Avoid
[v] stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
[v] refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
[v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
[v] refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memoires"
[v] declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea"
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Synonyms
annul, avert, debar, deflect, fend off, head off, invalidate, keep off, nullify, obviate, quash, stave off, void, ward off
Related Terms
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, g