Synonyms for avoided
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-void |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɔɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for avoided Other synonyms for the word avoided
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- duck
- elude
- eschew
- fake out
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shy
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- weave
- withdraw
Définition of avoided
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French avoider "to clear out, withdraw (oneself)," partially anglicized from Old French esvuidier "to empty out," from es- "out" (see ex-) + vuidier "to be empty," from voide "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste" (see void (adj.)). Originally a law term; modern sense of "have nothing to do with" also was in Middle English and corresponds to Old French eviter with which it was perhaps confused. Meaning "escape, evade" first attested 1520s. Related: Avoided; avoiding.
- verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
- If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I avoided the house of Mr Clayton, and absented myself from his chapel.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The truth could not be concealed, nor the contemplation of it avoided.
- Extract from : « Fragments from The Journal of a Solitary Man » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- They are not necessary; they might be avoided; at their worst they could be tempered.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Then the danger of getting too much coloring will be avoided.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- So, he avoided her eyes as she stood by the window regarding him quizzically.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Certainly, as if treading on dangerous ground, Sidney avoided it.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Perhaps Ned wasn't in the building; perhaps—he may have avoided me.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- If you think my sorrow could have been avoided, offer the Bacillus as a wedding gift to—.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- If she avoided looking in the direction of her reposing husband it was not because she was afraid of him.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for avoided
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