An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.
Source: tatoeba (1795)
Avoid
//əˈvɔɪd//
Synonyms for "avoid" (148 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
keep aloofkeep away fromkeep clear ofkeep fromkeep hands offkeep remote fromleave aloneleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough alonemake way formissnever touchnot meddle withnot touchobviateostracizepass uppreclude
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13 entriesAntonyms
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3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
130 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- mënjanoj verb (to keep away from)
- shmang verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- shmang verb (to try not to do something)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περιφεύγω verb (to keep away from)
Arabic
2 entries- اتجنب verb (to keep away from)
- تَجَنَّبَ verb (to keep away from)
Armenian
1 entries- խուսափել verb (to keep away from)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- saqınmaq verb (to try not to do something)
Basque
1 entries- itzuri verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Belarusian
4 entries- уні́кнуць verb (to keep away from)
- уніка́ць verb (to keep away from)
- ухіля́цца verb (to keep away from)
- ухілі́цца verb (to keep away from)
Bengali
2 entries- এড়ানো verb (to keep away from)
- পরিহার করা verb (to keep away from)
Bulgarian
4 entries- анулирам verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- отбягвам verb (to keep away from)
- отменям verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- страня от verb (to keep away from)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြဉ် verb (to keep away from)
Catalan
2 entries- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitar verb (to keep away from)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 免除 verb (to keep away from)
- 回避 verb (to keep away from)
- 避免 verb (to keep away from)
Czech
2 entries- vyhnout se verb (to keep away from)
- vyhýbat se verb (to keep away from)
Dutch
1 entries- vermijden verb (to keep away from)
Esperanto
1 entries- eviti verb (to keep away from)
Estonian
2 entries- hoiduma verb (to keep away from)
- vältima verb (to keep away from)
Finnish
4 entries- hylätä verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- karttaa verb (to keep away from)
- väistää verb (to keep away from)
- välttää verb (to keep away from)
French
3 entries- fuir verb (to keep away from)
- éviter verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- éviter verb (to keep away from)
Galician
1 entries- evitar verb (to keep away from)
Georgian
2 entries- არიდება verb (to keep away from)
- აცილება verb (to keep away from)
German
4 entries- abschwächen verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- abwerten verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- ausweichen verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- entkräften verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to keep away from)
Greek
1 entries- αποφεύγω verb (to keep away from)
Hindi
1 entries- टालना verb (to keep away from)
Hungarian
3 entries- elkerül verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- elkerül verb (to keep away from)
- kerül verb (to keep away from)
Irish
1 entries- seachain verb (to keep away from)
Italian
3 entries- evitare verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitare verb (to keep away from)
- schivare verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Japanese
3 entries- 免れる verb (to keep away from)
- 斎む verb (to keep away from)
- 避ける verb (to keep away from)
Kazakh
3 entries- аулақ болу verb (to keep away from)
- жалтару verb (to keep away from)
- жоламау verb (to keep away from)
Khmer
1 entries- ជៀសវាង verb (to keep away from)
Korean
2 entries- 꺼리다 verb (to keep away from)
- 피하다 verb (to keep away from)
Lao
1 entries- ຫຼີກລ້ຽງ verb (to keep away from)
Latin
4 entries- desum verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evado verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- vītō verb (to keep away from)
- ēvītō verb (to keep away from)
Malay
2 entries- elakkan verb (to keep away from)
- mengelak verb (to keep away from)
Marathi
1 entries- टाळणे verb (to try not to do something)
Mongolian
2 entries- зайлсхийх verb (to keep away from)
- цуцлах verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
Māori
2 entries- hohoni verb (to keep away from)
- tūraha verb (to keep away from)
Norwegian
1 entries- unngå verb (to keep away from)
Occitan
1 entries- evitar verb (to keep away from)
Old English
1 entries- forbūgan verb (to keep away from)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قاچمق verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- قاچمق verb (to keep away from)
Persian
1 entries- پرهیزیدن verb (to keep away from)
Polish
2 entries- unikać verb (to keep away from)
- uniknąć verb (to keep away from)
Portuguese
2 entries- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitar verb (to keep away from)
Romanian
2 entries- evita verb (to keep away from)
- ocoli verb (to keep away from)
Russian
4 entries- аннули́ровать verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
- избега́ть verb (to keep away from)
- избежа́ть verb (to keep away from)
- отмени́ть verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- seachain verb (to keep away from)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izbegávati verb (to keep away from)
- izbjegávati verb (to keep away from)
- ìzbeći verb (to keep away from)
- ìzbjeći verb (to keep away from)
Shan
1 entries- ငိူင်ႉဝႄႈ verb (to keep away from)
Sicilian
2 entries- javitari verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- sgavitari verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Slovak
1 entries- vyhnúť sa pf vyhýbať sa verb (to keep away from)
Spanish
3 entries- esquivar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitar verb (to keep away from)
Swedish
1 entries- undvika verb (to keep away from)
Thai
1 entries- หลีกเลี่ยง verb (to keep away from)
Turkish
3 entries- kaçınmak verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- kaçınmak verb (to keep away from)
- savuşturmak verb ((law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate)
Ukrainian
4 entries- уни́кнути verb (to keep away from)
- уника́ти verb (to keep away from)
- ухили́тися verb (to keep away from)
- ухиля́тися verb (to keep away from)
Vietnamese
3 entries- né verb (to keep away from)
- tránh verb (to keep away from)
- tránh xa verb (to keep away from)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
I avoid crossing the street here if I am in a hurry.
Source: tatoeba (19727)
Thanks to the opportunity, we were able to avoid substantial effort.
Source: tatoeba (20490)
It is essential to keep calm in a time of crisis and avoid going haywire.
Source: tatoeba (20711)
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