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.

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

Antonyms for Evade:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    aid, brave, catch, clear up, contract, court, disclose, divulge, embrace, encounter, enlighten, explain, expose, face, let out, meet, open, order, organise, organize, release, remain, reveal, run into, seek, show, stay, tell, lay bare, be honest, tell truth, meet face to face.

• 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.