Synonyms for Fending off:

• v.

  • avert
  • shove aside
  ,
  • turn
  .
  • avoid
  • bypass
  ,
  • circumlocute
  ,
  • circumvent
  ,
  • desist
  ,
  • ditch
  ,
  • dodge
  ,
  • duck
  ,
  • elude
  ,
  • escape
  ,
  • eschew
  ,
  • evade
  ,
  • fake out
  ,
  • flee
  ,
  • give the slip
  ,
  • hide
  ,
  • hold off
  ,
  • jump
  ,
  • keep clear
  ,
  • lay low
  ,
  • obviate
  ,
  • recoil
  ,
  • run for cover
  ,
  • shake
  ,
  • shake and bake
  ,
  • shake off
  ,
  • shirk
  ,
  • shrink from
  ,
  • shuffle off
  ,
  • shun
  ,
  • shy
  ,
  • sidestep
  ,
  • skip out on
  ,
  • skip town
  ,
  • skirt
  ,
  • stay away
  ,
  • stay out
  ,
  • steer clear of
  ,
  • step aside
  ,
  • weave
  ,
  • withdraw
  .
  • dodge
  • get around
  ,
  • get out of
  ,
  • short-circuit
  .
  • evade
  • beat around bush
  ,
  • beg the question
  ,
  • give the runaround
  ,
  • pass up
  ,
  • put off
  ,
  • slip out
  .
  • fight back/fight off
  • keep at bay
  .
  • rebut
  • get back at
  ,
  • prove false
  .

• Other relevant words:

• En Garde
,
• Juke
,
• anticipate
,
• baffle
,
• balk
,
• block
,
• bottle up
,
• break
,
• brush off
,
• cavil
,
• check
,
• chide
,
• come back at
,
• conceal
,
• confound
,
• confuse
,
• confute
,
• contain
,
• control
,
• controvert
,
• cop out
,
• cross
,
• curb
,
• cut
,
• dark
,
• deceive
,
• decline
,
• defeat
,
• deny
,
• deter
,
• disallow
,
• disconfirm
,
• discourage
,
• dismiss
,
• disprove
,
• disregard
,
• divert
,
• double
,
• equivocate
,
• evert
,
• fence
,
• fend off
,
• fly
,
• foil
,
• forestall
,
• frustrate
,
• fudge
,
• halt
,
• hold back
,
• ignore
,
• invalidate
,
• keep distance
,
• lash out at
,
• lead on a merry chase
,
• lie
,
• look away
,
• lurch
,
• malinger
,
• move to the side
,
• negate
,
• negative
,
• neglect
,
• not hear of
,
• overturn
,
• preclude
,
• pretend
,
• prevaricate
,
• prevent
,
• push back
,
• pussyfoot
,
• put in one's place
,
• put the move on
,
• put up fight
,
• quash
,
• refute
,
• reply
,
• repress
,
• reprove
,
• repudiate
,
• restrain
,
• retaliate
,
• rule out
,
• send away
,
• shift
,
• shuck
,
• shuffle
,
• shunt
,
• slide
,
• slight
,
• slip
,
• sneak away
,
• swerve
,
• take on
,
• tell off
,
• tergiversate
,
• tergiverse
,
• top
,
• trick
,
• turn away
,
• turn down
,
• waffle
,
• weasel
.
• avoid
• abstain
.
• defend
• battle
,
• bulwark
,
• care for
,
• cherish
,
• conserve
,
• contend
,
• cover
,
• entrench
,
• espouse
,
• fight
,
• fight for
,
• fortify
,
• foster
,
• garrison
,
• guard
,
• guard against
,
• hedge
,
• hold
,
• house
,
• insure
,
• keep safe
,
• look after
,
• maintain
,
• mine
,
• nourish
,
• oppose
,
• panoply
,
• preserve
,
• provide sanctuary
,
• repel danger
,
• retain
,
• safeguard
,
• save
,
• screen
,
• secure
,
• shelter
,
• shield
,
• sustain
,
• take in
,
• uphold
,
• war
,
• watch
,
• watch over
,
• withstand
.
• fend off
• avert
,
• avoid
,
• beat off
,
• deflect
,
• drive back
,
• hold at bay
,
• keep at a distance
,
• keep at arm's length
,
• keep off
,
• parry
,
• rebuff
,
• rebuke
,
• rebut
,
• refuse
,
• reject
,
• repel
,
• repulse
,
• resist
,
• snub
,
• spurn
,
• stave off
,
• turn aside
,
• ward off
.

What are the hypernyms for Fending off?

• Other hypernyms:

  defending, protecting, repelling, shielding, thwarting, Rebuffing, Warding, safeguarding, guarding, warding off.