What is another word for deflect?
631 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪflˈɛkt], [ dɪflˈɛkt], [ d_ɪ_f_l_ˈɛ_k_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for deflect:- avert (verb)
- avoid (verb)
- bend (verb)
- bounce off; turn aside (verb)
- deflect (verb)
- derail (verb)
- dissuade (verb)
- diverge (verb)
- divert (verb)
- fend off (verb)
- field (verb)
- intercept (verb)
- lean (verb)
- motion (verb)
- refract (verb)
- ricochet (verb)
- shine (verb)
- swerve (verb)
- swing (verb)
- switch (verb)
- veer (verb)
- ward/ward off (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- bend
- deviate
- fend off
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Deflect:
n.
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.
- 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.
- slip,
- slew,
- glance off,
- cover up.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- be-dazzle,
- emitted light,
- gave light,
- be-dazzles,
- giving light,
- be-dazzling,
- gives light,
- be dazzles,
- be-dazzled,
- be dazzling,
- be dazzle.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- fight off,
- stand up to.
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- beat off.
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- shelter.
- 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.
- spiralling,
- rounding,
- tilted,
- zigzags,
- cambers,
- spiralled,
- Cambered,
- spiraling,
- Incurvated,
- Zigzagged,
- camber,
- detouring,
- Cambering,
- angle away,
- Zigzagging,
- spiraled,
- detoured.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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Antonyms for Deflect:
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v.
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bounce off; turn aside
stay, straighten.
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bounce off; turn aside
Homophones for Deflect:
- diabolist, duffel coat, Diphylla Ecaudata, defalcate, duffle coat, duplicity, duplicate, devil's weed.
Hyponym for Deflect:
v.
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motion
turn.
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motion