Synonyms of avert

1 Syllable
turn, halt, swung, shunt, vouch, veers, shied, foil, veer
2 Syllables
forfend, vouched, slewing, stave, deters, prevent, tabooed, defend, bitted, staved, vouching, deflect, warded, warding, divert, slewed, staving, re-press, bitting, veered, deter, avoid
3 Syllables
preventing, obviate, precluding, avoided, inhibit, deviate, panoplied, obviated, defending, deterred, obviating, avoiding, sandbagging, redirect, deflected, sidetrack, frustrate, forestall, deviated, sandbagged, precluded, deflecting, preclude
4 Syllables
forestalled, disadvise, sidetracked, sidetracking, inhibiting, forestalling, redirecting
5 Syllables
circumlocate, circumlocute