The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AVOID which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Shun crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVOID | 56 % | 5 |
| ESCHEW | 31 % | 6 |
| EVADE | 6 % | 5 |
| ELUDE | 3 % | 5 |
| OSTRACIZE | 1 % | 9 |
| KEEPATADISTANCE | 1 % | 15 |
| FLEE | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shun
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eschew
- banish
- blackball
- cast out
- ostracize
- ban
- avoid
- avoiding
- shirk
- abandon
- avert
- prevent
Crossword Answer definitions
AVOID verb- To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
- To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
- To try not to do something or to have something happen
- To make empty; to clear.
- To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
- To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
- To emit or throw out; to void.
- To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
- To get rid of.
- To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
- To become void or vacant.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
More clues leading to the result ESCHEW
- Shun
- Sidestep
- Avoid
- Steer clear of
- Have nothing to do with
- Spurn
- Refrain from
- Abstain from
- Boycott
- Stay clear of
More clues leading to the result EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result ELUDE
- Escape from
- Give the slip to
- Shake off
- Slip by unnoticed
- Get away from
- Slip by
- Avoid
- Manage to avoid
- Dodge
- Get by