'avoid' definitions:
Definition of 'avoid'
From: WordNet
verb
Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" [ant: confront, face, face up]
verb
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "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, avoid, ward off]
verb
Refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
verb
Refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" [syn: keep off, avoid]
verb
Synonyms of 'avoid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstain,
- abstain from,
- avert,
- be stuck-up,
- bilk,
- blench,
- blink,
- circumvent,
- cringe,
- debar,
- deflect,
- divert,
- do without,
- dodge,
- double,
- draw back,
- duck,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- exclude,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- forbear,
- forbid,
- forgo,
- give place to,
- hang back,
- hold aloof,
- hold aloof from,
- hold back,
- jib,
- keep aloof,
- keep away from,
- keep clear of,
- keep from,
- keep hands off,
- keep off,
- keep remote from,
- leave alone,
- let alone,
- let go by,
- make way for,
- never touch,
- not meddle with,
- not touch,
- obviate,
- pass up,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- pull back,
- quail,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- refrain,
- refrain from,
- retreat,
- sheer off,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shun,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- spare,
- stand aloof,
- stand aloof from,
- start aside,
- start back,
- stay detached from,
- steer clear of,
- swerve,
- turn aside,
- turn away from,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince,
- withhold