Evade Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-vād
To use trickery to avoid an issue
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elude
  2. avoid
  3. dodge
  4. duck
  5. baffle
  6. equivocate
  7. bypass
  8. circumvent
  9. prevaricate
  10. sidestep
  11. quibble
  12. parry
  13. hedge
  14. shirk
  15. escape
  16. eschew
  17. get around
  18. pussyfoot
  19. shun
  20. put off
  21. shuffle
  22. trick
  23. burke
  24. shift
  25. dissemble
  26. cloak
  27. conceal
  28. deceive
  29. be evasive
  30. avert
  31. fence
  32. change the subject
  33. pretend
  34. confuse
  35. pettifog
  36. skirt
  37. ditch
  38. cavil
  39. subtilize
  40. tergiversate
  41. dodge the issue
  42. beat-around-the-bush
  43. give-someone-the-runaround
  44. beg-the-question
  45. waffle
  46. hem-and-haw
  47. throw off the scent
  48. lead one a merry chase
  49. foil
  50. get-out-of
  51. cop out
  52. weasel out of
  53. lie one's way out of
  54. hide
  55. maneuver
  56. bilk
Antonyms:
  1. face
  2. confront
  3. make clear
  4. elucidate
To get away from (a pursuer)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elude
  2. lose
  3. shake off
  4. slip
  5. throw off
  6. shake
Antonyms:
  1. meet
  2. face
  3. take on
To avoid a meeting
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elude
  2. escape
  3. hedge
  4. dodge
  5. duck
  6. skirt
  7. sidestep
  8. circumvent
  9. slip-out
  10. fudge
  11. put off
  12. sneak away from
  13. avoid
  14. parry
  15. eschew

Words Related to Evade

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. seek
  2. thwart
  3. fend-off
  4. wriggle-out-of
  5. outwit
  6. resist

Evade Sentence Examples

  • I've never met anyone who could evade a question as well as he can.

  • He would simply evade the question - like he did in Texas.

  • I was compelled to evade her question, for I could not explain to her the mystery of a self-existent being.

  • They can't evade each other the way they can in the mortal world, so they use bodyguards.

  • To evade the second claim, Clement gave way on the first.

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