What does avoiding mean?
Avoiding means present participle and gerund of avoid.
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/əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of avoid.
Have you been avoiding me? (as progressive form of avoid)
I noted his carefully avoiding eye contact. (as present participle)
I noted his careful avoiding of eye contact. (as gerund)
Two classes of people she had chosen to avoid, having been driven to such avoidings by her aunt's preferences; marquises and such-like, whether wicked or otherwise, she had eschewed, and had eschewed likewise all Low Church tendencies.
Use avoiding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Avoiding means present participle and gerund of avoid.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Have you been avoiding me? (as progressive form of avoid)
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