Avoid and Detest

Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

Detest and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detest" instead a verb "Avoid".

Detest

Detest verb - To dislike strongly.

Avoid and detest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Detest".

Common collocations

anyone avoid anyone detest anyone
humans avoid humans detest humans
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Detest and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/detest
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