avoid

/əvˈɔɪd/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
   “Her former friends now avoid her”
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
   “Let's avoid a confrontation”
3. refrain from doing something
   “She refrains from calling her therapist too often”
4. refrain from certain foods or beverages
   “I keep off drugs”
5. declare invalid
   “The contract was annulled”

Synonyms for avoid

• debar
• forefend
• forfend
• obviate
• deflect
• avert
• head off
• stave off
• fend off
• ward off
• keep off
• invalidate
• annul
• quash
• void
• nullify

Antonyms of avoid

• confront

Words that rhyme with avoid

• void
• mongoloid
• amyloid
• celluloid
• adenoid
• annoyed
• asteroid
• destroyed
• employed
• factoid
• ovoid
• paranoid
• sigmoid
• sinusoid
• steroid
• unemployed
• alkaloid
• android
• corticosteroid
• devoid
• hemorrhoid
• humanoid
• lymphoid
• overjoyed
• rheumatoid
• rhizoid
• spheroid
• unalloyed
• underemployed
• ackroyd