avoid - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

Synonyms

• avoid

More specific

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

Opposite / Antonyms

• confront

Verb

refrain from certain foods or beverages

Synonyms

• avoid
• keep off

More generic

• abstain
• desist
• refrain

Verb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Synonyms

• avert
• avoid
• debar
• deflect
• fend off
• forefend
• forfend
• head off
• obviate
• stave off
• ward off

More generic

• forbid
• foreclose
• forestall
• preclude
• prevent

Verb

refrain from doing something

Synonyms

• avoid

More specific

• fiddle
• goldbrick
• shirk
• shrink from

Verb

declare invalid

Synonyms

• annul
• avoid
• invalidate
• nullify
• quash
• void

More generic

• cancel
• strike down

More specific

• break
• set aside
• stet

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