turn aside
verb
Roget 616:
dissuade,
dehort†,
cry out against,
remonstrate,
expostulate,
warn,
contraindicate.
disincline,
indispose,
shake,
stagger;
dispirit;
discourage,
dishearten;
deter;
repress,
hold back,
keep back
etc.
(restrain)
751;
render averse
etc.
603;
repel;
turn aside
etc.
(deviation)
279;
wean from;
act as a drag
etc.
(hinder)
706;
throw cold water on,
damp,
cool,
chill,
blunt,
calm,
quiet,
quench;
deprecate
etc.
766.
disenchant,
disillusion,
deflate,
take down a peg,
pop one's balloon,
prick one's balloon,
burst one's bubble;
disabuse
(correction)
527.1.
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Roget 706:
hinder,
impede,
filibuster [U.S.],
impedite†,
embarrass.
keep off,
stave off,
ward off;
obviate;
avert,
antevert†;
turn aside,
draw off,
prevent,
forefend,
nip in the bud;
retard,
slacken,
check,
let;
counteract,
countercheck†;
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop [Law];
inhibit
etc.
761;
shackle
etc.
(restrain)
751;
restrict.
obstruct,
stop,
stay,
bar,
bolt,
lock;
block,
block up;
choke off;
belay,
barricade;
block the way,
bar the way,
stop the way;
forelay†;
dam up
etc.
(close)
261;
put on the brake
etc.
n.;
scotch the wheel,
lock the wheel,
put a spoke in the wheel;
put a stop to
etc.
142;
traverse,
contravene;
interrupt,
intercept;
oppose
etc.
708;
hedge in,
hedge round;
cut off;
inerclude†.
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle
etc.
682.
cramp,
hamper;
clog,
clog the wheels;
cumber;
encumber,
incumber;
handicap;
choke;
saddle with,
load with;
overload,
lay;
lumber,
trammel,
tie one's hands,
put to inconvenience;
incommode,
discommode;
discompose;
hustle,
corner,
drive into a corner.
run foul of,
fall foul of;
cross the path of,
break in upon.
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil;
faze,
feaze†,
feeze [U.S.];
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent;
defeat
etc.
731;
spike guns
etc.
(render useless)
645;
spoil,
mar,
clip the wings of;
cripple
etc.
(injure)
659;
put an extinguisher on;
damp;
dishearten
etc.
(dissuade)
616;
discountenance,
throw cold water on,
spoil sport;
lay a wet blanket,
throw a wet blanket on;
cut the ground from under one,
take the wind out of one's sails,
undermine;
be in the way of,
stand in the way of;
act as a drag;
hang like a millstone round one's neck.
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Roget 458:
be inattentive
etc.
adj.;
overlook,
disregard;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460;
not observe
etc.
457;
think little of.
close one's eyes to,
shut one's eyes to;
pay no attention to;
dismiss from one's thoughts,
discard from one's thoughts,
discharge from one's thoughts,
dismiss from one's mind,
discard from one's mind,
discharge from one's mind;
drop the subject,
think no more of;
set aside,
turn aside,
put aside;
turn away from,
turn one's attention from,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon.
abstract oneself,
dream,
indulge in reverie.
escape notice,
escape attention;
come in at one ear and go out at the other;
forget
etc.
(have no remembrance)
506.
call off the attention,
draw off the attention,
call away the attention,
divert the attention,
distract the mind;
put out of one's head;
disconcert,
discompose;
put out,
confuse,
perplex,
bewilder,
moider†,
fluster,
muddle,
dazzle;
throw a sop to Cerberus.
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Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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Moby thesaurus: alter, ameliorate, anticipate, avert, avoid, bar, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bear off, beat off, bend, blench, blink, block, blunt, bottom out, branch off, break, change, change the bearing, check, checker, chill, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come round, cool, counter, cringe, curve, damp, dampen, debar, deflect, degenerate, depart, depart from, deter, deteriorate, detour, deviate, digress, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, distract, divagate, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divert, dodge, draw aside, draw back, drive back, duck, ease off, edge off, estop, evade, exclude, excurse, fade, fall back, fend, fend off, flinch, flop, fly off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, gee, get sidetracked, glance, glance off, go astray, go off, hang back, haul around, haw, head off, heel, help, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, improve, indispose, jib, jibe, keep at bay, keep from, keep off, make way for, maunder, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, move aside, mutate, obstruct, obviate, parry, preclude, prevent, prohibit, pull back, push back, put back, put off, quail, quench, ramble, rebuff, recoil, reel back, repel, repulse, retreat, revive, rule out, save, sheer, sheer off, shift, shove aside, shrink, shrink back, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, start aside, start back, stave off, steer clear of, step aside, stop, stray, swerve, switch, tack, take a turn, trend, turn, turn away, turn back, turn from, turn into, turn off, turn the corner, undergo a change, vary, veer, veer off, wander, ward off, warp, wean from, weasel, weasel out, wince, worsen ... show more.
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