Avoid and Tackle

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Avoid

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

Tackle

Tackle verb - To start work on energetically.
Usage example: once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom
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Synonyms for Tackle
Antonyms for Tackle
Avoid is an antonym for tackle in topics: make an effort, jump on and grab.
Nearby Words: tackled, tackling
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Common collocations

kind avoid kind tackle kind
problem avoid problem tackle problem
issue avoid issue tackle issue
time avoid time tackle time
Other words: issues, enemies, problems.

Both words in one sentence

  • Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Played straight in the few books that tackle this topic, usually in one of the ways laid out in the tropes page description.
    Source: Creator / Danielle Steel
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Tackle and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/tackle
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