Thesaurus:avoid
English
Verb
Sense: to keep away from
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- abstain
- beg off
- bypass
- circumvent
- equivocate
- fudge
- funk
- jook (UK dialect)
- shirk [⇒ thesaurus]
- shuffle (obsolete)
- obviate
- prevaricate
- waffle
Various
See also
Further reading
- “623. avoidance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “avoid” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.