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Avoiding - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avert, bypass, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fend off, flee, hide, jump, obviate, recoil, shake, shake off, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, skip*, skirt*, weave, withdraw, circumlocute, fake out, give the slip, hold off, keep clear, lay low*, run for cover, shake and bake, shrink from, shuffle off, skip out on, skip town, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fleeing, transient |
| Synonyms: | brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying*, hot*, impermanent, momentary, moving, passing, planetary, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted, avoiding, escaping, evading, fugacious, lamster, on the lam, running away |
| Antonyms: | confronting, facing, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | avert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart; avoid by turning away |
| Synonyms: | avoid, deflect, deter, divert, fend off, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, preclude, prevent, rule out, stave off, turn, look away, shove aside, shunt, turn aside, turn away, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, help |
| Main Entry: | back out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw |
| Synonyms: | avoid, back down, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, recant, renege, resign, scratch, surrender, welsh, back pedal, beg off, blow it off, get cold feet, give up, go back on, shy from, throw in the towel, weasel out, wiggle out, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beware |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be careful |
| Synonyms: | attend, avoid, be cautious, be wary, guard against, heed, keep eyes open, keep on one's toes, keep one's distance, look out, mind, mind p's and q's, notice, refrain from, shun, steer clear of, take care, take heed, walk on eggs, watch one's step, watch out |
| Antonyms: | court, invite, risk, take on |
| Main Entry: | boycott |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban; refrain from using |
| Synonyms: | avoid, bar, blackball*, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, ostracize, outlaw, pass by*, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out*, snub, spurn, strike, hold aloof from, ice out, pass up, withhold patronage |
| Antonyms: | buy, encourage, support, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chicken out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back down |
| Synonyms: | avoid, back down, back out, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, cop out, make concessions, pull out, recant, renege, resign, scratch, surrender, welsh, withdraw, yield, back pedal, beg off, beg off, blow it off, funk out, get cold feet, get cold feet, give up, give way, go back on, have no stomach for, shy from, throw in the towel, turn yellow, weasel out, wiggle out, wimp out, worm out, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix*, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down |
| Antonyms: | accept, say yes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, refrain from |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abstain, avoid, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, halt, knock off*, leave off, pause, quit, relinquish, resign, surcease, suspend, yield, give over, give up, have done with, not do |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, endure, go on, persevere, resume, keep on, restart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be antagonistic toward something; hate |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, avoid, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disfavor, eschew, execrate, loathe, look down on, mind, regret, resent, scorn, shun, antipathize, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, disesteem, disrelish, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, lose interest in, make faces at, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, shudder at |
| Antonyms: | approve, like, love |
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break away from |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, bail out*, bolt, circumvent, cut loose*, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, get off*, leave, make off*, pass, run, shun, skip, slip, vanish, burst out, cut and run, duck out, fly the coop, get away with, go scot-free, make getaway, make oneself scarce, play hooky, run away, run off, run out on, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, work out of, wriggle out |
| Antonyms: | capture, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eschew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have nothing to do with |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off* |
| Antonyms: | embrace, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get away from |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, flee, fly, fudge*, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle*, weasel*, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, avoid, blanch, cower, crouch, dread, expect, falter, flinch, foresee, fret, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, dare not, feel concern, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge; beat around the bush |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, cavil, duck, equivocate, evade, feint, foil, hedge, maneuver, outwit, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, shirk, sidestep, stonewall*, tergiversate |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fend off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep at bay |
| Synonyms: | avert, avoid, beat off*, deflect, drive back, hold at bay, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep off, parry, rebuff, rebuke, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, snub, spurn, stave off, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | let in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away to escape |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat, blow*, bolt*, break, cut and run, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, fly, fly the coop, get away, get the hell out, get*, hotfoot*, jump, leave, make a getaway, make off*, make one's escape, make oneself scarce, make quick exit, make tracks, retreat, scamper, scoot, scram*, skedaddle*, skip*, split*, step on it, step on the gas, take a hike, take flight, take off, vamoose*, vanish |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, stand, stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shy away, wince |
| Synonyms: | avoid, balk, blanch, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw, blench |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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