avoid

How many syllables in avoid?

  2 syllables

Divide avoid into syllables:   a-void
Stressed syllable in avoid:   a-void
How to pronounce avoid:   ah-voyd
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Synonyms for avoid


1 syllable
  • dodge
  • help
  • miss
  • shirk
  • duck
  • leave
  • save
  • shun
2 syllables
  • avert
  • escape
  • evade
  • ignore
  • preclude
  • sidestep
  • elude
  • eschew
  • forestall
  • pass up
  • prevent
3 syllables
  • circumvent
  • get out of
  • steer clear of
4 syllables
  • keep away from
  • stay away from
6 syllables
  • take avoiding action
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    What rhymes with avoid

    1 syllable
    • Freud
    • toyed
    • Lloyd
    2 syllables
    • android
    • chancroid
    • conoid
    • cuboid
    • deltoid
    • deployed
    • devoid
    • employed
    • factoid
    • fungoid
    • globoid
    • hypnoid
    • mastoid
    • ovoid
    • pygmoid
    • rhomboid
    • scombroid
    • spheroid
    • styloid
    • thalloid
    • toroid
    • trochoid
    • Veddoid
    • annoyed
    • colloid
    • crinoid
    • cycloid
    • dendroid
    • destroyed
    • discoid
    • enjoyed
    • fibroid
    • ganoid
    • hydroid
    • keloid
    • mucoid
    • prismoid
    • rhizoid
    • schizoid
    • sigmoid
    • steroid
    • tabloid
    • thyroid
    • toxoid
    • typhoid
    • viroid
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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