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| Main Entry: | deflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce off; turn aside |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, hook, parry, pivot, ricochet, sheer, shy, sidetrack, slip, swerve, twist, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, cover up, glance off, hold off, keep off, slew, volte-face |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bow, buckle, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag, angle away, angle off, camber, incurvate |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | deviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray from normal path |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, contrast, deflect, depart, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, err, part, shy, swerve, turn, vary, veer, wander, aberrate, angle off, bear off, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, depart from, edge off, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, swim against stream, take a turn, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | go straight, keep, stay |
| Main Entry: | divert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn a different direction |
| Synonyms: | alter, avert, change, deflect, modify, pivot, sheer, swerve, switch, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, redirect, turn aside, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | maintain, stay, be direct, keep to |
| 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: | field |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch a hit or thrown object |
| Synonyms: | cover, deflect, handle, hold, occupy, patrol, pick up, play, retrieve, return, stop, deal with, 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, hijack, hinder, interpose, obstruct, prevent, seize, stop, take, head off at pass, interlope, make off with, shortstop, take away |
| Antonyms: | abet, forward, help |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle toward |
| Synonyms: | bear on, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, recline, repose, rest, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer, be off, be slanted, beetle, fasten on, put weight on, rest on |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | parry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ward off, circumvent |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, avoid, block, bypass, deflect, dodge, duck*, elude, evade, fence*, fend off, forestall, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebuke, repel, repulse, resist, shirk, shun, sidestep, stave off, en garde, hold at bay |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, deal with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ricochet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebound |
| Synonyms: | backfire, boomerang, bounce back, deflect, kick back, recoil, return, snap back, spring back |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off or reflect light |
| Synonyms: | beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, burn, dazzle, deflect, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, mirror, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, emit light, give light, incandesce, luminesce |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | sidetrack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divert |
| Synonyms: | alter, avert, change, deflect, digress, swerve, switch, veer, redirect |
| Main Entry: | swerve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn aside, often to avoid collision |
| Synonyms: | bend, deflect, depart, deviate, dip, diverge, err, incline, lurch, move, sheer, shift, sidestep, skew, skid, stray, swing, tack, turn, veer, wander, waver, wind, depart from, get off course, go off course, sheer off, sideslip, slue, train off |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth; be suspended |
| Synonyms: | avert, away, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble, be pendent, pendulate, shunt, turn about, turn on an axis, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | switch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change, exchange |
| Synonyms: | convert, deflect, deviate, divert, interchange, rearrange, replace, shift, sidetrack, substitute, swap, trade, turn, turnabout, veer, change course, shunt, turn aside |
| Main Entry: | veer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change direction |
| Synonyms: | avert, bear, bend, change, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, turn, twist, wheel, whip, whirl, angle off, be deflected, change course, get around, make a left, make a right, train off, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | stay, go direct |
| Main Entry: | ward/ward off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend, guard |
| Synonyms: | avert, avoid, beat off, block, check, deflect, deter, divert, fend, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, hold off, interrupt, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, keep off, obviate, parry, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebut, repel, repulse, rule out, stave off, stop, stymie*, thwart, turn, turn aside, turn away |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, make vulnerable, open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dash, dart |
| Synonyms: | avert, deflect, dive, divert, flash, flit, fly, jerk, pivot, pull, rush, seize, sheer, shoot, snatch, surge, tear, turn, veer, wheel, whirl, whisk |
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