| 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 |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, seek, want |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
Synonyms: |
KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
Antonyms: |
aid, encourage, help, raise |
| Main Entry: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
Synonyms: |
beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, cover up, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, put in a hole, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stash, stay out of sight, stow, tuck away, veil, wrap |
Antonyms: |
disclose, divulge, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depopulate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, spoliate, waste |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | finish; consume |
Synonyms: |
conclude, devour, discharge, dispose of, eat up, expedite, lay low, perform, polish off, scarf down, settle |
| Main Entry: | evade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get away from |
Synonyms: |
avoid, baffle, balk, beat around bush, beg the question, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, flee, fly, fudge, get around, give the runaround, hedge, hide, keep distance, lay low, lead on a merry chase, lie, parry, pass up, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of, tergiversate, trick, waffle, weasel |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | fell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chop down |
Synonyms: |
blow down, bowl over, bring down, cause to fall, cleave, cut, cut down, dash, demolish, down, drop, flatten, floor*, gash, ground, hack, hew, knock down, knock over, lay low, level, mangle, mow down, prostrate, pull down, raze, rive, sever, shoot, shoot down, slash, split, strike down, sunder, throw down, tumble |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, erect, raise |
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
Synonyms: |
abrade, beat down, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, even out, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, knock down, lay, lay low, mow down, plane, plaster, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, spread out, squash, straighten, subdue, trample |
Antonyms: |
break, elevate, make uneven, raise, round |
| Main Entry: | floor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex, confound |
Synonyms: |
baffle, beat, bewilder, bowl over, bring down, bring up short, conquer, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, down, drop, dumbfound, fell, flatten, ground, knock down, lay low, level, nonplus, overthrow, prostrate, puzzle, stump, throw |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | hide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal; remain unseen |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, plant, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stash, stifle, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold |
Antonyms: |
bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask |