Synonyms for avoid
əˈvɔɪdavoid

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1. avoid

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

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

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1. avoid

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

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

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1. avoidverb

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

   "Her former friends now avoid her"

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

   Antonyms:
   face up, confront, face

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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   face up, face, confront

3. avoidverb

   refrain from doing something

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

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

   Antonyms:
   face up, face, confront

4. keep off, avoidverb

   refrain from certain foods or beverages

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   face up, confront, face

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

   declare invalid

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   confront, face, face up

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1. • Abstain
   • Cancel

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1. avoidverb

   Synonyms:
   SHUN, or denoting care only without positive exertion), eschew, escape, blink, elude, keep away from, keep aloof from, keep out of the way of, withdraw from, keep clear of, be shy of, fight shy of, have nothing to do with

2. avoidverb

   Synonyms:
   forbear, help, refrain from

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1. avoidverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "avoid":

   prevent, avoiding, avert, avoided, avoidance, evade, preventing, avoids, escape, circumvent, refrain, obviate, shirk, eschew, avertany, evita, ensure, bypass, forestall

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How to use avoid in a sentence?

1. Aberjhani:

   Whereas the insufficiency of a love neither sustained nor supreme cannot be ignored, the same should not be taken as cause to avoid one’s total spiritual contractual engagement to this world.

2. Loic Dessaint:

   It's important as a general rule that board secretaries avoid allowing themselves to be influenced by a CEO who might promise them remuneration through a subsidiary, if Ms Sepehri has been paid by RNBV, it is a conflict of interest situation.

3. Daniel Larrouturou:

   Inflation has basically disappeared in Europe, this is it. Prices are down in a lot of countries and salaries are going nowhere. There's a risk to see the drop in oil pushing the euro zone into deflation, but we're not there yet, and a potential round of quantitative easing by the European Central Bank could help avoid that.

4. Kelly Bogdanov:

   Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen really struck a tone between dovish and hawkish, and I think delivered, for the most part, what the market needed. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was dovish enough to signal that a March rate hike is probably off the table but hawkish enough to leave the impression Federal Reserve is confident the economic recovery will persist, that's very important for stocks because as long as we can avoid a recession, this correction will probably work itself out and we'll have the opportunity to bounce back.

5. Darin Detwiler:

   We just want to know about the bad apples so we can avoid them.