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present participle of evade.

evading

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fugitive adj.
intangible adj.
loafing adj.
evasion n.

ADJECTIVE

fugitive

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elusive

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brief ephemeral flying passing short temporary volatile wandering

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avoiding errant erratic escaping evanescent fleeting flitting fugacious impermanent momentary moving short-lived transitory unstable

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enduring lasting lengthy long permanent

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confronting facing

ADJECTIVE

intangible

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ethereal unreal

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abstract eluding hypothetical impalpable imponderable slight

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abstruse airy dim elusive evanescent evasive imperceptible inappreciable incorporeal indeterminate insensible invisible rare shadowy slender unapparent uncertain unobservable unsubstantial unsure vague

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factual real

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definite obvious palpable perceptible tangible

ADJECTIVE

loafing

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pretending shirking slacking

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apathetic careless indifferent uninterested

Antonyms

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active energetic toiling

NOUN

evasion

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dodging

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artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

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come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

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directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

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facing meeting

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evading

Navy and Gulf oil producers have become better at fending off or evading Iranian attacks, allowing more tankers to cross the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

After evading West Midlands Police for more than two years, he was flown into Gatwick Airport last month and was then transported to a custody block in the West Midlands.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

These mutations are adept at evading targeted treatments and were long considered “undruggable.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

But the way she was evading the question told him it should.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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