Synonyms for Elude:

• n.

  •
  • break for,
  • bolt,
  • make off with,
  • make a break (for something).
  •
  • slip,
  • forget,
  • lose,
  • blot out,
  • slip your mind/memory,
  • erase,
  • put something behind you,
  • shake off,
  • repress,
  • obliterate,
  • shake,
  • blank out,
  • lose sight of,
  • throw off.
  •
  • owned.
  •dodge (noun)
  • study at escape.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • decline,
  • shrink,
  • abstain,
  • avoid,
  • recoil,
  • avert,
  • skip,
  • bypass.
  •avoid; escape (verb)
  • stonewall,
  • not touch,
  • thwart,
  • frustrate,
  • cop out,
  • outwit,
  • shuck,
  • beat around the bush,
  • ditch,
  • pass the buck,
  • confound,
  • puzzle,
  • double,
  • fly,
  • give wide berth to,
  • stump,
  • hem and haw,
  • shy,
  • get away from,
  • stall,
  • run around,
  • be beyond someone.
  •baffle (verb)
  • be fuddle,
  • dis concert,
  • be wilders,
  • dis-concerted,
  • be wildering,
  • be-fuddles,
  • dis-concert,
  • be-fuddle,
  • be fuddled,
  • buffaloing,
  • be-fuddled,
  • dis-concerting,
  • be-wildered,
  • dis concerted,
  • be wildered,
  • be-wilder,
  • be-wildering,
  • be fuddling,
  • dis concerts,
  • be-fuddling,
  • be wilder,
  • be fuddles,
  • dis-concerts,
  • be-wilders,
  • dis concerting.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • out-flanks,
  • out flanked,
  • over-reach,
  • out-witted,
  • de-toured,
  • be guile,
  • out wits,
  • dis-appoint,
  • pre-vents,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis appoint,
  • pre vents,
  • de tours,
  • dis-appointed,
  • over reached,
  • out-flanked,
  • pre venting,
  • over-reached,
  • be-guile,
  • gets around,
  • over-reaches,
  • de toured,
  • out-witting,
  • out-wits,
  • out-wit,
  • de-tour,
  • out-flank,
  • pre-vented,
  • over reaches,
  • out flanks,
  • be-guiles,
  • out witted,
  • pre-venting,
  • dis appointed,
  • over reaching,
  • over-reaching,
  • out-flanking,
  • be guiles,
  • de-touring,
  • out witting,
  • de touring,
  • de-tours,
  • over reach,
  • de tour,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre vent,
  • out flanking,
  • dis appoints,
  • dis appointing,
  • gotten around,
  • dis-appointing,
  • out flank,
  • got around,
  • gat around.
  •defy (verb)
  • out-dared,
  • flying face of,
  • outdared,
  • de-feats,
  • taking one on,
  • with-standing,
  • dis regards,
  • de-riding,
  • dis regarding,
  • flew face of,
  • outdares,
  • re-pulsing,
  • out-dare,
  • made my day,
  • flying in face of,
  • re-pulses,
  • dis-regard,
  • de riding,
  • out-dares,
  • re-pulsed,
  • making my day,
  • de rides,
  • took one on,
  • takes one on,
  • with-stands,
  • with stands,
  • hurls defiance at,
  • with-stand,
  • makes my day,
  • out dares,
  • hurling defiance at,
  • out dared,
  • re pulse,
  • dis-regarding,
  • de-feat,
  • out daring,
  • dis-regarded,
  • out-daring,
  • with standing,
  • de feats,
  • de feat,
  • re pulses,
  • re-pulse,
  • re pulsed,
  • flies face of,
  • de-ride,
  • de-rides,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis regarded,
  • de ride,
  • sticked fast,
  • outdaring,
  • dis regard,
  • with stood,
  • flies in face of,
  • fly face of,
  • re pulsing,
  • out dare,
  • hurled defiance at,
  • sticks fast,
  • flew in face of,
  • with stand.
  •dodge (verb)
  • put move on,
  • juking,
  • short circuiting,
  • shortcircuited,
  • gets out of,
  • putting move on,
  • juked,
  • shortcircuits,
  • tergiversed,
  • gat out of,
  • moving the side,
  • moving to the side,
  • tergiverses,
  • moves the side,
  • Short-circuited,
  • moved to the side,
  • move side,
  • short circuited,
  • move the side,
  • moved the side,
  • moving side,
  • getting out of,
  • puts move on,
  • gotten out of,
  • moves side,
  • moves to side,
  • moved side,
  • puts the move on,
  • shortcircuit,
  • moving to side,
  • moves to the side,
  • putting the move on,
  • shortcircuiting,
  • moved to side,
  • tergiversing,
  • short-circuits.
  •duck (verb)
  • sub-merge,
  • sub-merging,
  • sub merge,
  • sub-merged,
  • sub merges,
  • sub-merges,
  • sub merging.
  •equivocate (verb)
  • ran around,
  • doubletalked,
  • sat fence,
  • begging question,
  • sitting fence,
  • flip flop,
  • clouding issue,
  • blow hot cold,
  • clouded the issue,
  • double talked,
  • sat on fence,
  • sits fence,
  • mincing words,
  • flipflopped,
  • doubletalking,
  • sit the fence,
  • clouding the issue,
  • begged question,
  • running around,
  • sit fence,
  • gave run around,
  • beg question,
  • sitting on fence,
  • sits the fence,
  • pass buck,
  • telling white lie,
  • flip-flopped,
  • told white lie,
  • flipflopping,
  • hem haw,
  • flip flopping,
  • giving run around,
  • sat the fence,
  • clouds the issue,
  • begged the question,
  • minces words,
  • clouds issue,
  • runs around,
  • sitting the fence,
  • beats around bush,
  • beating around bush,
  • sate on fence,
  • sate the fence,
  • sate fence,
  • double-talked,
  • begs question,
  • begs the question,
  • cop plea,
  • clouded issue,
  • beats around the bush,
  • sits on fence,
  • sat on the fence,
  • cloud issue,
  • tells white lie,
  • double-talking,
  • doubletalk,
  • sate on the fence,
  • gives run around,
  • flip flopped,
  • sits on the fence,
  • double talking,
  • sitting on the fence.
  •escape (verb)
  • emigrate,
  • break out.
  •eschew (verb)
  • not touched,
  • hath no truck with,
  • haddest no truck with,
  • not touches,
  • hadst no truck with,
  • having no truck with,
  • had no truck with,
  • sware off,
  • shied away from,
  • shies away from,
  • swore off,
  • letted well enough alone,
  • swears off,
  • hast no truck with,
  • lets well enough alone,
  • letting well enough alone,
  • has no truck with,
  • shying away from.
  •evade (verb)
  • led merry chase,
  • leading a merry chase,
  • led a merry chase,
  • gave runaround,
  • pre-tending,
  • leads merry chase,
  • lead merry chase,
  • keeping distance,
  • keeps distance,
  • passes up,
  • slipt out,
  • leading merry chase,
  • pre tends,
  • giving the runaround,
  • de-clines,
  • kept distance,
  • de clines,
  • sneaks away,
  • leads on merry chase,
  • slipping out,
  • slipped out,
  • sneaked away,
  • pre tending,
  • gives the runaround,
  • de-cline,
  • sneaking away,
  • slips out,
  • passing up,
  • gave the runaround,
  • de cline,
  • led on a merry chase,
  • pre-tends,
  • leading on merry chase,
  • snuck away,
  • leads on a merry chase,
  • pre tend,
  • leading on a merry chase,
  • gives runaround,
  • giving runaround,
  • pre-tended,
  • led on merry chase,
  • lead on merry chase,
  • leads a merry chase,
  • give runaround,
  • lead a merry chase.
  •flee (verb)
  • making tracks,
  • making a getaway,
  • gets the hell out,
  • gat hell out,
  • steps it,
  • making one escape,
  • makes one's escape,
  • stepping on gas,
  • makes a getaway,
  • steps on gas,
  • stepping the gas,
  • steps on it,
  • makes escape,
  • step gas,
  • taking hike,
  • getting hell out,
  • steps on the gas,
  • beating a hasty retreat,
  • makes one escape,
  • beating hasty retreat,
  • stepping on the gas,
  • stepped it,
  • make escape,
  • stepped the gas,
  • beats a hasty retreat,
  • get hell out,
  • made a getaway,
  • gotten the hell out,
  • gat the hell out,
  • stepped on the gas,
  • making quick exit,
  • steps gas,
  • makes tracks,
  • making escape,
  • takes a hike,
  • makes quick exit,
  • make one escape,
  • gotten hell out,
  • made one escape,
  • gat away,
  • beats hasty retreat,
  • made tracks,
  • getting the hell out,
  • beat hasty retreat,
  • stepping on it,
  • made one's escape,
  • taking a hike,
  • make ones escape,
  • made escape,
  • gets hell out,
  • making ones escape,
  • got the hell out,
  • stepping gas,
  • made quick exit,
  • stepped on it,
  • stepping it,
  • stepped on gas,
  • makes ones escape,
  • stepped gas,
  • steps the gas,
  • take hike,
  • took a hike,
  • making one's escape,
  • got hell out,
  • took hike,
  • made ones escape,
  • step the gas,
  • takes hike.
  •flinch (verb)
  • re-ceded,
  • re tire,
  • re tired,
  • re tires,
  • re-cedes,
  • re-ceding,
  • re tiring,
  • re cedes,
  • re-tire,
  • re-cede,
  • re-tiring,
  • re ceding.
  •foil (verb)
  • giving run-around,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • gives the run around,
  • re strained,
  • giving the run around,
  • re strain,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • hanged up,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • runs circles around,
  • gave run-around,
  • gave the run-around,
  • giving the run-around,
  • re strains,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • gives the run-around,
  • gives run-around,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • running circles around,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • running rings around,
  • give run-around,
  • hangs up,
  • re-strained,
  • re-straining,
  • re-strains,
  • bollixes,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • ran circles around,
  • gave the run around,
  • runs rings around,
  • hanging up,
  • re-strain,
  • ran rings around,
  • re straining.
  •lam (verb)
  • took it lam,
  • giving someone the slip,
  • took it on the lam,
  • takes it lam,
  • gives someone slip,
  • takes it on the lam,
  • taking it lam,
  • gave someone the slip,
  • gives someone the slip,
  • take it lam,
  • give someone slip,
  • takes it the lam,
  • giving someone slip,
  • take it the lam,
  • taking it the lam,
  • took it on lam,
  • takes it on lam,
  • taking it on lam,
  • gave someone slip,
  • taking it on the lam,
  • took it the lam,
  • take it on lam.
  •lose (verb)
  • leaves behind,
  • wanders from,
  • un-burdens,
  • un-burdening,
  • un burden,
  • un-burden,
  • wandering from,
  • un burdens,
  • leaved behind,
  • un-burdened,
  • un burdening,
  • un burdened,
  • wandered from.
  •mock (verb)
  • be-trays,
  • mis leading,
  • mis lead,
  • be trays,
  • de lude,
  • be lying,
  • be-tray,
  • mis-leads,
  • de ludes,
  • mis-leading,
  • mis-lead,
  • be lied,
  • be-lying,
  • be tray,
  • be-lied,
  • de-ludes,
  • de-lude.
  •motion (verb)
  • elude.
  •mystify (verb)
  • fogging in,
  • be-fog,
  • be-fogs,
  • fogs in,
  • be fog,
  • be fogged,
  • be fogging,
  • be-fogging,
  • be fogs,
  • be-fogged.
  •outrun (verb)
  • out runs,
  • out running,
  • sur-passed,
  • sur-pass,
  • out-run,
  • sur passed,
  • sur-passing,
  • sur pass,
  • out run,
  • sur passes,
  • out-runs,
  • out-running,
  • sur-passes.
  •parry (verb)
  • holds bay,
  • re-buffed,
  • re buffed,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalling,
  • held bay,
  • holding at bay,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore stalls,
  • re-buffing,
  • fore stall,
  • hold bay,
  • fore-stalled,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore stalled,
  • re buff,
  • held at bay,
  • holding bay,
  • re buffs,
  • holds at bay,
  • re buffing,
  • re-buffs.
  •retreat (verb)
  • retro cede,
  • re-signs,
  • retro-cedes,
  • retro-cede,
  • dis-engaging,
  • keeping aloof,
  • re-treat,
  • re signs,
  • starting back,
  • re treating,
  • kept aloof,
  • secluded oneself,
  • dis-engaged,
  • re treat,
  • retro graded,
  • re-verse,
  • retro-grading,
  • retro-ceded,
  • dis engage,
  • re verse,
  • retro-ceding,
  • dis engaging,
  • retro grade,
  • retro ceding,
  • retro cedes,
  • dis-engages,
  • re-treats,
  • secluding oneself,
  • retro grades,
  • retro ceded,
  • dis engaged,
  • re-treated,
  • started back,
  • lays down,
  • retro grading,
  • retro-graded,
  • re-versed,
  • caved in,
  • gave ground,
  • re-treating,
  • dis-engage,
  • keeps aloof,
  • Re sign,
  • dis engages,
  • secludes oneself,
  • retro-grades,
  • keeps apart,
  • re signing,
  • re signed,
  • re versing,
  • re treated,
  • re-signed,
  • starts back,
  • re treats.
  •shake off (verb)
  • re-move,
  • ridding of,
  • re-moving,
  • dis-lodges,
  • dis lodges,
  • gat away from,
  • re move,
  • dis lodge,
  • dis lodging,
  • ridding oneself of,
  • dis lodged,
  • gotten away from,
  • dis-lodge,
  • dis-lodged,
  • rids oneself of,
  • re-moves,
  • dis-lodging,
  • re moved,
  • ridded oneself of,
  • re moving,
  • ridded of,
  • rids of.
  •shirk (verb)
  • lie down job,
  • lied down on job,
  • lying down job,
  • lying down on job,
  • sloughing off,
  • lied down job,
  • lay down job,
  • lies down on job,
  • lay down on job,
  • lies down job,
  • sloughed off.
  •shun (verb)
  • hid out,
  • has nothing do with,
  • hast no part of,
  • coldshouldering,
  • coldshouldered,
  • hath nothing to do with,
  • hadst nothing to do with,
  • hast nothing do with,
  • re-fused,
  • haddest nothing do with,
  • cold shouldered,
  • gave a wide berth,
  • hast nothing to do with,
  • stays shy of,
  • haddest nothing to do with,
  • staying shy of,
  • hiding out,
  • haddest no part of,
  • hides out,
  • give wide berth,
  • keeping clear of,
  • having nothing do with,
  • giving wide berth,
  • has no part of,
  • coldshoulders,
  • had nothing to do with,
  • re fuses,
  • kept clear of,
  • gives wide berth,
  • had nothing do with,
  • turning back on,
  • hath no part of,
  • had no part of,
  • having no part of,
  • hath nothing do with,
  • re-fuse,
  • hadst nothing do with,
  • stands aloof from,
  • standing aloof from,
  • hadst no part of,
  • stood aloof from,
  • stayed shy of,
  • re fused,
  • staid shy of,
  • hided out,
  • cold shouldering,
  • gives a wide berth,
  • has nothing to do with,
  • keeps clear of,
  • re fuse,
  • giving a wide berth,
  • gave wide berth,
  • have nothing do with,
  • having nothing to do with,
  • turns back on,
  • keeps away from,
  • palming off,
  • re fusing.
  •sidestep (verb)
  • dancing around,
  • danced around,
  • dances around,
  • goes around.
  •skulk (verb)
  • lied wait,
  • lies wait,
  • concealing oneself,
  • lie wait,
  • lies in wait,
  • conceals oneself,
  • lying wait,
  • lied in wait.
  •weasel (verb)
  • danced around issue,
  • worming way out of,
  • wormed ones way out of,
  • dancing around an issue,
  • dances around issue,
  • worms ones way out of,
  • worm way out of,
  • wormed way out of,
  • worm one way out of,
  • tap danced,
  • dancing around issue,
  • worm ones way out of,
  • worms one way out of,
  • dance around issue,
  • worming ones way out of,
  • worms way out of,
  • worming one way out of,
  • worms one's way out of,
  • wormed one way out of,
  • wormed one's way out of,
  • dances around an issue,
  • worming one's way out of,
  • danced around an issue.

• Other synonyms:

  •avoid
  • turned aside,
  • stay away,
  • Withdrew,
  • Shying,
  • shake and bake,
  • shrink from,
  • fake out,
  • turn aside,
  • stay out,
  • laid low,
  • turning aside,
  • by-passed,
  • steer clear of,
  • hold off,
  • circumlocute,
  • steering clear of,
  • keep clear,
  • skipped town,
  • step aside,
  • shuffle off,
  • ward off,
  • run for cover,
  • faked out,
  • skip town,
  • By-pass,
  • stepped aside,
  • Shied,
  • skip out on,
  • by-passes,
  • by-passing,
  • lay low,
  • shies,
  • fending off,
  • give the slip.
  •defy
  • stuck fast,
  • Outdare,
  • Repulsing,
  • Ridiculed,
  • fly in face of,
  • make my day,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • spurn,
  • stick fast,
  • sticking fast,
  • take one on,
  • Fronting.
  •equivocate
  • lied,
  • sit on fence,
  • cloud the issue,
  • covered up,
  • cover up,
  • flipflop,
  • mince words,
  • flip-flopping,
  • jiving,
  • covers up,
  • covering up,
  • beating around the bush,
  • sit on the fence,
  • fibbing,
  • minced words,
  • jived,
  • give run around,
  • tell white lie,
  • beg the question,
  • begging the question,
  • quibble,
  • jives,
  • jive.
  •escape
  • bursts out,
  • steal away,
  • playing hooky,
  • running out on,
  • fly the coop,
  • make scarce,
  • run away,
  • lam,
  • running away,
  • run off,
  • cut and run,
  • take flight,
  • runs off,
  • slip away,
  • burst out,
  • work out of,
  • wriggle out,
  • duck out,
  • play hooky,
  • runs away,
  • take a powder,
  • make getaway,
  • took flight,
  • Escaping,
  • slipping away,
  • make oneself scarce,
  • ran away,
  • go scot free,
  • running off,
  • go scot-free,
  • bursting out,
  • run out on,
  • take on the lam,
  • flew the coop,
  • ran off,
  • taking flight,
  • get away with.
  •eschew
  • not touching,
  • Forgone,
  • have no truck with,
  • swearing off,
  • forswear,
  • give up,
  • shy away from,
  • let well enough alone,
  • swear off,
  • Forsworn.
  •evade
  • side-step.
  •flinch
  • Flinched.
  •lam
  • take it on the lam,
  • give someone the slip.
  •lose
  • unburdening,
  • losing,
  • left behind,
  • leave behind,
  • unburdens,
  • unburdened,
  • unburden,
  • wander from,
  • leaving behind.
  •mystify
  • Befogging,
  • befogged,
  • befogs,
  • befog,
  • mystifying,
  • mystify,
  • mystified,
  • fogged in,
  • fog in.
  •shake off
  • getting away from,
  • rid of,
  • shakes off,
  • gets away from,
  • got away from.
  •skulk
  • lay in wait,
  • conceal oneself,
  • lie in wait,
  • lay wait,
  • lying in wait,
  • concealed oneself.
  •Other relevant words:
  • oppose,
  • go away,
  • cavil,
  • discomfit,
  • pervert,
  • fail,
  • scape,
  • finger,
  • excuse,
  • stupefy,
  • beat,
  • devious,
  • surround,
  • spoil,
  • ambiguous,
  • lie,
  • error,
  • escape from,
  • put-off,
  • abstention,
  • outgeneral,
  • unclear,
  • disturb,
  • manipulate,
  • douse,
  • fox,
  • trump,
  • checkmate,
  • impair,
  • come round,
  • cheat,
  • countermand,
  • get off,
  • evasiveness,
  • beleaguer,
  • fuzzy,
  • contravene,
  • turn away from,
  • mislead,
  • hem in,
  • ignore,
  • dish,
  • outplay,
  • take cover,
  • doubtful,
  • consternate,
  • evasive,
  • block,
  • circuitous,
  • make off,
  • cook,
  • rid oneself of,
  • get out,
  • misrepresent,
  • blast,
  • split hairs,
  • fend,
  • avoid artfully,
  • sabotage,
  • outsmart,
  • varnish,
  • elusion,
  • disconcert,
  • break loose,
  • vanish,
  • Misteach,
  • refrain from,
  • abscond,
  • defer,
  • hinder,
  • evasion,
  • trip up,
  • victimize,
  • destroy,
  • stalemate,
  • put over,
  • deny,
  • abstinence,
  • environ,
  • dip,
  • beg,
  • backwater,
  • disappear,
  • be forgotten by,
  • hold over,
  • slip away from,
  • postpone,
  • gloss over,
  • balk,
  • get,
  • set back,
  • deny oneself,
  • get round,
  • bewildered,
  • shifty,
  • outfox,
  • avoid capture,
  • moor,
  • be beyond,
  • drop,
  • adjourn,
  • silence,
  • subterfuge,
  • refine,
  • get rid of,
  • handle,
  • skirting,
  • discourage,
  • hedge in,
  • outmaneuver,
  • injure,
  • dodger,
  • turn off,
  • spike,
  • outreach,
  • decamp,
  • puzzled,
  • brave,
  • get by,
  • keep from,
  • overlook,
  • equivocation,
  • give a wide berth to,
  • shelve,
  • dislodge,
  • scarper,
  • desertion,
  • fight shy of,
  • leave alone,
  • remit,
  • neglect,
  • keep off,
  • discard,
  • absenteeism,
  • confuse,
  • Counterwork,
  • dodging,
  • cross,
  • upset,
  • oblique,
  • perplex,
  • border,
  • break away,
  • outguess,
  • take evasive action,
  • fend off,
  • deflect,
  • Nonsuit,
  • backpedal,
  • outflank,
  • run,
  • scat,
  • deface,
  • dishearten,
  • counteract,
  • dash,
  • leave in the lurch,
  • challenge,
  • besiege,
  • skulker,
  • falsify,
  • prevarication,
  • absence,
  • ruin,
  • idleness,
  • beset,
  • counter,
  • brush off,
  • deceive,
  • indulge,
  • detour,
  • disrupt,
  • avoidance,
  • flummox,
  • omit,
  • stave off,
  • truancy,
  • miss,
  • slyboots,
  • go one better,
  • quell,
  • subtilize,
  • keep one's distance,
  • defeat,
  • flurry,
  • nonplus,
  • scotch,
  • wangle,
  • overreach,
  • flee from,
  • bewilder,
  • discountenance,
  • weasel out,
  • encircle,
  • bunk,
  • Parries.

Paraphrases for Elude:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    avoid, sidestep, outrun, flee, bypass, duck, ignore.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    evade, escape, circumvent, shirk, dodge, side-step.

Antonyms for Elude:

• v.

  • avoid; escape
    entice, clear up, aid, explain, assist, confront, abet, meet, face, help, take on, encourage, support, clarify, encounter, enlighten, attract, invite.
  • Other antonyms:
    incur, welcome, catch, pursue, contract, seek, embrace.

Homophones for Elude:

• eluate, eld, elide, eliot, elute, eolith, elite, elate, eyelet, elodea, eyelid, elated.

Hypernym for Elude:

• v.

  • stative
    defy, resist, refuse.

Hyponym for Elude:

• v.

  • motion
    break loose, get away, escape.
  • stative
    mystify, perplex, dumbfound, amaze, puzzle, vex, bewilder, baffle, stick, get, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, pose, flummox, beat.