| 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: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility |
Synonyms: |
authorize, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, hold responsible for, parcel out, pass on, relegate, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, transfer |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth; be suspended |
Synonyms: |
avert, away, be pendent, curve, dangle, deflect, divert, flap, fluctuate, hang, lurch, oscillate, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, revolve, rock, roll, rotate, sheer, shunt, suspend, sway, swerve, swivel, turn, turn about, turn on an axis, twirl, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, volte-face, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, wiggle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | switch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change, exchange |
Synonyms: |
change course, convert, deflect, deviate, divert, interchange, rearrange, replace, shift, shunt, sidetrack, substitute, swap, trade, turn, turn aside, turnabout, veer |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
Synonyms: |
about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag |