Avoid and Want

Opposite meaning words

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

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Want is an antonym for avoid in prevent topic.

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Avoid is an antonym for want.

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

attention	avoid attention	want attention
trouble	avoid trouble	want trouble
people	avoid people	want people
kind	avoid kind	want kind
Other words: time, ending, war, anyone.

The before/avoid girls are all presented as Whores and POD tries to make them into Madonnas so the public will want to marry them.

Source: Series / Snog Marry Avoid
Of course, being arrogant is one thing that our bastards want to avoid or be careful with.

Source: So You Want To / Write A Magnificent Bastard
Apparently coffee itself is too mundane to talk about; alternately, authors of Medieval European Fantasy may want to avoid it because it wasn't common in Europe until the 17th century.

Source: Uncoffee

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