Synonyms for Sidestep:

• n.

  •
  • wriggle out of (doing) something,
  • stay out of,
  • duck out of,
  • flinch from (doing) something.
  •
  • back away,
  • scatter,
  • part,
  • retreat,
  • back,
  • stand aside,
  • backtrack,
  • draw back,
  • pull away.
  •act (noun)
  • sidestep.

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • avert,
  • shun,
  • escape,
  • shrink,
  • abstain,
  • skip,
  • bypass,
  • decline,
  • recoil.
  •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.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • 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.
  •dodge (verb)
  • ditch,
  • dance around,
  • fudge,
  • pussyfoot,
  • shake.
  •duck (verb)
  • sub merges,
  • sub-merges,
  • sub merge,
  • sub-merge,
  • sub merging,
  • sub-merging,
  • sub-merged.
  •equivocate (verb)
  • 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.
  •evade (verb)
  • 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.
  •hedge (verb)
  • 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.
  •parry (verb)
  • 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.
  •pussyfoot (verb)
  • 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.
  •shirk (verb)
  • 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.
  •skulk (verb)
  • lying wait,
  • lied in wait,
  • concealing oneself,
  • lies in wait,
  • lied wait,
  • lie wait,
  • conceals oneself,
  • lies wait.
  •swerve (verb)
  • 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.
  •weasel (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • standstill,
  • footdragging,
  • stasis,
  • evasion,
  • inaction,
  • avoidance.
  •
  • delay,
  • suspended animation,
  • inertia,
  • quiescent,
  • stagnation.
  •
  • failure.
  •avoid
  • 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.
  •equivocate
  • 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.
  •hedge
  • give the run around,
  • be noncommittal,
  • shillyshally.
  •pussyfoot
  • 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.
  •put-off
  • put off.
  •skulk
  • concealed oneself,
  • lay wait,
  • lay in wait,
  • lying in wait,
  • conceal oneself,
  • lie in wait.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    evade, bypass, avoid, Avoiding, ignore, escape, shirk, elude, disregard, obviate, overlook, eschew, shun, dismiss, By-pass, avert, prevent, overcome.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    circumvent, dodge, skirt, override.

Antonyms for Sidestep:

• v.

  • dodge
    take on, meet, face.
  • Other antonyms:
    contract, observe, assent, follow, catch, pursue, welcome, court, keep, seek, obey, embrace, comply, accept, accede, incur, acquiesce.

Homophones for Sidestep:

• static tube, seductive, scotch tape.

Hyponym for Sidestep:

• n.

  • act
    step.