Antonyms for elude

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-lood

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlud

Definition of elude

Origin : 1530s, "delude, make a fool of," from Latin eludere "escape from, make a fool of, win from at play," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Sense of "evade" is first recorded 1610s in a figurative sense, 1630s in a literal one. Related: Eluded; eludes; eluding.

verb avoid; escape

Example sentences :

That I could elude Rima's keener eyes I doubted; but that did not trouble me.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

He knew her power; perhaps that was why his instinct had led him to elude it.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

This was to elude a successful German envelopment on their Louvain right.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

The Baron was fixing his eyes on her and she tried to elude his gaze.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

That it was so vague as to elude the support of argument made it only the stronger.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

The only way will be to hide so as to elude his watchfulness.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

He made no attempt to elude the bullet that he must have expected.
Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis

But somehow, Mrs. Bob continued to flop the broken wing, and to elude them.
Extract from : « Plantation Sketches » by Margaret Devereux

Some sounds there are which elude the efforts of the most onomatopœic pen.
Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

If she could find a boat she could elude the horseman who had made her a prisoner.
Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx

Synonyms for elude

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