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Synonyms for avoid

Synonyms for avoid: avert and shun. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for avoid

Interchangeable with avoid in this sense

Audited under avoid's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one avoid carries in that sense.

avertverb, in the sense "prevent the occurrence of"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name avoid as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

shunshun is a verb in the sense "to deliberately avoid or keep away from someone"

The first group is filed under avoid's own sense. The second reaches avoid from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

prevent the occurrence of

Let's avoid a confrontation.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

avert

Same sentence, swapped: Let's avert a confrontation.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot avoid is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

void
block
cross

Where avoid turns up in the game

avoid is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where avoid is the trap

mimicverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is imitate, in the sense "to imitate someone's actions, speech, or manner", and avoid is one of the three tiles that lose.
confrontverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is face, in the sense "deal with (something unpleasant) head on", and avoid is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play avoid

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so avoid reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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trespassverbintrudeenter unlawfully on someone's propertyRidgelineHas a reason line unctuousadjectivesmarmyexcessively flattering or ingratiating in a way that seems insincereRidgelineHas a reason line violateverboutrageviolate the sacred character of a place or languageRidgeline alienateverbestrangeto cause someone to become unfriendly or distant, especially through one's own actionsRidgelineHas a reason line trainverbschoolteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgmentFoothillsHas a reason line treatverbhandleinteract in a certain wayFoothills2 senses scorchedadjectivebakeddried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlightRidgeline scrappyadjectivetenaciousdetermined and willing to fight hard despite a disadvantageRidgelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. avoid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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