avoid
1. stay clear from;
keep away from;
keep out of the way of someone or something (Freq. 24)
- Her former friends now avoid her
• Ant:
confront
• Derivationally related forms:
avoidance
• Hyponyms:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep,
miss, escape, get off, get away, get by, get out,
bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around, keep off, stay off,
shirk, shy away from, shun, eschew
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. prevent the occurrence of;
prevent from happening (Freq. 22)
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
• Syn:
debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect,
avert, head off, stave off, fend off, ward off
• Derivationally related forms:
avoidable, avertible (for: avert), avertable (for: avert), obviation (for: obviate)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. refrain from doing something (Freq. 18)
- She refrains from calling her therapist too often
- He should avoid publishing his wife's memories
• Hyponyms:
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
4. refrain from certain foods or beverages (Freq. 1)
- I keep off drugs
- During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day
• Syn:
keep off
• Hypernyms:
abstain, refrain, desist
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. declare invalid
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
• Syn:
invalidate, annul, quash, void, nullify
• Ant:
validate (for: invalidate)
• Derivationally related forms:
nullifier (for: nullify), nullification (for: nullify), voidable (for: void), void (for: void), voider (for: void), annulment (for: annul), invalidation (for: invalidate), invalidator (for: invalidate)
• Hypernyms:
cancel, strike down
• Hyponyms:
break, stet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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