Definition for Elude:

• To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Synonyms for Elude:

• n.

  •
  • shake off,
  • lose,
  • shake,
  • slip.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • decline,
  • shrink,
  • abstain,
  • avoid,
  • recoil,
  • avert,
  • skip,
  • bypass.
  •avoid; escape (verb)
  • stonewall,
  • fly,
  • ditch,
  • stump,
  • shuck,
  • double,
  • get away from,
  • not touch,
  • shy,
  • stall,
  • cop out,
  • thwart,
  • be beyond someone,
  • confound,
  • frustrate,
  • beat around the bush,
  • give wide berth to,
  • pass the buck,
  • outwit,
  • puzzle,
  • hem and haw.
  •escape (verb)
  • emigrate,
  • break out.

• Other synonyms:

  •avoid
  • steer clear of,
  • ward off,
  • give the slip,
  • By-pass,
  • shuffle off.
  •equivocate
  • quibble.
  •escape
  • lam,
  • slip away,
  • run off.
  •eschew
  • have no truck with,
  • shy away from.
  •mystify
  • mystify.
  •Other relevant words:
  • nonplus,
  • stalemate,
  • come round,
  • disturb,
  • stave off,
  • postpone,
  • hinder,
  • fight shy of,
  • oppose,
  • beset,
  • absenteeism,
  • bewilder,
  • subtilize,
  • encircle,
  • indulge,
  • cook,
  • ambiguous,
  • moor,
  • adjourn,
  • fuzzy,
  • neglect,
  • miss,
  • Misteach,
  • bunk,
  • evasiveness,
  • unclear,
  • fend off,
  • get,
  • douse,
  • abstinence,
  • handle,
  • omit,
  • dishearten,
  • flurry,
  • injure,
  • falsify,
  • confuse,
  • beat,
  • backpedal,
  • defer,
  • disrupt,
  • impair,
  • get round,
  • contravene,
  • desertion,
  • idleness,
  • block,
  • flummox,
  • skirting,
  • beleaguer,
  • break loose,
  • outfox,
  • shifty,
  • stupefy,
  • refine,
  • wangle,
  • get by,
  • border,
  • turn off,
  • evasive,
  • disappear,
  • discountenance,
  • upset,
  • subterfuge,
  • dash,
  • deny oneself,
  • discourage,
  • outflank,
  • overreach,
  • split hairs,
  • balk,
  • countermand,
  • scat,
  • destroy,
  • deflect,
  • make off,
  • brush off,
  • surround,
  • dodging,
  • scotch,
  • oblique,
  • fend,
  • weasel out,
  • dip,
  • outguess,
  • outmaneuver,
  • fail,
  • scape,
  • counteract,
  • challenge,
  • victimize,
  • sabotage,
  • silence,
  • hedge in,
  • dislodge,
  • keep from,
  • keep off,
  • cavil,
  • consternate,
  • leave in the lurch,
  • disconcert,
  • perplex,
  • beg,
  • give a wide berth to,
  • turn away from,
  • decamp,
  • take evasive action,
  • flee from,
  • varnish,
  • Parries,
  • rid oneself of,
  • devious,
  • drop,
  • puzzled,
  • elusion,
  • get out,
  • avoidance,
  • ignore,
  • outplay,
  • detour,
  • slyboots,
  • bewildered,
  • error,
  • doubtful,
  • refrain from,
  • go away,
  • gloss over,
  • skulker,
  • set back,
  • shelve,
  • counter,
  • lie,
  • vanish,
  • blast,
  • prevarication,
  • ruin,
  • excuse,
  • get off,
  • hold over,
  • deny,
  • environ,
  • leave alone,
  • outsmart,
  • discomfit,
  • Counterwork,
  • evasion,
  • dish,
  • besiege,
  • take cover,
  • truancy,
  • break away,
  • pervert,
  • backwater,
  • circuitous,
  • remit,
  • cheat,
  • spike,
  • fox,
  • get rid of,
  • deceive,
  • trip up,
  • Nonsuit,
  • discard,
  • spoil,
  • put over,
  • manipulate,
  • misrepresent,
  • dodger,
  • equivocation,
  • outreach,
  • defeat,
  • scarper,
  • quell,
  • absence,
  • checkmate,
  • hem in,
  • go one better,
  • abstention,
  • deface,
  • escape from,
  • brave,
  • outgeneral,
  • keep one's distance,
  • trump,
  • abscond,
  • cross,
  • overlook,
  • run,
  • mislead,
  • finger.

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.