Synonyms for Deflect:

• n.

  •
  • back away,
  • pull away,
  • stand aside,
  • retreat,
  • backtrack,
  • back,
  • part,
  • draw back,
  • shrink.
  •
  • silence,
  • disturb,
  • thwart,
  • straight.
  •
  • cover yourself,
  • fight your corner.

• v.

  •avert (verb)
  • fore-stalls,
  • pre vents,
  • fore stalling,
  • pre-vented,
  • fore stall,
  • looked away,
  • looking away,
  • pre-vent,
  • shoves aside,
  • shoving aside,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre-venting,
  • fore stalls,
  • pre venting,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre vented,
  • fore-stalling,
  • pre vent,
  • looks away,
  • turns aside,
  • fore-stall.
  •avoid (verb)
  • re coil,
  • giving the slip,
  • gave slip,
  • re coiled,
  • shakes and bake,
  • re coils,
  • gives the slip,
  • ran for cover,
  • laying low,
  • shakes bake,
  • circumlocuted,
  • re-coiling,
  • give slip,
  • re-coiled,
  • shrunk from,
  • stayed away,
  • with-drawing,
  • re-coil,
  • faking out,
  • with drawing,
  • skips town,
  • fakes out,
  • shrinks from,
  • shuffling off,
  • lays low,
  • shook bake,
  • shake bake,
  • re-coils,
  • shaking and bake,
  • staid away,
  • by passed,
  • skipped out on,
  • stays away,
  • shaking bake,
  • keeps clear,
  • circumlocuting,
  • with draw,
  • shrank from,
  • staying out,
  • runs for cover,
  • shuffled off,
  • running for cover,
  • gave the slip,
  • by passing,
  • shuffles off,
  • staid out,
  • with drawn,
  • with-draw,
  • circumlocutes,
  • with-draws,
  • skips out on,
  • steps aside,
  • re coiling,
  • with draws,
  • kept clear,
  • shook and bake,
  • steered clear of,
  • staying away,
  • shrinking from,
  • by pass,
  • steers clear of,
  • by passes,
  • skipping town,
  • gives slip,
  • with-drawn,
  • stepping aside,
  • with drew,
  • stays out,
  • holds off,
  • stayed out,
  • keeping clear,
  • with-drew,
  • skipping out on,
  • giving slip.
  •bend (verb)
  • contort.
  •bounce off; turn aside (verb)
  • slip,
  • slew,
  • glance off,
  • cover up.
  •deflect (verb)
  • drift,
  • digress,
  • shift,
  • vary,
  • wander,
  • depart.
  •derail (verb)
  • de railing,
  • de-rail,
  • de rails,
  • de rail,
  • de-railed,
  • de-rails,
  • de-railing,
  • de railed.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • ban,
  • dissuade,
  • restrain,
  • inhibit,
  • check,
  • admonish,
  • depress,
  • daunt,
  • intimidate.
  •diverge (verb)
  • split,
  • spread,
  • separate.
  •divert (verb)
  • re-directed,
  • volte facing,
  • voltefaced,
  • volteface,
  • re-direct,
  • re-directing,
  • re directing,
  • re directed,
  • re direct,
  • volte faced,
  • volte-facing,
  • re-directs,
  • voltefaces,
  • volte-faced,
  • voltefacing,
  • re directs.
  •fend off (verb)
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • re fusing,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • re-fuse,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • re-butted,
  • kept a distance,
  • held at bay,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeps distance,
  • re butting,
  • drives back,
  • keep arms length,
  • re-fused,
  • holding bay,
  • drove back,
  • fended off,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • re-butting,
  • re buffing,
  • holds bay,
  • beating off,
  • keeping off,
  • kept arm length,
  • re-pulses,
  • re butted,
  • re pulses,
  • kept at a distance,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • re pulsing,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeps at distance,
  • holds at bay,
  • kept at arms length,
  • re-buffed,
  • keeps a distance,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • re fuses,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • kept arms length,
  • re-buffing,
  • kept off,
  • hold bay,
  • kept distance,
  • kept at distance,
  • keep a distance,
  • beats off,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keeping distance,
  • re-buffs,
  • re buffs,
  • drave back,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • keep at arms length,
  • keeps off,
  • re buff,
  • keeps arms length,
  • re pulsed,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keep arm length,
  • re fuse,
  • keeping a distance,
  • re-pulsed,
  • keeping at distance,
  • keep at distance,
  • held bay,
  • keeping arms length,
  • holding at bay,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buffed,
  • re fused.
  •field (verb)
  • re turn,
  • re turning,
  • Re-turn,
  • re-turned,
  • re-turning,
  • re-turns,
  • re turns.
  •intercept (verb)
  • heading pass,
  • inter cept,
  • heading at pass,
  • made off with,
  • shortstopping,
  • makes with,
  • takes away,
  • head off pass,
  • heads off pass,
  • inter-loped,
  • headed at pass,
  • heads pass,
  • inter lopes,
  • head at pass,
  • inter pose,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-pose,
  • heads off at pass,
  • head pass,
  • inter loping,
  • made with,
  • inter lope,
  • inter-lope,
  • inter-loping,
  • inter-lopes,
  • shortstopped,
  • heading off pass,
  • headed off at pass,
  • inter-posed,
  • headed pass,
  • inter-cept,
  • making with,
  • make with,
  • makes off with,
  • headed off pass,
  • shortstops,
  • inter loped,
  • inter posed,
  • inter posing,
  • heading off at pass,
  • heads at pass.
  •lean (verb)
  • wast slanted,
  • being off,
  • am slanted,
  • am off,
  • re-posing,
  • de-cline,
  • were off,
  • over hangs,
  • re-pose,
  • wert slanted,
  • rests on,
  • were slanted,
  • fastened on,
  • re-cline,
  • was slanted,
  • is slanted,
  • fastens on,
  • de clines,
  • re clines,
  • re pose,
  • re-sting,
  • over-hanging,
  • re posing,
  • was off,
  • re sting,
  • being slanted,
  • re-clines,
  • re cline,
  • putting weight on,
  • are slanted,
  • wast off,
  • de-clines,
  • re posed,
  • wert off,
  • over-hangs,
  • art slanted,
  • is off,
  • re-posed,
  • de cline,
  • rested on,
  • puts weight on,
  • over-hang,
  • fastening on,
  • over hang.
  •motion (verb)
  • deflect.
  •refract (verb)
  • re fracted,
  • re-fracted.
  •ricochet (verb)
  • snaps back,
  • snapped back,
  • springs back,
  • sprang back,
  • sprung back.
  •shine (verb)
  • be-dazzle,
  • emitted light,
  • gave light,
  • be-dazzles,
  • giving light,
  • be-dazzling,
  • gives light,
  • be dazzles,
  • be-dazzled,
  • be dazzling,
  • be dazzle.
  •swerve (verb)
  • go course,
  • gets course,
  • went off course,
  • gotten off course,
  • got off course,
  • getting off course,
  • gat course,
  • went course,
  • goes off course,
  • going course,
  • sheered off,
  • goes course,
  • gotten course,
  • trains off,
  • got course,
  • sheers off,
  • training off,
  • sheering off,
  • trained off,
  • getting course,
  • gets off course,
  • get course,
  • gat off course.
  •swing (verb)
  • art pendent,
  • turns about,
  • turns an axis,
  • turning axis,
  • am pendent,
  • turned on an axis,
  • pendulates,
  • turning an axis,
  • are pendent,
  • was pendent,
  • turning on an axis,
  • turning on axis,
  • turned an axis,
  • turned axis,
  • turn on axis,
  • turns on axis,
  • turn an axis,
  • wast pendent,
  • awaying,
  • is pendent,
  • were pendent,
  • turns on an axis,
  • turn axis,
  • being pendent,
  • turns axis,
  • turned on axis,
  • pendulated,
  • wert pendent.
  •switch (verb)
  • inter-changing,
  • re-arranged,
  • re arranged,
  • turnabouted,
  • re placed,
  • inter change,
  • re-arrange,
  • re places,
  • inter-changes,
  • changed course,
  • re-arranging,
  • inter changes,
  • re-places,
  • re-arranges,
  • re arranges,
  • re arranging,
  • re-placed,
  • inter changed,
  • turnabouting,
  • inter changing,
  • changing course,
  • re placing,
  • re arrange,
  • re place.
  •veer (verb)
  • being deflected,
  • wast deflected,
  • is deflected,
  • wert deflected,
  • making a right,
  • am deflected,
  • made a left,
  • make left,
  • makes a left,
  • was deflected,
  • makes a right,
  • are deflected,
  • made right,
  • were deflected,
  • makes left,
  • making a left,
  • art deflected,
  • making left,
  • made left,
  • made a right.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keeping bay,
  • keeping at bay,
  • keeps at bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • kept bay,
  • keep bay.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fight off,
  • stand up to.
  •
  • drive off,
  • cling,
  • repulse,
  • lie down.
  •
  • beat off.
  •
  • shelter.
  •avoid
  • Shied,
  • shrink from,
  • fake out,
  • skipped town,
  • Escaping,
  • skip out on,
  • lay low,
  • laid low,
  • steer clear of,
  • stay out,
  • shuffle off,
  • shakes off,
  • stay away,
  • shake off,
  • step aside,
  • by-passed,
  • by-passing,
  • by-passes,
  • give the slip,
  • Shying,
  • By-pass,
  • shake and bake,
  • Withdrew,
  • stepped aside,
  • shies,
  • faked out,
  • keep clear,
  • skip town,
  • circumlocute,
  • steering clear of,
  • run for cover.
  •bend
  • spiralling,
  • rounding,
  • tilted,
  • zigzags,
  • cambers,
  • spiralled,
  • Cambered,
  • spiraling,
  • Incurvated,
  • Zigzagged,
  • camber,
  • detouring,
  • Cambering,
  • angle away,
  • Zigzagging,
  • spiraled,
  • detoured.
  •deviate
  • depart from,
  • swim against stream,
  • edge off,
  • takes a turn,
  • go out of way,
  • aberrate,
  • go amiss,
  • bend the rules,
  • break pattern,
  • not conforming,
  • circumlocate,
  • get around,
  • not conform,
  • take a turn,
  • getting around,
  • go off on tangent,
  • aberrated,
  • leave beaten path,
  • go out of control,
  • go haywire.
  •fend off
  • Repulsing,
  • keep arm's length,
  • keep distance,
  • keep at a distance,
  • driving back,
  • drive back,
  • hold at bay,
  • fending off,
  • keep at arm's length.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disorder,
  • corrupt,
  • frizzle,
  • deflexion,
  • trouble,
  • blank out,
  • keep out,
  • draw a blank,
  • subvert,
  • arcuate,
  • eliminate,
  • choke up,
  • digression,
  • err,
  • obturate,
  • embarrass,
  • put-off,
  • elude,
  • dodge,
  • trap,
  • reject,
  • excursus,
  • Intervert,
  • cancel,
  • difference,
  • deviance,
  • pervert,
  • deviation,
  • suspend,
  • grab,
  • rechannel,
  • crouch,
  • ward,
  • wean,
  • immobilize,
  • change of direction,
  • barricade,
  • turn down,
  • block off,
  • deform,
  • annul,
  • impede,
  • misappropriate,
  • immobilise,
  • interrupt,
  • lopsidedness,
  • unhinge,
  • interfere,
  • refuse,
  • rid of,
  • buckle,
  • evade,
  • amuse,
  • circumvent,
  • seize,
  • embezzle,
  • resist,
  • recreation,
  • abuse,
  • arrest,
  • perturb,
  • stuff,
  • falsify,
  • close up,
  • stop,
  • quash,
  • parenthesis,
  • stymie,
  • deformation,
  • re-route,
  • warping,
  • stoop,
  • block up,
  • occlude,
  • departure,
  • misconstrue,
  • distortion,
  • draw off,
  • alter,
  • arch over,
  • nullify,
  • variation,
  • draw away,
  • declare invalid,
  • misrepresent,
  • contortion,
  • forget,
  • lug,
  • misapply,
  • cark,
  • change direction,
  • incline,
  • blockade,
  • misdirect,
  • draw aside,
  • skewness,
  • obstruct,
  • catch,
  • invalidate,
  • Concamerate,
  • excursion.

Paraphrases for Deflect:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    distract, divert, detract, derail, hijack, redirect, deviate, avert, deter, bypass, shift, turn, transform, steal, transfer, skew.

Antonyms for Deflect:

• v.

  • bounce off; turn aside
    stay, straighten.

Homophones for Deflect:

• diabolist, duffel coat, Diphylla Ecaudata, defalcate, duffle coat, duplicity, duplicate, devil's weed.

Hyponym for Deflect:

• v.

  • motion
    turn.