avert
avert is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire.". Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
- intransitive verb. To turn away.
- verb. turn away or aside
"They averted their eyes when the King entered"
- verb. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"
"head off a confrontation"
Synonyms
avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, obviate
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in avert:
Common word forms
averts, averted, averter, averting, avertable
Words from these letters
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