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resort (to)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of resort (to)

1 to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage

  • unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence
Synonyms of resort (to)

consult, go (to), refer (to), turn (to)
Words Related to resort (to)

employ, use, utilize

depend (on), rely (on)
Phrases Synonymous with resort (to)

fall back on

2 to go to or spend time in often

  • resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet
Synonyms of resort (to)

affect, frequent, habituate, hang (at), haunt, visit
Words Related to resort (to)

patronize

attend, take in

infest, invade, overrun, swarm

call (on or upon), drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (in), stop (in or by)

camp (out in), sojourn (at), stay (at), stop (over), tarry (in)
Near Antonyms of resort (to)

dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shake
Antonyms of resort (to)

avoid, shun

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