Synonyms of avoiding

avoiding

verb

present participle of avoid

1

as in evading

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evading
• escaping
• preventing
• dodging
• eliminating
• deflecting
• shunning
• eschewing
• eluding
• shaking
• circumventing
• thwarting
• ducking
• excluding
• shirking
• shuffling (out of)
• precluding
• missing
• scaping
• diverting
• averting
• obviating
• keeping clear of
• finessing
• steering clear of
• fighting shy of
• bypassing
• getting around
• staying clear of
• parrying
• banning
• weaseling (out of)
• excepting
• debarring
• warding (off)
• barring
• ruling out
• outwitting
• foiling
• outsmarting
• skirting
• frustrating
• overreaching
• outfoxing
• foxing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeking
• pursuing
• accepting
• embracing
• catching
• courting
• welcoming
• contracting
• incurring

2

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• canceling
• overturning
• vacating
• voiding
• invalidating
• dismissing
• nullifying
• negating
• dissolving
• quashing
• withdrawing
• abrogating
• rescinding
• suspending
• annulling
• revoking
• reversing
• eliminating
• rolling back
• setting aside
• doing away with
• striking down
• abating
• removing
• rejecting
• vetoing
• nulling
• retracting
• forbidding
• prohibiting
• overruling
• recalling
• overriding
• banning
• disannulling
• erasing
• outlawing
• aborting
• eradicating
• enjoining
• calling
• disallowing
• countermanding
• dropping
• calling off
• annihilating
• liquidating
• writing off
• throwing out
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacting
• establishing
• instituting
• laying down
• passing
• founding
• validating
• legislating
• permitting
• allowing
• approving
• authorizing
• ratifying
• endorsing
• clearing
• prescribing
• ordering
• legitimizing
• warranting
• legalizing
• mandating
• formalizing
• commanding
• legitimating
• sanctioning
• decreeing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avoiding

Yet its bodywork is relatively restrained, avoiding the huge wings, complex vents and aggressive appendages found on many contemporary hypercars. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Gwinnett County man in 2022, avoiding a trial that was set to begin Monday in federal court in Atlanta. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Others are just as deliberate about avoiding the front lines, gravitating toward technical or support specialties where the likelihood of direct combat is lower, but translating those skills to a civilian job may be smoother. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

For visitors, many of whom can afford late-night bars and restaurants, this merely means avoiding La Rambla in the sunshine. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Couples have prenups for many reasons, but much of it comes down to discussing financial goals, avoiding additional legal work in a divorce, maintaining control over financial outcomes and avoiding a state's default divorce laws. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026

Gaasterland said in her candidate statement that her top priorities include utility undergrounding, local control of land use decisions, and removing the train tracks from the bluffs while avoiding a new route that tunnels under Del Mar homes. — Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

McDaniel had his reasons for avoiding supplying his own depth chart beyond not wishing to see it in print or on a website or TV network. — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026

So, which specific savings account mistakes are worth avoiding as the summer winds down? — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026