What is another word for sidestep?
694 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ sˈa͡ɪdstɛp], [ sˈaɪdstɛp], [ s_ˈaɪ_d_s_t_ɛ_p]Table of Contents
Similar words for sidestep:- act (noun)
- avoid (verb)
- bypass (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- dodge (verb)
- duck (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- evade (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- parry (verb)
- pussyfoot (verb)
- shirk (verb)
- skulk (verb)
- swerve (verb)
- weasel (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- equivocate
- hedge
- pussyfoot
- put-off
- skulk
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Sidestep:
n.
•act (noun)v.
•avoid (verb) •bypass (verb)- blinking at,
- by passing,
- out-flanks,
- out-flanking,
- gotten around,
- by passed,
- deviated from,
- blinks at,
- deviating from,
- by pass,
- out-flank,
- out flanked,
- de-touring,
- de-toured,
- de tour,
- passed around,
- de tours,
- goes around the barn,
- going around the barn,
- de touring,
- going around barn,
- departing from,
- de-tours,
- gat around,
- out-flanked,
- winking at,
- blinked at,
- by passes,
- departed from,
- go around barn,
- took back road,
- out flanks,
- out flank,
- deviates from,
- winks at,
- de-tour,
- went around barn,
- passes around,
- gets around,
- de toured,
- got around,
- out flanking,
- takes back road,
- letted go,
- went around the barn,
- taking back road,
- departs from,
- goes around,
- goes around barn.
- out-wits,
- out-wit,
- dis appoints,
- dis-appointing,
- over-reach,
- pre-venting,
- out witting,
- dis appoint,
- out wits,
- out-witting,
- be guiles,
- pre-vent,
- dis appointed,
- dis appointing,
- dis-appointed,
- pre-vented,
- be guile,
- dis-appoints,
- over reaches,
- over-reaching,
- pre vent,
- over reached,
- pre venting,
- out witted,
- over reach,
- out-witted,
- dis-appoint,
- be-guile,
- pre vents,
- over reaching,
- over-reached,
- over-reaches,
- pre-vents,
- be-guiles.
- ditch,
- dance around,
- fudge,
- pussyfoot,
- shake.
- doubletalked,
- beg question,
- sitting on fence,
- doubletalking,
- begs question,
- sit fence,
- sitting fence,
- cop plea,
- beats around the bush,
- clouding issue,
- telling white lie,
- minces words,
- sit the fence,
- sate fence,
- clouds the issue,
- beats around bush,
- sat fence,
- flip flopped,
- sat on the fence,
- cloud issue,
- beating around bush,
- sitting on the fence,
- sits fence,
- doubletalk,
- giving run around,
- hem haw,
- begs the question,
- clouds issue,
- sate on the fence,
- begging question,
- begged the question,
- sate the fence,
- flipflopped,
- sits on the fence,
- double-talking,
- flipflopping,
- blow hot cold,
- sat the fence,
- sitting the fence,
- clouded issue,
- pass buck,
- runs around,
- flip flop,
- gave run around,
- ran around,
- clouded the issue,
- double talked,
- flip flopping,
- flip-flopped,
- sits the fence,
- begged question,
- sate on fence,
- gives run around,
- running around,
- clouding the issue,
- sits on fence,
- sat on fence,
- double-talked,
- double talking,
- tells white lie,
- mincing words,
- told white lie.
- lead on merry chase,
- gave the runaround,
- giving the runaround,
- slipping out,
- snuck away,
- leads on a merry chase,
- giving runaround,
- passing up,
- led a merry chase,
- keeping distance,
- de clines,
- leads merry chase,
- pre-tending,
- pre tend,
- keeps distance,
- sneaking away,
- led merry chase,
- leads on merry chase,
- pre tends,
- gives the runaround,
- leading on a merry chase,
- led on a merry chase,
- leading a merry chase,
- passes up,
- sneaks away,
- leads a merry chase,
- give runaround,
- pre-tended,
- leading on merry chase,
- kept distance,
- lead merry chase,
- slipped out,
- de-cline,
- sneaked away,
- leading merry chase,
- pre-tends,
- led on merry chase,
- slips out,
- slipt out,
- gives runaround,
- gave runaround,
- pre tending,
- lead a merry chase,
- de cline,
- de-clines.
- shilly shally,
- giving the run around,
- gives the run around,
- wast noncommittal,
- being noncommittal,
- is noncommittal,
- was noncommittal,
- gave the run around,
- wert noncommittal,
- were noncommittal,
- art noncommittal,
- am noncommittal.
- holding at bay,
- fore stalls,
- held at bay,
- fore stalling,
- hold bay,
- re-pulsing,
- re buff,
- re buffed,
- re pulses,
- fore stall,
- fore-stalled,
- re pulsing,
- re-buffed,
- holding bay,
- re buffing,
- fore-stall,
- re-buffing,
- held bay,
- re buffs,
- holds at bay,
- fore stalled,
- holds bay,
- re-pulses,
- re-buffs,
- re pulsed,
- fore-stalling,
- fore-stalls,
- re-pulsed.
- watched one's step,
- played close the vest,
- played close to vest,
- playing close the vest,
- watches one step,
- playing it close the vest,
- plays it close the vest,
- watch step,
- plays it close to the vest,
- plays close to the vest,
- played close to the vest,
- trod warily,
- plays close vest,
- watches step,
- played close vest,
- played it close the vest,
- plays it close vest,
- play close vest,
- watches ones step,
- watching step,
- watched one step,
- treads warily,
- ducked the issues,
- ducking issues,
- watched step,
- duck issues,
- playing it close to vest,
- plays close the vest,
- played it close vest,
- plays close to vest,
- ducks issues,
- ducked issues,
- play it close the vest,
- played it close to the vest,
- play close to the vest,
- playing it close vest,
- watch one step,
- play it close to vest,
- play close to vest,
- plays it close to vest,
- playing it close to the vest,
- treading warily,
- watches one's step,
- watching ones step,
- playing close to the vest,
- played it close to vest,
- playing close vest,
- playing close to vest,
- watching one step,
- play it close vest,
- play close the vest,
- watch ones step,
- ducking the issues,
- ducks the issues,
- watched ones step.
- lying down on job,
- sloughing off,
- sloughed off,
- lies down job,
- lay down job,
- lied down on job,
- lie down job,
- lied down job,
- lay down on job,
- lying down job,
- lies down on job.
- lying wait,
- lied in wait,
- concealing oneself,
- lies in wait,
- lied wait,
- lie wait,
- conceals oneself,
- lies wait.
- gets off course,
- gotten off course,
- got off course,
- de-parted,
- in clines,
- de-parts,
- gat off course,
- in-clines,
- sheering off,
- gotten course,
- trains off,
- de part,
- getting course,
- going course,
- goes off course,
- gat course,
- sheers off,
- in cline,
- training off,
- de-part,
- de parted,
- went off course,
- de parts,
- went course,
- in-cline,
- trained off,
- de parting,
- got course,
- sheered off,
- get course,
- gets course,
- getting off course,
- go course,
- de-parting,
- goes course.
- worm one way out of,
- danced around an issue,
- worming way out of,
- danced around issue,
- worms way out of,
- worms one's way out of,
- worming ones way out of,
- worm way out of,
- dancing around issue,
- wormed one's way out of,
- worm ones way out of,
- dances around an issue,
- dance around issue,
- worms ones way out of,
- dancing around an issue,
- worming one's way out of,
- wormed one way out of,
- worms one way out of,
- wormed way out of,
- wormed ones way out of,
- worming one way out of,
- tap danced,
- dances around issue.
Other synonyms:
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- standstill,
- footdragging,
- stasis,
- evasion,
- inaction,
- avoidance.
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- failure.
- steering clear of,
- Shying,
- stepped aside,
- circumlocute,
- laid low,
- Escaping,
- lay low,
- shies,
- skip town,
- faked out,
- shakes off,
- hold off,
- skip out on,
- stay out,
- turning aside,
- shake and bake,
- run for cover,
- turned aside,
- stay away,
- skipped town,
- shrink from,
- Shied,
- fake out,
- turn aside,
- shake off,
- steer clear of,
- keep clear,
- fending off,
- Withdrew,
- step aside,
- ward off,
- give the slip,
- shuffle off.
- covers up,
- beating around the bush,
- tell white lie,
- covering up,
- run around,
- cloud the issue,
- beat around the bush,
- jive,
- lied,
- jiving,
- flipflop,
- jives,
- sit on fence,
- minced words,
- quibble,
- cover up,
- mince words,
- begging the question,
- jived,
- sit on the fence,
- fibbing,
- give run around,
- flip-flopping,
- beg the question,
- covered up.
- tread warily,
- watching one's step,
- watch one's step,
- tiptoeing,
- Slank,
- snuck,
- slinks,
- tiptoed,
- Tiptoes,
- play it close to the vest,
- duck the issues.
- hold over,
- bewilder,
- backwater,
- hem in,
- misrepresent,
- take evasive action,
- net,
- bob,
- border,
- waffle,
- trickery,
- fake,
- plan,
- split hairs,
- qualify,
- boggle,
- skirting,
- go round,
- get round,
- handle,
- cavil,
- set back,
- evasive,
- circumvention,
- jib,
- detour,
- slip,
- lateralize,
- nitpick,
- side-step,
- discourage,
- defer,
- leave alone,
- quail,
- obscure,
- flight of steps,
- hum and haw,
- pullout,
- back and fill,
- ruse de guerre,
- wince,
- refrain from,
- confuse,
- pick nits,
- go off,
- overreach,
- outfox,
- pullback,
- ruse,
- cringe,
- beleaguer,
- forestalling,
- lateral,
- shrink back,
- edge,
- reel,
- veer,
- bicker,
- runaround,
- gee,
- haw,
- deceive,
- elusion,
- subterfuge,
- hem and haw,
- douse,
- device,
- flurry,
- shy,
- obviation,
- shunts,
- head off,
- get,
- outwit,
- untruth,
- Shunting,
- fall back,
- backpedal,
- artifice,
- beset,
- about the bush,
- stave off,
- nonintervention,
- skid,
- adjourn,
- shunning,
- falsify,
- Evading,
- zigzag,
- edge off,
- turn back,
- evasions,
- trap,
- vacillate,
- reel back,
- draw aside,
- shift,
- sidle,
- tour de force,
- environ,
- truancy,
- sidetrack,
- evader,
- shy away from,
- blink,
- stratagem,
- beat around,
- bathe,
- prevarication,
- deflect,
- consternate,
- disturb,
- shirking,
- encircle,
- ignore,
- block,
- deviate,
- neutrality,
- obviate,
- turn away,
- remit,
- shunt,
- art,
- wile,
- bilk,
- weave,
- switch,
- start,
- trick,
- shirks,
- evades,
- outsmart,
- flinch,
- surround,
- Shilly-shally,
- cook,
- prevaricate,
- gird,
- postpone,
- Refraining,
- tergiversate,
- wangle,
- manipulate,
- plot,
- disconcert,
- start back,
- side,
- glance off,
- pull back,
- get away,
- equivocation,
- mystify,
- juggle,
- confound,
- maneuver,
- shuffling,
- Jink,
- forbearance,
- fly off,
- defense mechanism,
- beat,
- nit-pick,
- shove aside,
- skew,
- palter,
- prevention,
- turn off,
- choplogic,
- besiege,
- dishearten,
- fight shy of,
- keep from,
- bear off,
- dart,
- double-talk,
- fallback,
- mislead,
- finesse,
- Shirked,
- machination,
- espieglerie,
- keep off,
- hedge in,
- put over,
- fend off,
- noninvolvement,
- deception,
- glance,
- dip,
- shelve,
- shuffle,
- ease off,
- beat about,
- shy away,
- weasel out,
- eschew,
- white lie,
- stonewall,
- evasiveness,
- blench,
- slalom,
- around the bush,
- fade,
- artful dodge,
- hang back,
- put-off.
Paraphrases for Sidestep:
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Verb, base form
circumvent, dodge, skirt, override.
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Verb, base form
Antonyms for Sidestep:
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v.
Homophones for Sidestep:
Hyponym for Sidestep:
n.
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act
step.
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act