AVOID as VERB

1. Meaning
   • stay clear from
   • keep away from
   • keep out of the way of someone or something
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • Her former friends now avoid her
   
   Antonym(s)
   • confront (what does confront mean?)
   • face up (what does face up mean?)
   • face (what does face mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • circumvent (what does circumvent mean?)
   • parry (what does parry mean?)
   • elude (what does elude mean?)
   • skirt (what does skirt mean?)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • duck (what does duck mean?)
   • sidestep (what does sidestep mean?)
   • miss (what does miss mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • get off (what does get off mean?)
   • get away (what does get away mean?)
   • get by (what does get by mean?)
   • get out (what does get out mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • bypass (what does bypass mean?)
   • short-circuit (what does short-circuit mean?)
   • go around (what does go around mean?)
   • get around (what does get around mean?)
   • keep off (what does keep off mean?)
   • stay off (what does stay off mean?)
   • shirk (what does shirk mean?)
   • shy away from (what does shy away from mean?)
   • shun (what does shun mean?)
   • eschew (what does eschew mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • avoidance (what does avoidance mean?)
   • turning away (what does turning away mean?)
   • shunning (what does shunning mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
2. Meaning
   • refrain from certain foods or beverages
   
   Synonym(s)
   • keep off (what does keep off mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • I keep off drugs
   • During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day
   
   Hypernyms(s) avoid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   • desist (what does desist mean?)
3. Meaning
   • prevent the occurrence of
   • prevent from happening
   
   Synonym(s)
   • avert (what does avert mean?)
   • debar (what does debar mean?)
   • deflect (what does deflect mean?)
   • fend off (what does fend off mean?)
   • head off (what does head off mean?)
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • stave off (what does stave off mean?)
   • ward off (what does ward off mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • Let’’s avoid a confrontation
   • head off a confrontation
   • avert a strike
   
   Hypernyms(s) avoid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
4. Meaning
   • refrain from doing something
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • She refrains from calling her therapist too often
   • He should avoid publishing his wife’’s memoires
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • fiddle (what does fiddle mean?)
   • shirk (what does shirk mean?)
   • shrink from (what does shrink from mean?)
   • goldbrick (what does goldbrick mean?)
5. Meaning
   • declare invalid
   
   Synonym(s)
   • annul (what does annul mean?)
   • invalidate (what does invalidate mean?)
   • nullify (what does nullify mean?)
   • quash (what does quash mean?)
   • void (what does void mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The contract was annulled
   • void a plea
   
   Hypernyms(s) avoid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
   • strike down (what does strike down mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • validate (what does validate mean?)
   • formalize (what does formalize mean?)
   • formalise (what does formalise mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • stet (what does stet mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • invalidator (what does invalidator mean?)
   • voider (what does voider mean?)
   • nullifier (what does nullifier mean?)
   • nullification (what does nullification mean?)
   • nullification (what does nullification mean?)
   • override (what does override mean?)
   • nullifier (what does nullifier mean?)
   • nothingness (what does nothingness mean?)
   • void (what does void mean?)
   • nullity (what does nullity mean?)
   • invalidator (what does invalidator mean?)
   • voider (what does voider mean?)
   • nullifier (what does nullifier mean?)
   • annulment (what does annulment mean?)
   • invalidation (what does invalidation mean?)
   • annulment (what does annulment mean?)
   • invalidation (what does invalidation mean?)
   • invalidator (what does invalidator mean?)
   • voider (what does voider mean?)
   • nullifier (what does nullifier mean?)