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Noun
The act or state of eluding or avoiding something
Adjective
Directed towards avoidance or escape
Verb
Present participle for to evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
Present participle for to fail to be understood by (someone)
Present participle for to shun or shy away from
Present participle for to escape or avoid punishment for doing something
Present participle for to pass or overtake while traveling in the same direction
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
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The act or state of eluding or avoiding something
avoidance
elusion
escape
evasion
dodging
ducking
eschewal
eschewing
shaking
shunning
out
cop-out
circumvention
refraining
bypassing
shirking
dodge
abstention
refrainment
sidestepping
holding off
skirting
evading
escapism
fudging
run-around
bypass
nonparticipation
retreat
escaping
flight
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
steering clear of
equivocation
prevarication
subterfuge
ruse
obliqueness
evasiveness
shift
lie
quibble
equivocating
trick
excuse
stonewalling
slip
cunning
ditch
getting out of
finding a way round
hedging
tergiversation
shuffling
quibbling
fencing
cavilling
UK
pussyfooting
stalling
vagueness
stalling for time
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
sidestepping the issue
temporization
caviling
US
dodging the issue
shilly-shallying
beating about the bush
more ❯
“Her only goal, at that point, became the
eluding
of capture.”
Adjective
▲
Directed towards avoidance or escape
evasive
avoiding
escaping
circumventing
dodging
sidestepping
Verb
▲
Present participle for to evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
escaping
evading
avoiding
dodging
ducking
fleeing
losing
circumventing
frustrating
scaping
shaking
shirking
shunning
eschewing
outrunning
ditching
doubling
finessing
flying
foiling
outwitting
shucking
shying
thwarting
escaping from
running from
getting around
shaking off
getting away
getting away from
giving the slip
slipping away from
giving the slip to
running around
steering clear of
running away from
staying shy of
throwing off the scent
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
giving the runaround
shuffling out of
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
beating
bilking
getting out of
shortcutting
leaving behind
cheating
going around
missing
parrying
fending off
baffling
outmanoeuvring
UK
wriggling out of
outmaneuvering
US
finding a way round
funking
throwing off
skirting round
getting rid of
copping out of
outdistancing
staying away from
fighting shy of
outstripping
tergiversating
pussyfooting
balking
US
cutting
baulking
UK
slipping
defeating
outflanking
dancing around
keeping clear of
getting shot of
skiving off
getting round
giving a wide berth to
giving a wide berth
breaking away from
defying
confounding
clearing
skipping
fudging
ignoring
juking
neglecting
skiving
burking
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
declining
keeping one's distance from
paying no attention to
shying from
stymieing
pussyfooting around
shrinking from
ridding oneself of
hiding from
turning back on
sliding out of
backing out of
ducking out of
finding a way out of
shuffling off
sneaking away
slipping out
slipping through the net of
sloughing off
outpacing
getting ahead of
ridding
sneaking away from
tricking
skulking
preventing
checking
circumnavigating
goldbricking
malingering
wriggling
keeping out of the way of
skirting around
equivocating
overcoming
jouking
pulling out of
keeping at arm's length
getting clear of
staying clear of
getting free from
escaping the clutches of
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
hedging
brushing off
deflecting
extricating oneself from
waffling
working around
getting past
finding a way around
fielding
disregarding
overlooking
discounting
forestalling
snubbing
dispensing with
ducking out of the way of
getting out of the way of
swerving away from
spurning
tap dancing around
talking around
answering evasively
fencing off
tuning out
laying low from
taking no notice of
paying no heed to
unheeding
unminding
paying no mind
turning a blind eye to
turning your back on
reneging
welshing
cold-shouldering
quitting
fencing
shirking from
forgetting
dogging
bludging
hemming and hawing
skipping out on
beating around the bush
keeping off
challenging
keeping away from
copping out
worming one's way out of
dancing around an issue
putting off
having nothing to do with
taking back road
blinking at
deviating from
winking at
departing from
going around the barn
skimping on
paying little attention to
surpassing
leaving something undone
losing sight of
lying down on job
playing truant from
letting something slide
cutting someone cold
giving the cold shoulder to
cutting dead
giving someone the brush-off
giving someone the go-by
shrinking
demurring
exceeding
beggaring
giving something a miss
short-circuiting
flinching
baulking at
turning away
boggling at
hanging back
drawing back
quailing at
jibbing at
shying away
backing away
seeing the back of
freeing oneself from
prevaricating
flannelling
flanneling
vacillating
stalling
shilly-shallying
stonewalling
parrying questions
evading the issue
beating about the bush
humming and hawing
mincing words
sitting on the fence
passing over
deking
faking
swerving
running away
shutting eyes to
faking out
beating around bush
quibbling about
begging the question
avoiding answering
beating about the bush about
averting
quibbling
avoiding dealing with
temporizing
US
fending
diverting
hesitating
temporising
UK
withdrawing
renouncing
revoking
backpedaling
US
abandoning
deserting
backpedalling
UK
shamming
dodging the issue
excusing
defaulting
dismissing
fudging the issue
ducking the question
copping a plea
giving the run around
shuffling around
passing the buck
sidestepping the issue
hedging your bets
flip-flopping
blowing hot and cold
backing out
weaselling out
weaseling out
getting out
backing down
backing off
taking fright
recoiling from
wussing out
turning tail
flinching from
chickening out of
shuffling
falsifying
misrepresenting
skimming over
glossing over
skating over
failing to deal with
failing to pay
shifting ground about
letting lapse
ducking out
more ❯
“The quarry twisted, turned and doubled back at speed in an attempt to
elude
its pursuer.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to be understood by (someone)
confounding
baffling
bewildering
stumping
dumbfounding
flummoxing
perplexing
puzzling
bamboozling
befuddling
mystifying
throwing
beating
confusing
bemusing
nonplussing
discombobulating
addling
fuddling
vexing
foxing
muddling
befogging
fazing
disconcerting
stunning
flooring
rattling
astounding
wildering
fogging
setting someone thinking
making someone scratch their head
boggling the mind of
escaping
disorienting
gravelling
graveling
buffaloing
mazing
getting
posing
muddying
amazing
dazing
obfuscating
causing to be at a stand
mixing up
flabbergasting
stupefying
astonishing
frustrating
staggering
flustering
defeating
striking dumb
throwing for loop
getting at
more ❯
“Of course, a full appreciation of this fact would
elude
me until adulthood.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shun or shy away from
eschewing
shunning
avoiding
abjuring
forgoing
forswearing
renouncing
abandoning
disavowing
forsaking
rejecting
relinquishing
repudiating
sacrificing
shirking
spurning
abdicating
abnegating
abstaining
denying
disclaiming
disdaining
dodging
dropping
ducking
escaping
evading
kicking
refraining from
disaffirming
finessing
gainsaying
refraining
scaping
shaking
shying
abstaining from
giving up
dispensing with
fighting shy of
swearing off
steering clear of
giving a wide berth to
having nothing to do with
not touching
reneging on
getting around
keeping clear of
packing in
shying away from
jacking in
staying clear of
turning your back on
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
shuffling out of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to escape or avoid punishment for doing something
getting away with
escaping
evading
getting off
pulling off
escaping blame for
escaping punishment for
getting off scot-free
making a getaway
breaking out
flying the coop
bursting out
absconding
getting out
clearing out
bolting
skipping
avoiding
disappearing
departing
giving the slip
going scot-free
working out of
getting away
blowing
slipping away
wriggling out
flying
lamming
running away
leaving
running out on
doubling
making off
running
taking flight
taking on the lam
cutting loose
emerging
dodging
slipping
bailing out
playing hooky
eloping
ducking out
cutting and run
decamping
shunning
taking a powder
breaking out of
fleeing
deserting
vanishing
passing
taking it on the lam
making oneself scarce
running off
stealing away
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pass or overtake while traveling in the same direction
going by
passing by
overtaking
passing
outstripping
exceeding
outrunning
overstepping
surpassing
leaving behind
overhauling
outdistancing
going past
getting ahead of
pulling ahead of
cutting
bypassing
going faster than
getting past
undertaking
cutting up
outdoing
running by
cutting by
going beyond
leaving standing
skipping
lapping
shooting ahead of
driving past
moving past
getting ahead
skipping ahead of
cutting in front of
flying by
going ahead of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
retreating
retiring
withdrawing
fleeing
recoiling
falling back
pulling out
bolting
drawing back
running away
skedaddling
escaping
pulling back
running off
receding
vamoosing
beating it
flying
scramming
scraming
splitting
taking off
departing
evacuating
evading
running
scarpering
shrinking
breaking
going
levanting
skipping off
turning tail
vacating
abandoning
decamping
disengaging
folding
quitting
leaving
running for it
backing off
backing away
backing out
clearing out
cutting and run
giving ground
hightailing it
hooking it
legging it
making off
peeling out
showing a clean pair of heels
beating a hasty retreat
beating a retreat
cutting out
doing a runner
flying the coop
going away
going back
heading for the hills
lighting out
making a break for it
moving away
moving back
taking flight
bugging out
doing a fade
giving way
making a quick exit
making a run for it
taking a powder
doing a bunk
making a getaway
taking to your heels
backing down
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