Synonyms for dodging
verb avoid- ditch
- duck
- elude
- escape
- evade
- fend off
- shuffle
- sidestep
- skirt
- dark
- deceive
- equivocate
- fence
- fudge
- hedge
- juke
- lurch
- malinger
- parry
- pussyfoot
- shake
- shift
- shirk
- short-circuit
- slide
- slip
- swerve
- tergiversate
- trick
- weasel
- circumlocute
- get around
- get out of
- give the slip
- move to the side
- put the move on
- shake off
- skip out on
- tergiverse
- turn aside
Antonyms for dodging
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circumvention
noun. escape
escape
noun. breaking away; getaway
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
escapes
noun. breaking away; getaway
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
evasion
noun. escape, avoidance
- artifice
- circumvention
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocating
- equivocation
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- fancy footwork
- fudging
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- run-around
- ruse
- shift
- shirking
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
shifty
adjective. deceitful, untrustworthy
- cagey
- collusive
- conniving
- contriving
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- devious
- dishonest
- dodging
- duplicitous
- elusive
- equivocating
- evasive
- fly-by-night
- foxy
- fraudulent
- furtive
- insidious
- lying
- mendacious
- prevaricative
- prevaricatory
- roguish
- scheming
- shady
- shrewd
- shuffling
- slick
- slimy
- slippery
- sly
- sneaky
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhand
- unhonest
- unprincipled
- untruthful
- wily
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