What is another word for elude?
1267 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪlˈuːd], [ ɪlˈuːd], [ ɪ_l_ˈuː_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for elude:- other relevant words (adjective)
- dodge (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- avoid (verb)
- avoid; escape (verb)
- baffle (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- defy (verb)
- dodge (verb)
- duck (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- escape (verb)
- eschew (verb)
- evade (verb)
- flee (verb)
- flinch (verb)
- foil (verb)
- lam (verb)
- lose (verb)
- mock (verb)
- motion (verb)
- mystify (verb)
- outrun (verb)
- parry (verb)
- retreat (verb)
- shake off (verb)
- shirk (verb)
- shun (verb)
- sidestep (verb)
- skulk (verb)
- weasel (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- defy
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- flinch
- lam
- lose
- mystify
- other relevant words
- shake off
- skulk
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Elude:
adj.
•Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- 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.
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- owned.
v.
•avoid (verb) •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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-ceded,
- re tire,
- re tired,
- re tires,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceding,
- re tiring,
- re cedes,
- re-tire,
- re-cede,
- re-tiring,
- re ceding.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- fogging in,
- be-fog,
- be-fogs,
- fogs in,
- be fog,
- be fogged,
- be fogging,
- be-fogging,
- be fogs,
- be-fogged.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- lied wait,
- lies wait,
- concealing oneself,
- lie wait,
- lies in wait,
- conceals oneself,
- lying wait,
- lied in wait.
- 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.
- stuck fast,
- Outdare,
- Repulsing,
- Ridiculed,
- fly in face of,
- make my day,
- hurl defiance at,
- spurn,
- stick fast,
- sticking fast,
- take one on,
- Fronting.
- 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.
- 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.
- not touching,
- Forgone,
- have no truck with,
- swearing off,
- forswear,
- give up,
- shy away from,
- let well enough alone,
- swear off,
- Forsworn.
- unburdening,
- losing,
- left behind,
- leave behind,
- unburdens,
- unburdened,
- unburden,
- wander from,
- leaving behind.
- have nothing to do with,
- keep apart,
- goldbrick,
- give the runaround,
- En Garde,
- step on gas,
- buffalo,
- detouring,
- getting away,
- hoodwinked,
- hang up,
- Entrapped,
- burked,
- shirk,
- fencing,
- dance around,
- retreating,
- outrun,
- step it,
- Jukes,
- outwitting,
- skirt,
- doublecross,
- ensnared,
- keeping apart,
- keep aloof,
- gives ground,
- got away,
- lurch,
- slinks,
- cold-shouldered,
- circumvent,
- get away,
- darked,
- Short-circuiting,
- Mocked,
- move back,
- make one's escape,
- out wit,
- cold-shoulder,
- double cross,
- eschew,
- cave in,
- pussyfoot,
- weasel,
- hold at bay,
- lie down on job,
- keep distance,
- keep clear of,
- gotten away,
- give the run-around,
- short circuits,
- sidestep,
- run rings around,
- upset apple cart,
- take a hike,
- coldshoulder,
- queering,
- Burking,
- sloughs off,
- queered,
- buffaloed,
- go around,
- flinch,
- Parried,
- mock,
- Retrograding,
- get the hell out,
- move to the side,
- Bumming,
- tergiverse,
- short-circuit,
- stay shy of,
- laid down,
- get out of,
- give ground,
- Burkes,
- slip out,
- getting around,
- foil,
- shun,
- dance around an issue,
- Snaking,
- bollixing,
- duck,
- give the run around,
- Snaked,
- went around,
- stand aloof from,
- Buffaloes,
- put the move on,
- lay down,
- escape,
- cold-shoulders,
- gets away,
- baffle,
- step on the gas,
- detoured,
- cold-shouldering,
- keeping away from,
- give a wide berth,
- Retrograded,
- beat a hasty retreat,
- darking,
- step on it,
- upset the apple cart,
- giving ground,
- tap dancing,
- passed up,
- defy,
- parry,
- move to side,
- lead on a merry chase,
- Short circuit,
- fall back,
- seclude oneself,
- mocking,
- worm one's way out of,
- caving in,
- going around,
- moving back,
- laying down,
- Juke,
- sneak away,
- retreat,
- go along with,
- lurching,
- retrogrades,
- bollixed,
- turn back on,
- burke,
- caves in,
- run circles around,
- get around,
- pass up,
- welsh,
- make a getaway,
- slough off,
- throw monkey wrench in,
- make quick exit,
- vamoose,
- make tracks,
- flee,
- start back,
- Bummed,
- have no part of,
- turned back on,
- beat around bush,
- skulk,
- Slank,
- evade,
- queers,
- moved back,
- bollix,
- hide out,
- kept apart,
- got out of,
- kept away from,
- equivocate,
- go back,
- keep away from,
- moves back.
- 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:
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Verb, base form
evade, escape, circumvent, shirk, dodge, side-step.
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