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deflect

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Main Entry: deflect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bounce off; turn aside

Synonyms:

avert, bend, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind
Main Entry: avert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: thwart; avoid by turning away

Synonyms:

avoid, deflect, deter, divert, fend off, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, look away, preclude, prevent, rule out, shove aside, shunt, stave off, turn, turn aside, turn away, ward off
Notes: avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun'
overt means apparent or open to view or plain or public; avert means to prevent or turn away

Antonyms:

aid, help
Main Entry: avoid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: refrain or stay away from; prevent

Synonyms:

abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out, fend off, flee, give the slip, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay low, obviate, recoil, run for cover, shake, shake and bake, shake off, shirk, shrink from, shuffle off, shun, shy, sidestep, skip out on, skip town, skip*, skirt, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off, weave, withdraw

Antonyms:

face, meet, seek, want
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve

Synonyms:

angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: deviate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stray from normal path

Synonyms:

aberrate, angle off, avert, bear off, bend, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, contrast, deflect, depart, depart from, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, edge off, err, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, part, shy, swerve, swim against stream, take a turn, turn, turn aside, vary, veer, wander

Antonyms:

go straight, keep, stay
Main Entry: divert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: turn a different direction

Synonyms:

alter, avert, change, deflect, modify, pivot, redirect, sheer, swerve, switch, turn aside, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl

Antonyms:

be direct, keep to, maintain, stay
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
Main Entry: field
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch a hit or thrown object

Synonyms:

cover, deal with, deflect, handle, hold, occupy, patrol, pick up, play, retrieve, return, stop, turn aside
Main Entry: intercept
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: head off; interrupt

Synonyms:

ambush, appropriate, arrest, block, catch, check, curb, cut in, cut off, deflect, head off at pass, hijack, hinder, interlope, interpose, make off with, obstruct, prevent, seize, shortstop, stop, take, take away

Antonyms:

abet, forward, help
Main Entry: lean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, angle toward

Synonyms:

be off, be slanted, bear on, beetle, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, fasten on, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, put weight on, recline, repose, rest, rest on, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer

Antonyms:

straighten
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