Avid and Averse

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Avid adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.

Usage example: an avid baseball card collector

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Averse is an antonym for avid.

Nearby Word: avidly

Averse adjective - Having a natural dislike for something.

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Avid is an antonym for averse.

Nearby Words: aversion, aversely

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Averse and Avid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avid/averse

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