Word Type

Verb

The word "avoid" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

confront

Derived Terms

avoid like the plague avoidable avoidance avoidant avoider avoidless avoidment unavoided

Context

legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abstain cancel desist disdain forbear forbid foreclose forestall freeze off pooh-pooh preclude prevent refrain reject scorn spurn strike down turn down

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

abstain beg off bypass circumvent equivocate fudge funk jook obviate prevaricate shirk shuffle waffle

Related Terms

avoid like the plague beat around the bush dodge a bullet flee ignore

Related Terms

annul clear communicate contract defeat depart emit empty evacuate evade go away invalidate keep leave meet refute retire shun try void withdraw

Synonym Network

debar invalidate keep off

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.