Avoid and Perceive

Avoid

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

Perceive is an antonym for avoid.

Perceive

Perceive verb - To have a vague awareness of.

Avoid is an antonym for perceive in notice topic.

Common collocations

people avoid people perceive people
death avoid death perceive death
situation avoid situation perceive situation
time avoid time perceive time
Other words: effects, pain, anyone, humans, attacks.
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