Unscramble avoid

Definition of avoid

verb:

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her". Antonyms: confront.
• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation", "head off a confrontation", "avert a strike". Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off.
• refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often", "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories".
• refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs", "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day". Synonyms: keep off.
• declare invalid; "The contract was annulled", "void a plea". Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void. Antonyms: validate.

Related words

break, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fiddle, fudge, goldbrick, hedge, miss, parry, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt, stet.

Words nearby

aroid, avid, ovoid, void.

Rhymes with

annoyed, destroyed, devoid, employed, employed, freud, lloyd, overjoyed, steroid, underemployed, unemployed, void.