AVOIDS Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

avoids

verb

present tense third-person singular of avoid

as in evades

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 abolishes

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 avoids Human interest Sending robots to space avoids having to deal with risks to human health. —

Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026 Keeping your conversion within a range that avoids IRMAA thresholds protects your Medicare costs alongside your tax bill. —

Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 Bumble and Bumble’s Thickening Mousse, according to testing by Byrdie, avoids both problems. —

Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 As Salim, Bakri avoids the kind of short-temperedness that incorrectly defines Arab men in the public imagination. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026 Despite its potential danger, the snake typically avoids confrontation. —

Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 Doncic avoids a one-game suspension, which is automatically assessed after a player earns his 16th technical foul of the season, for Monday night’s game against the Eastern Conference’s first-place team, the Detroit Pistons (51-19). —

Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026 The design here avoids ski-lodge clichés but maintains splendid common areas, including a cozy library and a grand lobby decorated with stone and wood finishes and splashes of rich red and orange hues. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026 By backing Hurd, the GOP avoids another contentious primary in a long red district, as the incumbent is running unopposed. —

Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

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But even if Booker’s appearance evades the FCC’s scrutiny, the commission is closely watching TV talk programs, with The View in particular a subject of interest.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
But how does one set out to write a biography about the creation of an author who not only can’t be reached, but actively evades the spotlight?

— Costa Beavin Pappas, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026