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" (222 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (45)
Verb(18 words)
Strong matches (66)
Related words (111)
Verb(33 words)
Noun(20 words)
Determiner(2 words)
no forceno tearing
Adjective(2 words)
untouchedwell worn refrain
Related word relations
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- shmang verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- shmang verb (to try not to do something)
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)
Catalan
1 entries- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
French
1 entries- éviter verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
German
2 entries- ausweichen verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- vermeiden verb (to try not to do something)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkerül verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Italian
2 entries- evitare verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- schivare verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Latin
1 entries- desum verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Marathi
1 entries- टाळणे verb (to try not to do something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قاچمق verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Portuguese
1 entries- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
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)
Spanish
2 entries- esquivar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
- evitar verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
Turkish
1 entries- kaçınmak verb (to try not to be hit; to give way)
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)
Showing 4 of 33 available sentences.