Antonyms for AVOID
əˈvɔɪdavoid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. avoid

   Antonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Synonyms:
   abandon, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. avoid

   Antonyms:
   seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect

   Synonyms:
   quit, shun, abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish, fly, eschew, elude, dodge, escape, shirk

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. avoidverb

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

   "Her former friends now avoid her"

   Antonyms:
   face up, confront, face

   Synonyms:
   deflect, head off, obviate, forfend, forefend, keep off, nullify, stave off, fend off, annul, void, debar, invalidate, ward off, quash, avert

2. debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward offverb

   prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

   "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

   Antonyms:
   face up, face, confront

   Synonyms:
   forfend, avoid, eliminate, avert, ward off, distract, keep off, bend, suspend, obviate, invalidate, fend off, stave off, block, nullify, debar, exclude, head off, forefend, annul, quash, rid of, parry, bar, turn away, deflect, void

3. avoidverb

   refrain from doing something

   "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

   Antonyms:
   face up, face, confront

   Synonyms:
   deflect, head off, obviate, forfend, forefend, keep off, nullify, stave off, fend off, annul, void, debar, invalidate, ward off, quash, avert

4. keep off, avoidverb

   refrain from certain foods or beverages

   "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

   Antonyms:
   face up, confront, face

   Synonyms:
   forfend, avert, ward off, keep off, annul, obviate, invalidate, fend off, stave off, debar, avoid, head off, forefend, nullify, quash, deflect, stay off, void

5. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullifyverb

   declare invalid

   "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

   Antonyms:
   confront, face, face up

   Synonyms:
   ward off, empty, fend off, keep off, avoid, quash, keep down, neutralize, annul, overturn, lift, neutralise, head off, nullify, deflect, stave off, rescind, subjugate, evacuate, reduce, avert, vitiate, repeal, invalidate, debar, forefend, negate, forfend, reverse, obviate, revoke, vacate, subdue, cancel, void, countermand, repress

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1. avoidverb

   Synonyms:
   evade, shun, elude, eschew, shirk, parry

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. encounter

   to come upon or meet with

   Submitted by rinat on December 9, 2015  

How to use AVOID in a sentence?

1. Steve Vladeck:

   Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.

2. Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8:

   He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.

3. Jane Muncke:

   This study illustrates this problem well. Here important health effects from chemical exposures are documented, but knowing how to avoid these chemicals is almost impossible for people.

4. Regina Ip:

   I think the current leadership are smart enough to avoid this.

5. John Gray, "Children Are From Heaven":

   It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation.

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