Eludes Synonyms and Antonyms

Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. escapes
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. evades
  2. dodges
  3. escapes
  4. shuns
  5. sidesteps
  6. ducks
  7. bilks
  8. baffles
  9. slips
  10. circumvents
  11. avoids
  12. outwits
  13. eschews
  14. hides
  15. skirts
  16. frustrates
  17. foils
  18. parries
  19. flees
  20. bypasses
  21. fudges
  22. ditches
  23. hedges
Antonyms:
  1. entices
  2. attracts
  3. encounters
  4. invites
  5. confronts
  6. meets
  7. faces
To get away from (a pursuer)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shakes
  2. slips
  3. loses
  4. evades

Eludes Sentence Examples

  • The mystery of how the line acquired its nickname still eludes the author.

  • They are undoubtedly convinced of the value of collaborations; their ability to achieve them for the same price somehow eludes them.

  • Despite much research, the mechanism by which carbon dioxide levels were reduced during cold glacial periods relative to warm interglacials eludes us.

  • It should not be denied that he did not always escape the pitfalls of such a method of treatment, the faces becoming sleek and prim, with a smirk of sexless religiosity which hardly eludes the artificial or even the hypocritical; on other minds, therefore, and these some of the most masculine and resolute, he produces little genuine impression.

  • As with many modern technologies, the exact mechanism by which portable air conditioners cool off a room eludes many people.

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