Avoidance
Synonyms for avoidance
noun eluding; preventing
restraint
evasion
prevention
dodge
recession
flight
forbearance
departure
parry
delay
circumvention
recoil
retreat
escape
self-restraint
passive resistance
run-around
escapism
elusion
nonparticipation
shirking
shunning
dodging
absention
eschewal
steering clear of
Antonyms for avoidance
continuation
coming
advance
arrival
stay
meeting
Concept Thesaurus for word avoidance
1. Conceptional volition
Synonyms – noun
abstention
inaction
elusion
escape
rejection
refugee
abstinence
neutrality.
seclusion
retreat
shirker
runaway
forbearance
avoidance
avolation
recoil
truant
runagate
refraining
evasion
flight
departure
fugitive
maroon.
Synonyms – verbs
abstain
not do
let alone
stand aloof
take no part in
steer clear of
keep at a respectful distance
elude
shrink back
recoil
blench
parry
turn tail
run for one’s life
flee
take flight
make off
sheer off
slink away
sneak away from
part company
give one the go by
decamp
levant
walk one’s chalks
go away (depart)
lead one a pretty dance
refrain
maintain the even tenor of one’s way.
have nothing to do with
stand off
have no hand in.
keep clear of
keep out of the way
turn away from
hang back
retire (recede)
shy
make way for
turn one’s back
cut and run
fly away
take to flight
scamper off
break away
steel away
shuffle away from
turn one’s heel
give leg bail
flit
skedadle
show a light pair of heels
abandon
throw off the scent
spare
eschew
keep aloof
hold aloof
avoid
fight shy of
get out of the way
set one’s face against (oppose)[more]
hold back
flinch
shirk
give place to.
take to one’s heels
be off like a shot
flee away
desert
sneak off
tear oneself away
make away from
sheer away from
sneak out of
take French leave
bolt
absquatulate [U.S.]
make oneself scarce
reject
play at hide and seek.
not attempt
keep from
keep off
hold off
shun
keep one’s distance
evade
deny oneself.
draw back
blink
dodge
beat a retreat
runaway
fly
run away from
elope
shuffle off
slip away
scamper away from
slip cable
play truant
slope
abscond
cut one’s stick
escape
lead one a dance
Synonyms – adjectives
unsought
shy of (unwilling) [more]
runaway
in order to avoid.
unattempted
elusive
shy
avoiding
evasive
wild.
neutral
fugitive
lest
Synonyms – phrases
“things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme” [Paradise Lost].
Antonyms
pursuit
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