Definition for Evade:

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing ( duties, questions, or issues); " He dodged the issue"; " she skirted the problem"; " They tend to evade their responsibilities"; " he evaded the questions skillfully"

Synonyms for Evade:

• n.

  •
  • shuffle,
  • conceal,
  • prevaricate,
  • trick,
  • subtilize,
  • fence,
  • dissemble,
  • cavil,
  • hem and haw,
  • equivocate,
  • quibble,
  • pussyfoot,
  • shift,
  • get out of,
  • pettifog,
  • deceive,
  • cop out,
  • tergiversate,
  • pretend,
  • waffle,
  • get around,
  • cloak.
  •
  • fail,
  • crash,
  • bomb,
  • burke,
  • backfire,
  • collapse,
  • eschew,
  • flop,
  • languish,
  • fizzle,
  • founder.
  •
  • obliqueness,
  • shake off,
  • lose,
  • convey,
  • intimate,
  • slip,
  • shake,
  • imply.
  •
  • retreat,
  • miss.
  •evade (noun)
  • elude,
  • hedge,
  • sidestep,
  • fudge,
  • dodge,
  • skirt,
  • duck,
  • circumvent,
  • bilk,
  • parry.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • escape,
  • dodge,
  • duck,
  • shrink,
  • decline,
  • elude,
  • abstain,
  • sidestep,
  • circumvent,
  • recoil,
  • avert,
  • bypass,
  • shirk,
  • skip,
  • avoid,
  • shun.
  •communication (verb)
  • hedge,
  • elude,
  • dodge,
  • duck,
  • sidestep,
  • parry,
  • skirt,
  • circumvent,
  • fudge.
  •defy (verb)
  • disobey.
  •escape (verb)
  • emigrate,
  • break out,
  • get away.
  •get away from (verb)
  • shift,
  • elude,
  • get around,
  • pass up,
  • double,
  • cop out,
  • shirk,
  • weasel,
  • fudge,
  • steer clear of,
  • conceal,
  • cavil,
  • lie,
  • equivocate,
  • waffle,
  • shuck,
  • bypass,
  • lead on a merry chase,
  • confuse,
  • duck,
  • circumvent,
  • keep distance,
  • parry,
  • dodge,
  • shun,
  • shuffle,
  • balk,
  • escape,
  • hide,
  • fly,
  • pretend,
  • beg the question,
  • pussyfoot,
  • baffle,
  • slip out,
  • fence,
  • tergiversate,
  • fend off,
  • deceive,
  • flee,
  • sneak away,
  • decline,
  • lay low,
  • avoid,
  • eschew,
  • trick,
  • hedge,
  • sidestep,
  • beat around bush,
  • shy,
  • give the runaround,
  • prevaricate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • keep off,
  • reticent,
  • telegraph,
  • periphrasis,
  • insinuate,
  • shy away,
  • keep away,
  • cop out,
  • circumlocution,
  • shrink from.
  •
  • veiled,
  • imply,
  • burke,
  • eschew,
  • evasion.
  •
  • bush,
  • berth,
  • get out of,
  • convey.
  •
  • lose.
  •
  • shake,
  • broad.
  •
  • slip,
  • retreat.
  •
  • miss.
  •avoid
  • lay low,
  • By-pass,
  • shake off,
  • shrink from,
  • dodge,
  • ward off,
  • by-passes,
  • turn aside,
  • give the slip,
  • steer clear of,
  • shuffle off.
  •disobey
  • infringe.
  •equivocate
  • mince words,
  • beg,
  • beg the question.
  •escape
  • get out,
  • lam,
  • fly the coop,
  • run away,
  • slip away,
  • run off,
  • burst out.
  •eschew
  • shy away from,
  • forswear,
  • have no truck with.
  •evade
  • pussyfoot.
  •lose
  • lose.
  •neglect
  • neglect,
  • gloss over.
  •pussyfoot
  • pussyfoot.
  •quibble
  • nit-pick,
  • subtilize,
  • nitpick,
  • pettifog,
  • quibble.
  •Other relevant words:
  • qualify,
  • block,
  • encircle,
  • lightning,
  • obliqueness,
  • impair,
  • scotch,
  • eschew,
  • outsmart,
  • confound,
  • blink,
  • Ermines,
  • refrain from,
  • jump,
  • truancy,
  • miss,
  • trim,
  • backwater,
  • loaf,
  • fudge,
  • confuse,
  • keep one's distance,
  • break away,
  • blench,
  • misrepresent,
  • omit,
  • outflank,
  • bilk,
  • backfire,
  • convey,
  • Imparter,
  • broad,
  • bolt,
  • handle,
  • manipulate,
  • leave alone,
  • have no truck with,
  • infringe,
  • flop,
  • backpedal,
  • fizzle,
  • cringe,
  • victimize,
  • absence,
  • deceive,
  • mink,
  • beg,
  • postpone,
  • nitpick,
  • surround,
  • disconcert,
  • ward off,
  • sit it out,
  • insinuate,
  • shy,
  • default,
  • wince,
  • side-step,
  • shelve,
  • pussyfoot,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • puzzle,
  • gloss over,
  • gold brick,
  • come round,
  • reject,
  • dislodge,
  • get,
  • fail to keep,
  • shrink back,
  • hem and haw,
  • ermine,
  • refuse,
  • get rid of,
  • get out of,
  • quibble,
  • periphrasis,
  • frustrate,
  • stonewall,
  • pervert,
  • shy away,
  • turn off,
  • fall back,
  • fail,
  • circumlocution,
  • pettifog,
  • repel,
  • discard,
  • hold over,
  • straddle,
  • cloak,
  • break,
  • fake,
  • overreach,
  • sheer off,
  • fend off,
  • remit,
  • give the slip,
  • pretend,
  • scape,
  • keep off,
  • give the run-around,
  • crash,
  • retreat,
  • forgo,
  • bush,
  • deny,
  • deny oneself,
  • mince words,
  • thwart,
  • give the runaround,
  • beleaguer,
  • border,
  • finesse,
  • desertion,
  • fly,
  • reel,
  • flee,
  • break through,
  • transgress,
  • by-passes,
  • dissemble,
  • bomb,
  • stump,
  • go round,
  • back and fill,
  • veiled,
  • beat about,
  • falsify,
  • give a wide berth to,
  • levant,
  • cheat,
  • get free,
  • desist,
  • lie,
  • informer,
  • fight shy of,
  • imply,
  • obscure,
  • forswear,
  • prorogue,
  • foil,
  • disobey,
  • telegraph,
  • renounce,
  • outplay,
  • outgeneral,
  • ring,
  • hedge,
  • hum and haw,
  • skirting,
  • By-pass,
  • prevaricate,
  • decamp,
  • deflect,
  • idleness,
  • collapse,
  • rid oneself of,
  • languish,
  • outwit,
  • stoat,
  • encroach upon,
  • evasiveness,
  • bar,
  • refine,
  • slip,
  • shake,
  • hide,
  • consternate,
  • baffle,
  • screen,
  • violate,
  • skive,
  • adjourn,
  • swerve,
  • weasel,
  • obviate,
  • brush off,
  • skirt,
  • flurry,
  • error,
  • split hairs,
  • mystify,
  • forbear,
  • reticent,
  • bandy words,
  • berth,
  • tergiversate,
  • quail,
  • outmaneuver,
  • evasion,
  • stave off,
  • intimate,
  • outreach,
  • cavil,
  • outguess,
  • slight,
  • equivocate,
  • ditch,
  • turn away from,
  • bicker,
  • pick nits,
  • pull back,
  • get away from,
  • shuffle off,
  • keep away,
  • pass up,
  • shuck,
  • lead on a merry chase,
  • discourage,
  • flinch,
  • beat,
  • get round,
  • beg the question,
  • sneak away,
  • double,
  • balk,
  • palter,
  • fade,
  • mislead,
  • beset,
  • set back,
  • start back,
  • shrink from,
  • subtilize,
  • spoil,
  • sneak,
  • manoeuvre,
  • get out,
  • boggle,
  • cop out,
  • fence,
  • laze,
  • get around,
  • detour,
  • douse,
  • repudiate,
  • bypasses,
  • shake off,
  • draw back,
  • jib,
  • slip out,
  • escape from,
  • cross,
  • prevent,
  • veto,
  • waffle,
  • vacillate,
  • shy away from,
  • trick,
  • wangle,
  • avoidance,
  • dishearten,
  • parry,
  • hang back,
  • outmanoeuvre,
  • marten,
  • trample under foot,
  • run off,
  • trample on,
  • troublemaker,
  • veil,
  • defer,
  • run away,
  • keep clear of,
  • steer clear of,
  • varnish,
  • put over,
  • beat around bush,
  • neglect,
  • pass the buck,
  • oppose,
  • dip,
  • start,
  • keep from,
  • turn aside,
  • drop,
  • hem in,
  • lam,
  • reel back,
  • skulk,
  • environ,
  • weasel out,
  • besiege,
  • cut loose,
  • lose,
  • make a getaway,
  • goldbrick,
  • set at naught,
  • leak out,
  • ignore,
  • slip past,
  • conceal,
  • diversion,
  • table,
  • double-talk,
  • slip away,
  • fly the coop,
  • Misteach,
  • absenteeism,
  • outfox,
  • elusion,
  • break loose,
  • nit-pick,
  • cook,
  • keep distance,
  • hedge in,
  • negative,
  • abscond,
  • shift,
  • lay low,
  • bail out,
  • go one better,
  • leave in the lurch,
  • shuffle,
  • burst out,
  • burke,
  • bewilder,
  • founder.

Antonyms for Evade:

• v.

  • get away from
    encounter, tell truth, order, let out, enlighten, confront, open, show, meet, expose, uncover, tell, reveal, clear up, remain, help, lay bare, aid, release, be honest, organize, divulge, face, accept, take on, stay, explain, disclose.
  • Other antonyms:
    incur, seek, embrace, catch, court, welcome, pursue, contract.

Homophones for Evade:

• ephippidae, epithet, EBITDA, epiphyte, effete, E. B. White, eft, ebbtide, ebb out, eyebath.

Hypernym for Evade:

• v.

  • communication
    quibble, beg.

Hyponym for Evade:

• v.

  • communication
    get by, escape, get off, get away, get out, avoid.
  • social
    move, act.