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avoid
Overview of verb avoid
The verb avoid has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (25) avoid -- (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her")
2. (22) debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off -- (prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike")
3. (18) avoid -- (refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories")
4. (1) keep off, avoid -- (refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day")
5. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify -- (declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea")
Grep of noun avoid
avoidance
Antonyms of verb avoid
1 of 5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
Antonym of confront (Sense 2)
=>confront, face up, face
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avoid
5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 3
avoid
Sense 4
keep off, avoid
=> abstain, refrain, desist
Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb avoid
3 of 5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
=> hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> miss, escape
=> get off, get away, get by, get out, escape
=> bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
=> keep off, stay off
=> shirk
=> shy away from
=> shun, eschew
Sense 3
avoid
=> fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> break
=> stet
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb avoid
5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 3
avoid
Sense 4
keep off, avoid
=> abstain, refrain, desist
Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
'Cause To' of verb avoid
Derived Forms of verb avoid
2 of 5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
RELATED TO>(noun) avoidance#1
=> avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging
Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
RELATED TO>(adj) avoidable#1
=> evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertable
Domain of verb avoid
Domain Terms of verb avoid
Familiarity of verb avoid
avoid used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb avoid
5 senses of avoid
Sense 1
avoid
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
avoid
*> Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 4
keep off, avoid
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb avoid
3 of 5 senses of avoid
Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
=> save, make unnecessary
=> debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
=> obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
=> thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> stop, halt, block, kibosh
Sense 4
keep off, avoid
> abstain, refrain, desist
=> fast
=> fast
=> keep off, avoid
=> teetotal
Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
> cancel, strike down
=> revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> remit
=> write off
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> recall
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb avoid
Sense 1
avoid
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Sense 2
debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
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Sense 3
avoid
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Sense 4
keep off, avoid
=> abstain, refrain, desist
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Sense 5
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
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Grep of verb avoid
avoid
Grep of adj avoid
avoidable
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