Defenition of the word avoid

• Defenition of the word avoid

  • Trying not to encounter a hurdle or to overcome a difficulty, a problem etc. without dealing directly with it.
  • To do something in such a way that it does not happen.
  • stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
  • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
  • declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea"
  • refrain from certain foods of beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
  • refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
  • refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
  • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
  • refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife''s memoires"
  • declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
  • refrain from certain foods or beverages
  • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
  • refrain from doing something
  • declare invalid

Synonyms for the word avoid

• • abstain from
  • annul
  • avert
  • circumvent
  • debar
  • deflect
  • desist from
  • deviate
  • dodge
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • evade
  • fend off
  • forbear from
  • forefend
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • get around
  • get out of
  • head off
  • invalidate
  • keep away from
  • keep from
  • keep off
  • let alone
  • nullify
  • obviate
  • pass up
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • quash
  • refrain from
  • shun
  • sidestep
  • stave off
  • stay away from
  • steer clear of
  • take avoiding action
  • void
  • ward off

Similar words in the avoid

• • avoid
  • avoidable
  • avoidably
  • avoidance
  • avoidance's
  • avoided
  • avoiding
  • avoids

Hyponyms for the word avoid

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

Hypernyms for the word avoid

• • abstain
  • cancel
  • desist
  • forbid
  • foreclose
  • forestall
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • refrain
  • strike down

Antonyms for the word avoid

• • confront
  • face
  • face up
  • formalise
  • formalize
  • validate

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