
  • fencesit,
  • re-fused,
  • keeping from,
  • fencesat,
  • with held,
  • sits hands,
  • take cure,
  • going wagon,
  • fence sitting,
  • sitting on fence,
  • sitting one hands,
  • sit hands,
  • sitting on hands,
  • sat on fence,
  • going on the wagon,
  • sit one's hands,
  • with-holds,
  • sit one hands,
  • with-held,
  • re fuse,
  • sate out,
  • fence sits,
  • with holding,
  • with hold,
  • taking the pledge,
  • go wagon,
  • giving go by,
  • sate on one hands,
  • sitting on the fence,
  • with-hold,
  • sitting out,
  • sate on one's hands,
  • sate one hands,
  • taking pledge,
  • re-fuses,
  • with holds,
  • sit on ones hands,
  • passes up,
  • sat ones hands,
  • sate one's hands,
  • go the wagon,
  • sitting ones hands,
  • re fusing.
  •avert (verb)
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore-stalls,
  • shoves aside,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore stalling,
  • looks away,
  • looked away,
  • fore stalls,
  • looking away,
  • turns aside,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore-stalled,
  • shoving aside.
  •avoid (verb)
  • elude,
  • dodge,
  • bypass,
  • shrink,
  • shun,
  • duck,
  • skip,
  • shirk,
  • recoil.
  •back out (verb)
  • sur-renders,
  • gotten cold feet,
  • re canted,
  • sur render,
  • re-signed,
  • sur-rendered,
  • wiggling out,
  • sur rendering,
  • re signing,
  • re-signing,
  • threw in the towel,
  • begs off,
  • blew it off,
  • re-signs,
  • got cold feet,
  • wiggled out,
  • sur rendered,
  • Re sign,
  • throws the towel,
  • blows off,
  • blows it off,
  • re-canting,
  • blowing it off,
  • weaseled out,
  • sur-rendering,
  • threw towel,
  • throwing in towel,
  • re signs,
  • threw the towel,
  • throws in the towel,
  • wormed out,
  • shying from,
  • sur-render,
  • gat cold feet,
  • weasels out,
  • throwing towel,
  • threw in towel,
  • worms out,
  • getting cold feet,
  • throws towel,
  • begging off,
  • re signed,
  • wiggles out,
  • weaseling out,
  • re-sign,
  • re canting,
  • throw towel,
  • re-canted,
  • throws in towel,
  • shied from,
  • blew off,
  • shies from,
  • throwing the towel,
  • gets cold feet,
  • worming out,
  • throw the towel,
  • sur renders,
  • begged off,
  • blowing off.
  •beware (verb)
  • kept distance,
  • keeping eyes open,
  • watches one's step,
  • keep on ones toes,
  • is wary,
  • walks eggs,
  • wast wary,
  • guarded against,
  • mind p's q's,
  • keeps on one's toes,
  • is cautious,
  • keeping on toes,
  • art cautious,
  • steers clear of,
  • being wary,
  • keep one distance,
  • minds ps and qs,
  • keep one's toes,
  • be wared,
  • keep on toes,
  • minded ps and qs,
  • watched ones step,
  • keeping on ones toes,
  • watches out,
  • refrains from,
  • keeps on ones toes,
  • keeps one's distance,
  • am wary,
  • keep on one toes,
  • watches one step,
  • watched out,
  • walked on eggs,
  • keeping on one toes,
  • keeps one toes,
  • minded p's and q's,
  • be-waring,
  • keeps one distance,
  • watches step,
  • kept eyes open,
  • kept toes,
  • wert wary,
  • walks on eggs,
  • minded p's q's,
  • mind ps and qs,
  • watched step,
  • keeps on one toes,
  • kept one's distance,
  • keeping one's toes,
  • watching step,
  • watches ones step,
  • minded p and q,
  • took heed,
  • be waring,
  • takes heed,
  • minding ps and qs,
  • keep one toes,
  • kept one toes,
  • keeps toes,
  • guards against,
  • keeping ones toes,
  • minding ps qs,
  • keeps ones distance,
  • keeping toes,
  • keeping ones distance,
  • mind ps qs,
  • takes care,
  • took care,
  • kept one's toes,
  • refrained from,
  • kept ones toes,
  • minded p q,
  • watch ones step,
  • being cautious,
  • walking eggs,
  • was cautious,
  • keeping one's distance,
  • watch one step,
  • keep ones distance,
  • keeping one toes,
  • was wary,
  • minding p q,
  • be-wares,
  • keeps distance,
  • watching one step,
  • art wary,
  • are wary,
  • be wares,
  • wert cautious,
  • watched one step,
  • were wary,
  • watching ones step,
  • walked eggs,
  • keep toes,
  • keeps eyes open,
  • keep ones toes,
  • kept on one toes,
  • kept on ones toes,
  • am cautious,
  • minds p q,
  • be-wared,
  • watch step,
  • minding p's q's,
  • be ware,
  • guarding against,
  • keeping one distance,
  • minds p's q's,
  • kept on one's toes,
  • mind p q,
  • keeps one's toes,
  • keeps on toes,
  • watched one's step,
  • keeping distance,
  • wast cautious,
  • minds p's and q's,
  • mind p and q,
  • kept ones distance,
  • minded ps qs,
  • are cautious,
  • steered clear of,
  • kept one distance,
  • minds p and q,
  • walk eggs,
  • be-ware,
  • minds ps qs,
  • refraining from,
  • keeps ones toes,
  • were cautious,
  • kept on toes,
  • minding p and q.
  •boycott (verb)
  • pro scribes,
  • out lawing,
  • holding aloof from,
  • pro-scribe,
  • out lawed,
  • iced out,
  • pro scribing,
  • holds aloof from,
  • pro scribed,
  • withheld patronage,
  • withholding patronage,
  • held aloof from,
  • out-lawing,
  • out-lawed,
  • pro-scribing,
  • withholds patronage,
  • pro-scribed,
  • icing out,
  • ices out,
  • pro-scribes,
  • pro scribe.
  •chicken out (verb)
  • with drawing,
  • turned yellow,
  • funked out,
  • funking out,
  • having no stomach for,
  • wimping out,
  • hath no stomach for,
  • wimps out,
  • had no stomach for,
  • with drawn,
  • with-drawn,
  • turns yellow,
  • with draw,
  • has no stomach for,
  • with-draw,
  • funks out,
  • haddest no stomach for,
  • with-drawing,
  • with-drew,
  • with drew,
  • wimped out,
  • with draws,
  • gives way,
  • hadst no stomach for,
  • hast no stomach for.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • dis appointed,
  • dis appoint,
  • dis appointing,
  • by pass,
  • by passed,
  • be guiles,
  • de toured,
  • over reaches,
  • out flanking,
  • out witted,
  • gotten around,
  • out-flank,
  • out flanks,
  • out-flanks,
  • dis appoints,
  • out flank,
  • out-witting,
  • de tours,
  • dis-appoints,
  • out-flanking,
  • de-touring,
  • gat around,
  • over-reach,
  • out-wit,
  • dis-appoint,
  • de-toured,
  • be-guile,
  • out wits,
  • gets around,
  • over-reaching,
  • got around,
  • be guile,
  • out flanked,
  • over reaching,
  • over reached,
  • over reach,
  • over-reaches,
  • over-reached,
  • dis-appointed,
  • out-witted,
  • by passes,
  • de touring,
  • dis-appointing,
  • de tour,
  • out-wits,
  • by passing,
  • de-tours,
  • de-tour,
  • out-flanked,
  • out witting,
  • be-guiles.
  •communication (verb)
  • avoid.
  •decline (verb)
  • don't buying,
  • begging be excused,
  • dis approved,
  • dis-missed,
  • not accepts,
  • de-clines,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dis-approves,
  • begged be excused,
  • de-cline,
  • re-probate,
  • beg be excused,
  • begging to be excused,
  • de clines,
  • sending regrets,
  • nixed,
  • de cline,
  • re probated,
  • dis-approve,
  • don't buys,
  • sent regrets,
  • dis-missing,
  • begged to be excused,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-approving,
  • dont buying,
  • dis missed,
  • re probates,
  • sends regrets,
  • dont bought,
  • dis missing,
  • don't bought,
  • re-probating,
  • dis approving,
  • not accepting,
  • dont buy,
  • re-probates,
  • re probating,
  • dis-approved,
  • re probate,
  • re-probated,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • begs to be excused,
  • dont buys,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis approve,
  • begs be excused.
  •desist (verb)
  • haddest done with,
  • sur ceases,
  • sur-ceasing,
  • dis continued,
  • dis continue,
  • not did,
  • has done with,
  • hath done with,
  • gives over,
  • sur-ceased,
  • gave over,
  • hast done with,
  • dis continues,
  • dis continuing,
  • having done with,
  • had done with,
  • dis-continuing,
  • sur ceasing,
  • sur-ceases,
  • dis-continued,
  • sur-cease,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-continue,
  • sur cease,
  • sur ceased,
  • hadst done with.
  •dislike (verb)
  • am averse to,
  • dis esteemed,
  • art allergic to,
  • wert averse to,
  • hadst hard feelings,
  • dis relished,
  • dis-relishes,
  • grossedding out on,
  • is averse to,
  • being turned off to,
  • not endures,
  • de testing,
  • art turned to,
  • be turned to,
  • art averse to,
  • making faces at,
  • dis liked,
  • being turned to,
  • dis relishes,
  • grosseds out on,
  • dis-liking,
  • haddest no taste for,
  • lost interest in,
  • dis-favor,
  • is allergic to,
  • objecting to,
  • de-tested,
  • de tested,
  • antipathizing,
  • antipathized,
  • not feel likes,
  • hadst no taste for,
  • am allergic to,
  • had no taste for,
  • makes faces at,
  • grossedded out on,
  • hast hard feelings,
  • dis esteem,
  • bearing malice toward,
  • dis relish,
  • dis-relished,
  • wert turned to,
  • hath hard feelings,
  • dis-relish,
  • wast turned off to,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • not endured,
  • dis relishing,
  • wert allergic to,
  • had hard feelings,
  • shudders at,
  • art turned off to,
  • were averse to,
  • re-sent,
  • were allergic to,
  • loses interest in,
  • dis esteeming,
  • dis-esteems,
  • are averse to,
  • antipathizes,
  • hath no taste for,
  • has no taste for,
  • not feel liking,
  • de-testing,
  • was turned to,
  • bears malice toward,
  • dis-liked,
  • haddest hard feelings,
  • looked down on,
  • dis-relishing,
  • am turned to,
  • not enduring,
  • is turned to,
  • objects to,
  • wast turned to,
  • was averse to,
  • bare malice toward,
  • being averse to,
  • bore malice toward,
  • were turned to,
  • wert turned off to,
  • having hard feelings,
  • was turned off to,
  • am turned off to,
  • re-sents,
  • re sents,
  • re sent,
  • shuddered at,
  • having no taste for,
  • was allergic to,
  • are allergic to,
  • not appreciating,
  • made faces at,
  • objected to,
  • dis-favored,
  • hast no taste for,
  • dis favored,
  • is turned off to,
  • losing interest in,
  • are turned to,
  • being allergic to,
  • were turned off to,
  • dis-favoring,
  • dis favoring,
  • shuddering at,
  • dis-esteem,
  • has hard feelings,
  • dis favors,
  • dis favor,
  • wast allergic to,
  • not appreciated,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • are turned off to,
  • not appreciates,
  • not feel liked,
  • wast averse to,
  • dis liking,
  • dis esteems,
  • beared malice toward.
  •escape (verb)
  • go scotfree,
  • working out of,
  • making scarce,
  • dis-appear,
  • de parting,
  • runs out on,
  • wriggling out,
  • going scotfree,
  • wrought out of,
  • takes the lam,
  • took the lam,
  • dis-appeared,
  • dis appeared,
  • made oneself scarce,
  • de-part,
  • got away with,
  • took on lam,
  • take on lam,
  • works out of,
  • flies the coop,
  • takes powder,
  • dis appear,
  • de-camps,
  • plays hooky,
  • take the lam,
  • de camped,
  • took powder,
  • goes scot free,
  • going scot free,
  • taking lam,
  • take powder,
  • cuts and run,
  • getting away with,
  • going scot-free,
  • dis-appears,
  • dis appears,
  • went scot free,
  • took a powder,
  • taking powder,
  • made scarce,
  • taking on the lam,
  • de parts,
  • makes getaway,
  • took on the lam,
  • goes scotfree,
  • slipt away,
  • dis-appearing,
  • de camp,
  • went scot-free,
  • slipped away,
  • stealing away,
  • made getaway,
  • gotten away with,
  • took lam,
  • takes lam,
  • takes flight,
  • flew coop,
  • makes scarce,
  • takes on the lam,
  • de-camping,
  • slips away,
  • de camping,
  • cut run,
  • played hooky,
  • bursted out,
  • takes a powder,
  • de-parting,
  • worked out of,
  • making oneself scarce,
  • de part,
  • goes scot-free,
  • cutting run,
  • flying coop,
  • ran out on,
  • taking on lam,
  • de-parts,
  • de camps,
  • wriggles out,
  • steals away,
  • de parted,
  • flying the coop,
  • cutting and run,
  • taking a powder,
  • ducked out,
  • flies coop,
  • ducking out,
  • de-sert,
  • went scotfree,
  • gat away with,
  • cuts run,
  • de-parted,
  • fly coop,
  • gets away with,
  • ducks out,
  • de sert,
  • take lam,
  • makes oneself scarce,
  • de-camp,
  • making getaway,
  • takes on lam,
  • dis appearing,
  • stole away,
  • taking the lam,
  • de-camped,
  • wriggled out.
  •eschew (verb)
  • lets well enough alone,
  • shies away from,
  • hadst no truck with,
  • sware off,
  • having no truck with,
  • swore off,
  • had no truck with,
  • shying away from,
  • letting well enough alone,
  • has no truck with,
  • hath no truck with,
  • swears off,
  • hast no truck with,
  • not touched,
  • letted well enough alone,
  • not touches,
  • haddest no truck with,
  • shied away from.
  •evade (verb)
  • lead on merry chase,
  • sneaked away,
  • led merry chase,
  • leads on merry chase,
  • begging question,
  • give runaround,
  • pre-tending,
  • leading on a merry chase,
  • beating around bush,
  • slips out,
  • gave the runaround,
  • beg question,
  • leading a merry chase,
  • leading on merry chase,
  • begged question,
  • led on a merry chase,
  • pre tends,
  • pre tending,
  • sneaks away,
  • pre-tends,
  • gave runaround,
  • pre tend,
  • gives runaround,
  • begs question,
  • leads merry chase,
  • snuck away,
  • begged the question,
  • pre-tended,
  • beats around bush,
  • giving the runaround,
  • lays low,
  • gives the runaround,
  • led on merry chase,
  • slipt out,
  • led a merry chase,
  • begs the question,
  • leads on a merry chase,
  • leading merry chase,
  • sneaking away,
  • laying low,
  • giving runaround,
  • lead merry chase,
  • lead a merry chase,
  • slipped out,
  • slipping out,
  • leads a merry chase.
  •fear (verb)
  • dared not,
  • being afraid,
  • fore saw,
  • art anxious,
  • fore sees,
  • art awe,
  • lost courage,
  • was anxious,
  • breaks out sweat,
  • has butterflies,
  • art frightened,
  • are apprehensive,
  • am awe,
  • being frightened,
  • loses courage,
  • breaks out in sweat,
  • am disquieted,
  • broke out a sweat,
  • brake out in a sweat,
  • brake out a sweat,
  • broke out in sweat,
  • art in awe,
  • is in awe,
  • having qualms,
  • had qualms,
  • broke out in a sweat,
  • are anxious,
  • breaking out sweat,
  • were awe,
  • feeling concern,
  • being awe,
  • fore see,
  • wert disquieted,
  • is awe,
  • are disquieted,
  • was frightened,
  • hath butterflies,
  • breaks out in a sweat,
  • is apprehensive,
  • felt concern,
  • being anxious,
  • is disquieted,
  • being apprehensive,
  • fore-sees,
  • fore seeing,
  • had butterflies,
  • daring not,
  • brake out in sweat,
  • hadst butterflies,
  • break out a sweat,
  • fore seen,
  • wert afraid,
  • wast afraid,
  • am in awe,
  • am apprehensive,
  • has qualms,
  • wast apprehensive,
  • wert awe,
  • being in awe,
  • wast awe,
  • wert anxious,
  • broke out sweat,
  • breaking out a sweat,
  • wert in awe,
  • was apprehensive,
  • having butterflies,
  • hast butterflies,
  • is frightened,
  • haddest butterflies,
  • are frightened,
  • are in awe,
  • were disquieted,
  • breaking out in sweat,
  • wast disquieted,
  • fore-see,
  • are afraid,
  • am afraid,
  • was disquieted,
  • were apprehensive,
  • wast anxious,
  • dares not,
  • art apprehensive,
  • is anxious,
  • break out sweat,
  • were frightened,
  • are awe,
  • am anxious,
  • wast frightened,
  • were anxious,
  • was in awe,
  • breaking out in a sweat,
  • fore-seen,
  • was afraid,
  • were in awe,
  • art afraid,
  • haddest qualms,
  • fore-saw,
  • were afraid,
  • wert apprehensive,
  • wert frightened,
  • be awe,
  • hast qualms,
  • being disquieted,
  • brake out sweat,
  • hadst qualms,
  • hath qualms,
  • losing courage,
  • wast in awe,
  • break out in sweat,
  • breaks out a sweat,
  • was awe,
  • durst not,
  • feels concern.
  •fend off (verb)
  • drives back,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keeping a distance,
  • re pulsed,
  • holds at bay,
  • kept arm length,
  • kept arms length,
  • re pulses,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • held bay,
  • holding at bay,
  • kept at distance,
  • keeps a distance,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keep arm length,
  • holds bay,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keep at distance,
  • keep a distance,
  • re-butting,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • held at bay,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • re butted,
  • kept off,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • re pulsing,
  • re-butted,
  • kept at a distance,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • re buffing,
  • keeps off,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • keeping off,
  • hold bay,
  • drove back,
  • re butting,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buff,
  • re-buffed,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • beating off,
  • keeping arm length,
  • fended off,
  • keeps arms length,
  • re buffs,
  • kept a distance,
  • re-pulses,
  • holding bay,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-buffing,
  • beats off,
  • re-buffs,
  • keeping arms length,
  • drave back,
  • keep at arms length,
  • keeps at distance,
  • keeping at distance,
  • re buffed,
  • keep arms length,
  • keeps at a distance.
  •flee (verb)
  • gotten the hell out,
  • made one escape,
  • stepping gas,
  • took hike,
  • gat away,
  • beating hasty retreat,
  • stepping on it,
  • steps the gas,
  • making ones escape,
  • taking hike,
  • made quick exit,
  • taking a hike,
  • makes a getaway,
  • making one escape,
  • made escape,
  • stepped on gas,
  • get hell out,
  • steps on the gas,
  • beating a hasty retreat,
  • stepping it,
  • step gas,
  • gat hell out,
  • stepped on it,
  • making one's escape,
  • stepped on the gas,
  • made one's escape,
  • getting the hell out,
  • got the hell out,
  • steps gas,
  • beats a hasty retreat,
  • gets the hell out,
  • getting hell out,
  • make escape,
  • beats hasty retreat,
  • stepped gas,
  • beat hasty retreat,
  • makes tracks,
  • stepped the gas,
  • makes ones escape,
  • step the gas,
  • stepping on gas,
  • gotten hell out,
  • makes one escape,
  • got hell out,
  • makes one's escape,
  • made ones escape,
  • gets hell out,
  • stepping on the gas,
  • steps on gas,
  • gat the hell out,
  • making a getaway,
  • takes hike,
  • stepped it,
  • steps on it,
  • stepping the gas,
  • steps it,
  • making tracks,
  • take hike,
  • making escape,
  • makes quick exit,
  • made a getaway,
  • takes a hike,
  • making quick exit,
  • make one escape,
  • made tracks,
  • took a hike,
  • make ones escape,
  • makes escape.
  •flinch (verb)
  • re tiring,
  • re coiling,
  • re cedes,
  • re-cedes,
  • re coils,
  • re-cede,
  • re tired,
  • re-coil,
  • re-tiring,
  • re-coiled,
  • re-ceded,
  • re-ceding,
  • re coil,
  • re coiled,
  • re-coiling,
  • re tire,
  • re-coils,
  • re tires,
  • re-tire,
  • re ceding.
  •fly (verb)
  • makes a quick exit,
  • running from,
  • hastens away,
  • lit out,
  • made a quick exit,
  • making a quick exit,
  • running for it,
  • ran for it,
  • hastening away,
  • runs from,
  • runs for it,
  • ran from,
  • hastened away.
  •forbear (verb)
  • re strain,
  • re strains,
  • re-strained,
  • going easy,
  • re-straining,
  • re-strain,
  • re-strains,
  • goes easy,
  • went easy,
  • re strained,
  • re straining.
  •fudge (verb)
  • over stating,
  • over-states,
  • co-loring,
  • over-stated,
  • over stated,
  • co loring,
  • over states,
  • over state,
  • over-state,
  • over-stating.
  •get out (verb)
  • freeing oneself,
  • am off,
  • wast off,
  • freed oneself,
  • frees oneself,
  • were off,
  • is off,
  • be-gone,
  • buzzing off,
  • extricating oneself,
  • extricated oneself,
  • buzzed off,
  • was off,
  • wert off,
  • extricates oneself,
  • buzzes off,
  • being off.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • hang back.
  •ignore (verb)
  • dis counts,
  • burying ones head sand,
  • over-looking,
  • over passed,
  • tuning out,
  • burying one head sand,
  • taking no notice,
  • bury one head sand,
  • paying no attention to,
  • bury ones head in sand,
  • bury head in sand,
  • turns deaf ear,
  • buries ones head sand,
  • coldshoulders,
  • looking the other way,
  • over passing,
  • over looked,
  • bury ones head sand,
  • bury one head in sand,
  • buried one's head sand,
  • buried head in sand,
  • burying one's head sand,
  • dis-counted,
  • letted go,
  • bury head sand,
  • turns back on,
  • over-look,
  • dis counting,
  • buried head sand,
  • buried one head sand,
  • dis-counting,
  • buries one's head in sand,
  • look other way,
  • cold shouldering,
  • burying ones head in sand,
  • pays no attention to,
  • being oblivious to,
  • burying head in sand,
  • letted it go,
  • burying head sand,
  • buries head sand,
  • turns blind eye,
  • looking other way,
  • were oblivious to,
  • wast oblivious to,
  • looks other way,
  • buries head in sand,
  • buries one's head sand,
  • looks the other way,
  • buried ones head in sand,
  • buried one's head in sand,
  • buries ones head in sand,
  • burying one head in sand,
  • shutting eyes to,
  • tunes out,
  • over looks,
  • buries one head in sand,
  • buries one head sand,
  • over look,
  • over passes,
  • poohpooh,
  • over-passing,
  • dis counted,
  • lets it go,
  • over-passes,
  • pays no mind,
  • over-passed,
  • am oblivious to,
  • was oblivious to,
  • took no notice,
  • turning deaf ear,
  • burying one's head in sand,
  • takes no notice,
  • art oblivious to,
  • looked other way,
  • shuts eyes to,
  • over-pass,
  • coldshouldered,
  • dis-counts,
  • tuned out,
  • looked the other way,
  • paid no mind,
  • is oblivious to,
  • letting it go,
  • turning back on,
  • bury one's head sand,
  • turning blind eye,
  • cold shouldered,
  • buried one head in sand,
  • over-looks,
  • wert oblivious to,
  • coldshouldering,
  • turned deaf ear,
  • payed no attention to,
  • Overpassing,
  • paid no attention to,
  • payed no mind,
  • turned blind eye,
  • buried ones head sand.
  •lam (verb)
  • giving someone slip,
  • take it the lam,
  • gives someone the slip,
  • takes it lam,
  • gives someone slip,
  • took it on lam,
  • take it on lam,
  • take it lam,
  • taking it on the lam,
  • taking it on lam,
  • taking it lam,
  • taking it the lam,
  • gave someone the slip,
  • took it on the lam,
  • give someone slip,
  • takes it on the lam,
  • takes it the lam,
  • gave someone slip,
  • took it the lam,
  • giving someone the slip,
  • takes it on lam,
  • took it lam.
  •mislike (verb)
  • hast no use for,
  • mis-liking,
  • haddest no use for,
  • hath no use for,
  • mis liking,
  • had no use for,
  • has no use for,
  • hadst no use for,
  • mis-liked,
  • mis liked.
  •ostracize (verb)
  • ex pulsing,
  • leaved cold,
  • ex communicated,
  • ex-patriates,
  • ex-pulsed,
  • leaving in cold,
  • ex-patriating,
  • dis places,
  • ex communicates,
  • leaves in cold,
  • ex pulses,
  • left cold,
  • leaved in the cold,
  • de-ported,
  • ex pulsed,
  • dis place,
  • dis-places,
  • expulses,
  • expulsed,
  • dis-place,
  • ex-patriated,
  • leaving cold,
  • ex-communicates,
  • de-porting,
  • ex-pulse,
  • ex-pulses,
  • ex patriating,
  • ex communicating,
  • ex-patriate,
  • de ported,
  • dis placing,
  • leaves cold,
  • dis-placing,
  • ex-communicated,
  • ex patriated,
  • ex pulse,
  • leaving in the cold,
  • ex communicate,
  • leaved the cold,
  • dis placed,
  • left the cold,
  • leaved in cold,
  • leave cold,
  • casts out,
  • expulsing,
  • leaving the cold,
  • leave in cold,
  • ex patriates,
  • left in cold,
  • ex-pulsing,
  • ex-communicate,
  • ex-communicating,
  • leave the cold,
  • leaves in the cold,
  • ex patriate,
  • leaves the cold,
  • de porting,
  • dis-placed.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • picking to pieces,
  • picks to pieces,
  • picked pieces,
  • pick pieces,
  • picking pieces,
  • picked to pieces,
  • picks pieces.
  •prevent (verb)
  • pre vented,
  • pre-vents,
  • putting stop to,
  • inter-cept,
  • de-bar,
  • forfends,
  • de barred,
  • keeps lid on,
  • inter dict,
  • putting an end to,
  • forfended,
  • nip in bud,
  • counter acts,
  • re-pressing,
  • keeping lid on,
  • pre vents,
  • defends against,
  • pre-vent,
  • puts stop to,
  • re pressing,
  • pre-venting,
  • counter act,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter-act,
  • kept lid on,
  • counter acting,
  • defending against,
  • re-strict,
  • de-bars,
  • counter acted,
  • re presses,
  • de bar,
  • nip bud,
  • re strict,
  • puts an end to,
  • counter-acts,
  • putting end to,
  • pre vent,
  • putting a stop to,
  • re pressed,
  • puts a stop to,
  • nip the bud,
  • de-barring,
  • de-barred,
  • counter-acted,
  • inter-dict,
  • re press,
  • de barring,
  • defended against,
  • de bars,
  • puts end to,
  • forfending,
  • re-presses,
  • holds off,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre venting,
  • inter cept.
  •pussyfoot (verb)
  • ducked issues,
  • ducking issues,
  • played close to the vest,
  • play close the vest,
  • played close the vest,
  • played it close vest,
  • playing close to the vest,
  • play close to the vest,
  • plays it close to vest,
  • plays close the vest,
  • duck issues,
  • plays close vest,
  • treads warily,
  • playing close to vest,
  • tergiverses,
  • ducks issues,
  • plays close to vest,
  • playing it close to the vest,
  • am noncommittal,
  • played it close to the vest,
  • art noncommittal,
  • ducked the issues,
  • being noncommittal,
  • play it close vest,
  • played close to vest,
  • play close vest,
  • hem haw,
  • plays it close the vest,
  • was noncommittal,
  • beats around the bush,
  • plays it close vest,
  • plays close to the vest,
  • played close vest,
  • wert noncommittal,
  • is noncommittal,
  • play it close the vest,
  • ducks the issues,
  • tergiversed,
  • were noncommittal,
  • play close to vest,
  • ducking the issues,
  • tergiversing,
  • playing it close the vest,
  • plays it close to the vest,
  • play it close to vest,
  • wast noncommittal,
  • played it close to vest,
  • playing close vest,
  • playing it close to vest,
  • playing close the vest,
  • treading warily,
  • trod warily,
  • playing it close vest,
  • played it close the vest.
  •quibble (verb)
  • hath it,
  • nit picked,
  • hadst it,
  • putting an argument,
  • has it,
  • talked back,
  • hyper criticizes,
  • makes big thing about,
  • puts an argument,
  • catching at straws,
  • hyper criticizing,
  • hadst at it,
  • has at it,
  • Paralogizing,
  • flip flopping,
  • putting up argument,
  • flipflopping,
  • hath at it,
  • make big thing about,
  • hast at it,
  • caught straws,
  • hyper-criticizing,
  • hast it,
  • hyper criticized,
  • catches straws,
  • made a big thing about,
  • Paralogized,
  • catches at straws,
  • put an argument,
  • flip flopped,
  • flip-flopped,
  • blow hot cold,
  • having at it,
  • haddest it,
  • nit picks,
  • hyper criticize,
  • hypercriticizes,
  • flip flop,
  • argufies,
  • nit-picks,
  • making big thing about,
  • makes a big thing about,
  • putting up an argument,
  • hypercriticizing,
  • hypercriticized,
  • nit pick,
  • put argument,
  • puts up argument,
  • made big thing about,
  • flipflopped,
  • argued over,
  • putting argument,
  • catch straws,
  • paralogizes,
  • making a big thing about,
  • nit picking,
  • hyper-criticized,
  • argufied,
  • argues over,
  • talks back,
  • had at it,
  • having it,
  • haddest at it,
  • sets to,
  • catching straws,
  • caught at straws,
  • puts up an argument,
  • setting to,
  • hyper-criticizes,
  • nit-picked,
  • puts argument,
  • hyper-criticize.
  •refrain (verb)
  • being temperate,
  • are temperate,
  • am temperate,
  • wast temperate,
  • were temperate,
  • art temperate,
  • wert temperate,
  • was temperate,
  • is temperate.
  •retreat (verb)
  • re-treat,
  • secludes oneself,
  • caved in,
  • dis-engage,
  • re treating,
  • re-treats,
  • dis-engaged,
  • retro graded,
  • retro-cede,
  • dis engage,
  • dis engages,
  • re-treated,
  • retro-grading,
  • re-treating,
  • retro grade,
  • lays down,
  • re-verse,
  • retro grading,
  • re verse,
  • secluded oneself,
  • retro-ceding,
  • re treated,
  • retro-ceded,
  • retro cede,
  • retro ceding,
  • secluding oneself,
  • retro cedes,
  • keeps apart,
  • dis engaging,
  • retro-graded,
  • kept aloof,
  • dis engaged,
  • dis-engages,
  • starting back,
  • re treat,
  • retro ceded,
  • re versing,
  • keeps aloof,
  • re-versed,
  • retro-cedes,
  • starts back,
  • retro grades,
  • gave ground,
  • dis-engaging,
  • started back,
  • re treats,
  • retro-grades,
  • keeping aloof.
  •scorn (verb)
  • art above,
  • were above,
  • are above,
  • considers beneath one,
  • turned nose up at,
  • de ride,
  • was above,
  • dis-regards,
  • being above,
  • wert above,
  • turns nose at,
  • scoffs at,
  • turning nose at,
  • de-rides,
  • dis-regard,
  • considered beneath one,
  • am above,
  • dis-regarded,
  • de-riding,
  • turns nose up at,
  • scoffing at,
  • turn nose at,
  • de rides,
  • dis regard,
  • turning nose up at,
  • turned nose at,
  • dis regards,
  • is above,
  • dis regarded,
  • dis regarding,
  • wast above,
  • de riding,
  • de-ride,
  • considering beneath one,
  • dis-regarding.
  •sidestep (verb)
  • gives the slip,
  • skipping out on,
  • puts move on,
  • puts the move on,
  • gave the slip,
  • getting out of,
  • gave slip,
  • give slip,
  • danced around,
  • giving slip,
  • juking,
  • skips out on,
  • gives slip,
  • skipped out on,
  • gotten out of,
  • putting move on,
  • dances around,
  • juked,
  • put move on,
  • goes around,
  • gets out of,
  • giving the slip,
  • putting the move on,
  • dancing around,
  • gat out of.
  •skulk (verb)
  • concealing oneself,
  • conceals oneself,
  • lying wait,
  • lies wait,
  • lie wait,
  • lied in wait,
  • lies in wait,
  • lied wait.
  •stop (verb)
  • reining in,
  • chokes off.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeping bay,
  • kept bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • keep bay,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeps bay.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cop out,
  • stop away,
  • circumnavigate,
  • forestall,
  • insure against,
  • keep away,
  • stay away from,
  • brush off,
  • dare,
  • tiptoe around,
  • shy away,
  • duck out of,
  • keep out of,
  • preclude,
  • slack,
  • discourage,
  • block off,
  • stay away,
  • push away,
  • skive off,
  • worm out of,
  • guard against,
  • lie down,
  • rebuff,
  • look through,
  • hide behind,
  • shrink from,
  • steer clear of,
  • reprieve,
  • repulse,
  • stay out of,
  • obstruct,
  • pass by,
  • forbid,
  • cold shoulder.
  •
  • endure,
  • preempt,
  • defeat,
  • burke,
  • shave,
  • detour,
  • enlist.
  •
  • hold back,
  • berth.
  •
  • wall,
  • blank.
  •
  • save.
  •
  • round,
  • fight.
  •
  • upset,
  • range.
  •
  • check.
  •back down
  • chicken out.
  •back out
  • go back on,
  • beg off,
  • back pedal,
  • get cold feet,
  • throwing in the towel,
  • throw in the towel,
  • blow it off,
  • throw in towel,
  • welsh,
  • weasel out,
  • wiggle out,
  • worm out,
  • blow off,
  • shy from.
  •beware
  • keeping on one's toes,
  • watch out,
  • mind p's and q's,
  • walking on eggs,
  • take care,
  • watch one's step,
  • be cautious,
  • taking heed,
  • walk on eggs,
  • keep eyes open,
  • watching one's step,
  • keep one's distance,
  • be wary,
  • keep on one's toes,
  • steering clear of,
  • take heed,
  • minding p's and q's,
  • taking care,
  • watching out.
  •chicken out
  • give way,
  • giving way,
  • turning yellow,
  • turn yellow,
  • gave way,
  • have no stomach for,
  • funk out,
  • wimp out.
  •dislike
  • Mislike,
  • Regretted,
  • Disfavoring,
  • object to,
  • Disfavored,
  • have hard feelings,
  • not feel like,
  • not endure,
  • bear malice toward,
  • be turned off to,
  • be averse to,
  • not take kindly to,
  • loathe,
  • have no taste for,
  • Antipathize,
  • not care for,
  • be allergic to,
  • make faces at,
  • lose interest in,
  • not appreciate,
  • shudder at,
  • grossed out on.
  •escape
  • get away with,
  • get out,
  • run out on,
  • lam,
  • slipping away,
  • take on the lam,
  • work out of,
  • bursts out,
  • slip away,
  • burst out,
  • play hooky,
  • running off,
  • runs away,
  • running away,
  • bursting out,
  • fly the coop,
  • playing hooky,
  • cut and run,
  • runs off,
  • took flight,
  • steal away,
  • wriggle out,
  • Escaping,
  • take a powder,
  • taking flight,
  • make scarce,
  • go scot free,
  • flew the coop,
  • go scot-free,
  • take flight,
  • make getaway,
  • ran off,
  • make oneself scarce,
  • running out on,
  • run away,
  • ran away,
  • run off,
  • duck out.
  •eschew
  • Forsworn,
  • not touching,
  • shy away from,
  • forswear,
  • swearing off,
  • swear off,
  • not touch.
  •evade
  • side-step,
  • sneak out of,
  • pussyfoot.
  •fear
  • break out in a sweat,
  • be afraid,
  • have qualms,
  • be frightened,
  • be apprehensive,
  • be anxious,
  • be in awe,
  • have butterflies,
  • feel concern,
  • be disquieted,
  • dare not,
  • Fearing,
  • is afraid,
  • Feared,
  • lose courage.
  •fend off
  • driving back,
  • Repulsing,
  • drive back,
  • keep arm's length,
  • keep at a distance,
  • beat off,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • hold at bay,
  • fending off.
  •flinch
  • Flinched.
  •get out
  • be gone,
  • free oneself,
  • extricate oneself,
  • egressed,
  • kiting,
  • egressing,
  • exited,
  • kite,
  • buzz off,
  • kited,
  • be off,
  • KITES.
  •ignore
  • pay no attention to,
  • paying no mind,
  • cold-shoulders,
  • turn back on,
  • overpast,
  • over pass,
  • coldshoulder,
  • turned back on,
  • letting go,
  • cold-shouldering,
  • bury one's head in sand,
  • pooh pooh,
  • Winked,
  • be oblivious to,
  • winking,
  • turn deaf ear,
  • lets go,
  • shut eyes to,
  • turn blind eye,
  • pay no mind,
  • tune out,
  • let it go,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • cold-shouldered,
  • take no notice,
  • Overpassed,
  • look the other way.
  •lam
  • take it on the lam,
  • give someone the slip.
  •pettifog
  • pick to pieces,
  • niggle.
  •pussyfoot
  • snuck,
  • play it close to the vest,
  • Tiptoes,
  • slinks,
  • tiptoed,
  • tiptoeing,
  • duck the issues,
  • beating around the bush,
  • Slank,
  • tread warily,
  • tergiverse,
  • be noncommittal,
  • beat around the bush.
  •quibble
  • talk back,
  • altercates,
  • put up an argument,
  • set to,
  • flipflop,
  • catch at straws,
  • chicaning,
  • pettifog,
  • quibble,
  • Paralogize,
  • argue over,
  • nit-picking,
  • hypercriticize,
  • Altercated,
  • Altercating,
  • talking back,
  • have it,
  • nit-pick,
  • nitpick,
  • chicane,
  • flip-flopping,
  • make a big thing about,
  • have at it,
  • put up argument,
  • chicanes,
  • had it,
  • altercate,
  • chicaned.
  •skulk
  • lie in wait,
  • lying in wait,
  • lay wait,
  • lay in wait,
  • Snaked,
  • Snaking,
  • concealed oneself,
  • conceal oneself.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stop
  • occlude,
  • choke off,
  • Stoppering,
  • choking off,
  • staunching,
  • rein in,
  • choked off,
  • staunched,
  • stoppered,
  • reined in,
  • staunches,
  • Bottling,
  • Bottled,
  • reins in.
  •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.