Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.
Source: tatoeba (240755)
Avert
//əˈvɝt//
Synonyms for "avert" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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Translations
73 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- отбивам verb (to ward off)
- отблъсквам verb (to ward off)
- отклонявам verb (to turn aside)
Czech
4 entries- odvrátit verb (to turn aside)
- odvrátit verb (to ward off)
- předejít verb (to ward off)
- zabránit verb (to ward off)
Dutch
3 entries- ontwijken verb (to turn aside)
- verhinderen verb (to ward off)
- voorkomen verb (to ward off)
Esperanto
1 entries- forturni verb (to turn aside)
Finnish
3 entries- ehkäistä verb (to ward off)
- estää verb (to ward off)
- kääntää poispäin verb (to turn aside)
French
2 entries- détourner verb (to turn aside)
- prévenir verb (to ward off)
German
3 entries- abwenden verb (to turn aside)
- abwenden verb (to ward off)
- verhindern verb (to ward off)
Greek
3 entries- αποσοβώ verb (to ward off)
- αποστρέφω verb (to turn aside)
- αποτρέπω verb (to ward off)
Hindi
2 entries- टालना verb (to turn aside)
- रोकना verb (to ward off)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfordít verb (to turn aside)
- elhárít verb (to ward off)
- elkerül verb (to ward off)
- kivéd verb (to ward off)
Icelandic
4 entries- afstýra verb (to ward off)
- beina frá verb (to turn aside)
- koma í veg fyrir verb (to ward off)
- líta undan verb (to turn aside)
Italian
2 entries- distogliere verb (to turn aside)
- evitare verb (to ward off)
Korean
2 entries- 돌리다 verb (to turn aside)
- 방지하다 verb (to ward off)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́збегне verb (to ward off)
- о́дбегне verb (to ward off)
- о́дбие verb (to ward off)
- о́дврати verb (to turn aside)
Malayalam
2 entries- അകറ്റുക verb (to ward off)
- ഒഴിവാക്കുക verb (to ward off)
Māori
4 entries- araarai verb (to ward off)
- kaupapare verb (to turn aside)
- kaupare verb (to turn aside)
- papare verb (to ward off)
Russian
4 entries- отби́ть verb (to ward off)
- отбива́ть verb (to ward off)
- отвести́ verb (to turn aside)
- отводи́ть verb (to turn aside)
Spanish
4 entries- apartar verb (to turn aside)
- desviar verb (to turn aside)
- evitar verb (to ward off)
- impedir verb (to ward off)
Swedish
1 entries- vända bort verb (to turn aside)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
No one can avert death.
Source: tatoeba (270306)
Climate scientists say we need to avert an additional 2-degree temperature increase to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.
Source: tatoeba (3651035)
Aliens had the power to avert war on Earth.
Source: tatoeba (3979249)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.