AVOIDED Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

avoided

verb

past tense of avoid

as in evaded

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like

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as in abolished

to put an end to by formal action asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress

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Recent Examples of avoided Since then, the couple have avoided cooking steamy dishes. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026 There is no expectation to make a profit from the rental market and back-to-back bookings are avoided to ensure the house and staff operate at their best. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026 Lost in all the heated rhetoric is the fact that so much of this turmoil would have been avoided if federal detainers were simply honored within local jails and state prisons — away from the public and professional provocateurs who are drawn to uncivil cultural conflict like bees to honey. —

Bob Ehrlich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026 Vietnam started against Japan knowing that a three-goal loss would end its chances of qualifying as one of the best third-place teams if Taiwan avoided defeat to India. —

ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 Hathaway and Waxman note that the courts have mostly avoided weighing in on debates over war powers, leaving Congress to guard its own authority. —

Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026 Cold water, on the other hand, is said to dull this fire and slow digestion and should be avoided. —

Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026 Funk says heavy pruning of roses should also be avoided as cutting too early can encourage new growth to sprout at a time when damaging frosts could still be lurking in the forecast. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026 Previously, during the 12-day war with Israel in June, even many regime critics avoided protest and resisted escalation. —

Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026

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Lewandowski evaded this ban by taking a role as a special government employee, limited by law to working no more than 130 days a year for the federal government.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
While most of Iran’s missiles and drones have been intercepted, six US service members were killed when an Iranian projectile evaded air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center at Kuwait’s Shuaiba port on Sunday.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026