avoid

English Thesaurus

1. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	escape, get away, get by, get off, get out,
definition	:	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit,
definition	:	avoid something unpleasant or laborious (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	keep off, stay off,
definition	:	refrain from entering or walking onto (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	shirk,
definition	:	avoid dealing with (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	shy away from,
definition	:	avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	eschew, shun,
definition	:	avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb.communication)

2. refrain from certain foods or beverages (verb.consumption)

hypernym	:	abstain, desist, refrain,
definition	:	choose not to consume (verb.consumption)

3. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening (verb.social)

hypernym	:	forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent,
definition	:	keep from happening or arising; make impossible (verb.social)

4. refrain from doing something (verb.social)

hyponym	:	fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from,
definition	:	avoid (one's assigned duties) (verb.social)

5. declare invalid (verb.social)

hypernym	:	cancel, strike down,
definition	:	declare null and void; make ineffective (verb.social)

hyponym	:	break,
definition	:	invalidate by judicial action (verb.social)

hyponym	:	stet,
definition	:	printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion (verb.social)

6. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

antonym	:	confront, face, face up,
definition	:	deal with (something unpleasant) head on (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away,
definition	:	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

7. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening (verb.social)

derivation	:	forestalling, obviation, preclusion,
definition	:	the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively (noun.act)

derivation	:	avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable,
definition	:	capable of being avoided or warded off (adj.all)

8. declare invalid (verb.social)

antonym	:	formalise, formalize, validate,
definition	:	declare or make legally valid (verb.social)

derivation	:	nullification, override,
definition	:	the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	annulment, invalidation,
definition	:	(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) (noun.act)

derivation	:	nullification,
definition	:	the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	invalidator, nullifier, voider,
definition	:	an official who can invalidate or nullify (noun.person)

derivation	:	nullifier,
definition	:	an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws (noun.person)

derivation	:	nihility, nothingness, nullity, void,
definition	:	the state of nonexistence (noun.state)

derivation	:	rescindable, voidable,
definition	:	capable of being rescinded or voided (adj.all)

9. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

antonym	:	confront, face, face up,
definition	:	deal with (something unpleasant) head on (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away,
definition	:	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

10. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening (verb.social)

derivation	:	forestalling, obviation, preclusion,
definition	:	the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively (noun.act)

derivation	:	avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable,
definition	:	capable of being avoided or warded off (adj.all)

11. declare invalid (verb.social)

antonym	:	formalise, formalize, validate,
definition	:	declare or make legally valid (verb.social)

derivation	:	nullification, override,
definition	:	the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	annulment, invalidation,
definition	:	(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) (noun.act)

derivation	:	nullification,
definition	:	the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	invalidator, nullifier, voider,
definition	:	an official who can invalidate or nullify (noun.person)

derivation	:	nullifier,
definition	:	an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws (noun.person)

derivation	:	nihility, nothingness, nullity, void,
definition	:	the state of nonexistence (noun.state)

derivation	:	rescindable, voidable,
definition	:	capable of being rescinded or voided (adj.all)

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