Avoid and Bear

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Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Bear is an antonym for avoid.
Nearby Words: avoided, avoidance, avoidable, avoiding, avoidably

Bear

Bear verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: I can't bear the thought of losing another loved one
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Antonyms for Bear
Avoid is an antonym for bear in topics: endure, bring, give birth, support mentally.
Nearby Words: bearing, bearish, bearer, bearskin, beared
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Common collocations

kind avoid kind bear kind
responsibility avoid responsibility bear responsibility
time avoid time bear time
pain avoid pain bear pain
Other words: risk, fighting, consequences.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Iron Tower Various other characters bear a passing similarity with other members of the LOTR cast, though Tuck and his friends largely avoid it.
    Source: Literature / The Iron Tower
  • 20 Bear Asses While the standard missions in EVE Online avoid it (mostly), the less common "COSMOS" missions play it straight, requiring you to gather x number of the local space bear ass variant.
    Source: 20 Bear Asses
  • 20 Bear Asses Before the game's release Word of God stated that the 100% drop rate was intentional; to avoid the painful stupidity of a bear not having an ass, or somehow being unable to part with it when dead.
    Source: 20 Bear Asses
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