avoid

Meaning

1. To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
2. To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
3. to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
4. To try not to do something or to have something happen
5. (obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
6. To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
7. To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
8. (obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
9. (obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
10. (obsolete) To get rid of.
11. (obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
12. (obsolete) To become void or vacant.

Concepts

avoid

evade

shun

dodge

elude

escape

shirk

keep away from

eschew

avert

refrain

sidestep

run away

circumvent

abstain from

duck

miss

steer clear of

stay away

refrain from

parry

neglect

annul

keep clear of

give up

flee

forbear

beware

keep off

reject

omit

shrink from

go around

alienate

disregard

slight

hold back

get away from

escape from

abstain

cease

fend off

obviate

ward off

distance oneself from

not want

prevent

stop

keep away

side-step

get rid of

hide

equivocate

prevaricate

bypass

sidestop

get away

abandon

debar

deflect

forefend

forfend

head off

stave off

invalidate

nullify

quash

void

deviate

fight shy of

hold aloof from

stall

get out of the way

tread lightly

taboo

run away from

skate over

skirt

divert

stay away from

forbid

steer clear

forestall

desert

adorn

bedeck

decorate

embellish

ornament

stand aside

endeavor not to meet

arrest

check

desist

retreat from

shy away

wriggle out of

hide from

be exempted

be relieved from pain

be rescued from

turn aside

hold out

make oneself scarce

make one’s gateway

show a clean pair of heels

slink

take to one’s heels

change the issue

shift

conceal

lodge

sidetrack

be evasive

keep from paying

flee from

keep aloof

abjure

cheat

help

terminate

finish

cut off

remove

exclude

except

renounce

be shy

fight shy

hold aloof

shrink

be shy of

abhor

abominate

be revolted at

detest

dislike

feel disgusted at

loathe

object to

lean to one side

divorce

stay clear

abolishment

adeem

become annulled

defeasance

avoidance

evading

be on the alert

resist

fail to notice

fail to recognize

detour

go round

be careful

discourage

go through

pass

surpass

keep one’s distance

put off

shy away from

tergiversate

do

stand back

pass by

keep from

saved

not like

aim

point at

refuse

away

restrict

refuse to accept

repel

cut out

leave out

skip

keep

excuse

exempt

relieve

evasion

shirking

awkward situation

trouble

turn

ward

keep back

restrain oneself

break camp

disperse

go away

withdraw

restrain

leave

left behind

give way

disappeared

not at all

abolish

ban

Hyphenated as

a‧void

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈvɔɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).

Sentences

This can avoid the above situation .