dodging

English Thesaurus

1. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

hypernym	:	rejection,
definition	:	the act of rejecting something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	aversion, averting,
definition	:	the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away (noun.act)

hyponym	:	escape,
definition	:	an avoidance of danger or difficulty (noun.act)

hyponym	:	near thing,
definition	:	something that barely avoids failure or disaster (noun.act)

2. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

hypernym	:	carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance,
definition	:	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)

hyponym	:	escape mechanism,
definition	:	a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities (noun.act)

hyponym	:	malingering, skulking,
definition	:	evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated (noun.act)

hyponym	:	goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldiering,
definition	:	the evasion of work or duty (noun.act)

hyponym	:	circumvention,
definition	:	the act of evading by going around (noun.act)

3. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	falsehood, falsity, untruth,
definition	:	a false statement (noun.communication)

4. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoid,
definition	:	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

derivation	:	eschew, shun,
definition	:	avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb.communication)

5. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away, get by, get off, get out,
definition	:	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away,
definition	:	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

6. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

7. deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoid,
definition	:	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication)

derivation	:	eschew, shun,
definition	:	avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of (verb.communication)

8. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, miss,
definition	:	fail to experience (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away, get by, get off, get out,
definition	:	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action (verb.communication)

derivation	:	escape, get away,
definition	:	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion (verb.social)

9. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication)

derivation	:	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt,
definition	:	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)