Synonyms

evade

American

[ih-veyd] / ɪˈveɪd /

verb (used with object)

evaded, evading

to escape from by trickery or cleverness.

to evade one's pursuers.

Synonyms:

dodge, avoid

Antonyms:

confront, face
to get around by trickery.

to evade rules.
to avoid doing or fulfilling.

to evade an obligation.
to avoid answering directly.

to evade a question.
to elude; escape.

The solution evaded him.

verb (used without object)

evaded, evading

to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

evade British

/ ɪˈveɪd /

verb

to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
(also intr) to avoid answering (a question)

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Related Words

See escape.

Other Word Forms

evadable adjective
evader noun
evadible adjective
evadingly adverb
nonevadable adjective
nonevadible adjective
nonevading adjective
nonevadingly adverb
preevade verb (used with object)
unevadable adjective
unevaded adjective
unevadible adjective
unevading adjective

Etymology

Origin of evade

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin ēvādere “to pass over, go out,” equivalent to ē- “out of, from” + vādere “to go, walk” e- ¹

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