Synonyms for evade
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-veyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈveɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for evade Other synonyms for the word evade
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- cavil
- confuse
- cop out
- decline
- double
- duck
- equivocate
- eschew
- fence
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
Définition of evade
Origin :- 1510s, "escape," from Middle French evader, from Latin evadere "to escape, get away," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose). Related: Evaded; evading. Special sense of "escape by trickery" is from 1530s.
- verb get away from
- He tried to evade immediate payment, but on this point his creditor was peremptory.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Manlike, having raised the issue, K. would have given much to evade it.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- "You are trying to evade me, Mr. Hewson," she said, with a severity he found charming.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- It is of no use for us to think to evade this law; neither is it a law wholly of retribution.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- In his nobler moods he feels that this is but to evade the difficulty.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- I, who whip round corners and bluster, relapse and evade, then rally and pursue!
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
- Daniel replied with repose and managed to parry or evade all inquiries.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- Could he be an emissary from some one whom the old forger had reason to evade?
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- The embassador had the prudence to attempt to evade the inquiry.
- Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
- He never tried to turn away, nor did he make the slightest effort to evade me.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for evade
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