Synonyms of avoids

avoids

verb

present tense third-person singular of avoid

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evades
• escapes
• prevents
• eliminates
• dodges
• deflects
• shuns
• eschews
• eludes
• circumvents
• shakes
• thwarts
• shirks
• excludes
• precludes
• obviates
• misses
• shuffles (out of)
• averts
• diverts
• finesses
• ducks
• keeps clear of
• steers clear of
• bypasses
• fights shy of
• weasels (out of)
• gets around
• scapes
• stays clear of
• parries
• bans
• excepts
• rules out
• debars
• outwits
• wards (off)
• frustrates
• foils
• outsmarts
• bars
• overreaches
• outfoxes
• skirts
• foxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepts
• seeks
• embraces
• pursues
• welcomes
• incurs
• catches
• courts
• contracts

2

as in abolishes

to put an end to by formal action

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishes
• cancels
• repeals
• overturns
• invalidates
• negates
• dismisses
• vacates
• nullifies
• voids
• dissolves
• abrogates
• quashes
• suspends
• rescinds
• withdraws
• annuls
• revokes
• eliminates
• rolls back
• strikes down
• reverses
• rejects
• sets aside
• abates
• removes
• does away with
• nulls
• forbids
• retracts
• overrules
• prohibits
• recalls
• vetoes
• overrides
• disannuls
• erases
• bans
• aborts
• disallows
• eradicates
• enjoins
• calls
• countermands
• calls off
• outlaws
• annihilates
• drops
• liquidates
• writes off
• throws out
• breaks down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacts
• establishes
• lays down
• institutes
• founds
• passes
• validates
• approves
• allows
• legislates
• permits
• authorizes
• endorses
• prescribes
• clears
• legitimizes
• warrants
• formalizes
• legitimates
• orders
• legalizes
• ratifies
• mandates
• sanctions
• commands
• decrees

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avoids

Jones hopes the study finds improvements to the current system Charlotte Water works under, and that the state avoids overinvesting into industries that take up a lot of water such as data centers. — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Assigning responsibility for each bill upfront avoids awkward money moments later. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

Visually, Hornbill avoids the excess that often defines heavy-duty folders. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Plus, starting new edible crops in July also avoids some pests, such as squash vine borers, which may have moved through their life cycle and won’t affect your baby plants. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

That avoids asking for Wi-Fi passwords and digging through their TV menus. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Express Flooring’s process avoids that gap by finalizing your purchase only after a design consultant has measured your space in person. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026

The entangled pair largely avoids transmission losses, which improves teleportation reliability. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Taub avoids a triumphalist conclusion in her generally optimistic show by acknowledging the work that must continue, generation after generation, in order to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026