- Types Of Speech
- You can use avoid as a verb in a sentence.
- About Avoid
- A 2 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, d, i, o, and v, 2 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter o. Avoid starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, av, avo, avoi, and the ending characters are d, id, oid, void, ..
- Definition
- Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Avoid is set as a grade five word that starts with a, ends with d, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is avoid a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Avoid in Pig Latin is said as "avoiday or avoidway".
- Unigram
- a | v | o | i | d
- Bigram
- av | vo | oi | id
- Trigram
- avo | voi | oid
- Quadrigram
- avoi | void
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- stay clear from;
keep away from;
keep out of the way of someone or something;
"Her former friends now avoid her" - refrain from certain foods or beverages;
"I keep off drugs";
"During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" - prevent the occurrence of;
prevent from happening;
"Let's avoid a confrontation";
"head off a confrontation";
"avert a strike" - declare invalid;
"The contract was annulled";
"void a plea"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstain | choose no to consume "I abstain from alcohol" |
| Abstain From | |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Avert | turn away or aside "They averted their eyes when the King entered" |
| Avoid | stay clear from keep away from keep out of the way of someone or something "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| Backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence "there was a backlash of intolerance" |
| Back Away | |
| Back Out | |
| Bar | the act of preventing "there was no bar against leaving" "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" |
| Be Stuck Up |
View all cognitive synonyms for Avoid
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on "You must confront your problems" "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| Face | the act of confronting bravely "he hated facing the facts" "he excelled in the face of danger" |
| Face Up |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Avoid | stay clear from keep away from keep out of the way of someone or something "Her former friends now avoid her" |
View English words with the unique letters used in avoid. Words With The Letters Adiov
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Avoidance | deliberately avoiding keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| Dodging | deliberately avoiding keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| Shunning | deliberately avoiding keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| Turning Away |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bypass | a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town |
| Circumvent | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| Dodge | a quick evasive movement |
| Duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs |
| Elude | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| Escape | the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| Eschew | avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of |
| Evade | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| Fudge | soft creamy candy |
| Get Around |
View All Hyponyms For Avoid
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Lavoid | No | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoid (5 letters) | 9 | 10 | avoid |
Avoid Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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