avert

Other forms of avert

past tense

averted·

present participle

averting·

third person

averts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about avert

What does avert mean?

avert means "prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in avert?

avert has 2 syllables: a-vert. The stress falls on "vert". In IPA it is /əˈvɝt/.

What is another word for avert?

Close synonyms include debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is avert a common word?

avert is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with avert?

8 words rhyme with avert. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.