What are the antonyms for FENDING OFF?
- resign, desert, stand up to, help, welcome, abandon, confront, leave, yield, agree, deal with, relinquish, seek, approve, quit, concede, give in, take on, want, surrender, take in, meet, let in, aid, back down, face, encounter, attack, give up, include, hug.
Synonyms for FENDING OFF
- watch,
- skip town,
- pretend,
- shirk,
- balk,
- divert,
- cop out,
- nourish,
- confound,
- resist,
- obviate,
- fight for,
- waffle,
- step aside,
- shake,
- fortify,
- lay low,
- hold back,
- circumlocute,
- bypass,
- anticipate,
- beat off,
- secure,
- steer clear of,
- reprove,
- control,
- hold off,
- retain,
- confute,
- reject,
- oppose,
- circumvent,
- entrench,
- slip,
- hold,
- discourage,
- disallow,
- get out of,
- put up fight,
- watch over,
- shield,
- ward off,
- keep off,
- keep at a distance,
- guard against,
- cross,
- spurn,
- look after,
- chide,
- break,
- defeat,
- skirt,
- shrink from,
- preclude,
- keep at bay,
- beg the question,
- stay out,
- escape,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- conceal,
- screen,
- put off,
- shunt,
- deter,
- disconfirm,
- halt,
- disregard,
- repel danger,
- negative,
- dodge,
- forestall,
- pussyfoot,
- not hear of,
- retaliate,
- evert,
- abstain,
- come back at,
- rebuff,
- repel,
- neglect,
- disprove,
- shake and bake,
- guard,
- skip out on,
- turn aside,
- ignore,
- contain,
- run for cover,
- top,
- panoply,
- provide sanctuary,
- ditch,
- tell off,
- confuse,
- shake off,
- shelter,
- weave,
- shove aside,
- drive back,
- restrain,
- withdraw,
- get around,
- prevaricate,
- keep distance,
- house,
- repudiate,
- hide,
- short-circuit,
- dark,
- keep clear,
- battle,
- quash,
- give the runaround,
- espouse,
- double,
- check,
- withstand,
- turn,
- turn down,
- block,
- snub,
- equivocate,
- beat around bush,
- parry,
- pass up,
- lash out at,
- reply,
- repulse,
- give the slip,
- slide,
- shuck,
- move to the side,
- look away,
- shuffle off,
- avoid,
- rebut,
- push back,
- shun,
- lead on a merry chase,
- eschew,
- cover,
- duck,
- refuse,
- take in,
- malinger,
- desist,
- preserve,
- lie,
- send away,
- curb,
- overturn,
- hedge,
- Juke,
- slight,
- keep at arm's length,
- baffle,
- maintain,
- mine,
- cherish,
- lurch,
- stave off,
- cavil,
- recoil,
- fake out,
- prevent,
- elude,
- care for,
- garrison,
- evade,
- keep safe,
- shuffle,
- invalidate,
- safeguard,
- refute,
- fly,
- decline,
- En Garde,
- put the move on,
- fight,
- fudge,
- save,
- controvert,
- bulwark,
- deflect,
- foil,
- tergiverse,
- deny,
- brush off,
- hold at bay,
- uphold,
- turn away,
- rule out,
- weasel,
- sustain,
- frustrate,
- war,
- get back at,
- trick,
- insure,
- sneak away,
- skip*,
- rebuke,
- take on,
- bottle up,
- negate,
- prove false,
- avert,
- sidestep,
- cut,
- dismiss,
- contend,
- slip out,
- duck*,
- jump,
- stay away,
- fend off,
- fence,
- shift,
- conserve,
- put in one's place,
- repress,
- flee,
- deceive,
- shy,
- foster.
