evade
English Thesaurus
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | avoid, |
| definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | beg, |
| definition | : | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | quibble, |
| definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
2. use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid (verb.communication)
3. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
4. practice evasion (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | act, move, |
| definition | : | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social) |
5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
6. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | evasion, |
| definition | : | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | eluding, elusion, slip, |
| definition | : | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | skillful at eluding capture (adj.all) |
7. practice evasion (verb.social)
| derivation | : | evasive, |
| definition | : | deliberately vague or ambiguous (adj.all) |
8. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
9. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | evasion, |
| definition | : | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | eluding, elusion, slip, |
| definition | : | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | skillful at eluding capture (adj.all) |
10. practice evasion (verb.social)
| derivation | : | evasive, |
| definition | : | deliberately vague or ambiguous (adj.all) |
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