dodge

English Thesaurus

1. a quick evasive movement (noun.act)

hypernym	:	evasion,
definition	:	the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act)

2. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	scheme, strategy,
definition	:	an elaborate and systematic plan of action (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	plant,
definition	:	something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	pump-and-dump scheme,
definition	:	an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	wangle, wangling,
definition	:	an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition)

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

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

4. 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)

5. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	move, move,
definition	:	move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion)

6. a quick evasive movement (noun.act)

derivation	:	dodge,
definition	:	make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (verb.motion)

7. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

8. 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)

9. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away,
definition	:	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

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)

derivation	:	dodger, fox, slyboots,
definition	:	a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)

derivation	:	equivocator, hedger, tergiversator,
definition	:	a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer (noun.person)

10. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dodge,
definition	:	a quick evasive movement (noun.act)

11. a quick evasive movement (noun.act)

derivation	:	dodge,
definition	:	make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (verb.motion)

12. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

13. 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)

14. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)

derivation	:	avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away,
definition	:	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening (noun.act)

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)

derivation	:	dodger, fox, slyboots,
definition	:	a shifty deceptive person (noun.person)

derivation	:	equivocator, hedger, tergiversator,
definition	:	a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer (noun.person)

15. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid (verb.motion)

derivation	:	dodge,
definition	:	a quick evasive movement (noun.act)

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