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

Calibrating policy under current conditions is complicated by Warsh's push for a more mercurial Fed that avoids signaling where policy is heading, preferring for markets to take their own signals from incoming data. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

The proportions remain practical, and the overall design avoids some of the visual excesses found elsewhere in the segment. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

The malware can temporarily disable Google Play One particularly troubling finding involves how Midnight Mimosa avoids security checks. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

His reverence for her motherhood — which the film avoids asking her about, substituting discussion with endless visuals of her breastfeeding and swinging her children through the waves — echoes the themes of season one. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Think of the flood sent to punish humankind that Noah avoids by building the ark, for example. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026

Venezuela’s example doesn’t provide the American left a lot to offer the American people, so the left avoids talking about Venezuela. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026

Settling at concept stage which layers can share, and which cannot, avoids both. — Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Interestingly, the system stays within existing 18 kV power equipment limits and avoids costly requalifications of subsea infrastructure. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026