Thesaurus / evading
other words for evading
- avoid
- bypass
- circumvent
- conceal
- deceive
- dodge
- elude
- escape
- fend off
- flee
- get around
- hide
- sidestep
- baffle
- balk
- cavil
- confuse
- decline
- double
- duck
- equivocate
- eschew
- fence
- fly
- fudge
- hedge
- lie
- parry
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- cop out
- give the runaround
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- pass up
- put off
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- weasel
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“I explained that it was too late,” she reiterated, evading him.
WILD ORANGESJOSEPH HERGESHEIMER
He has learnt nothing from it except a habit of evading it by deceit.
FANNY'S FIRST PLAYGEORGE BERNARD SHAW
But there is always one way of evading punishment for a veiled insult, and of adding to its sting by your evasion.
THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERSGEORGE DOUGLAS BROWN
The prefect of Yangchow also found means of evading his promise to accompany the consul into the presence of the viceroy.
THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, VOL. II (OF 2)ALEXANDER MICHIE
We gave up the jungle and sought the stream with the idea of evading the sand-flies.
THE CRUISE OF THE SNARKJACK LONDON
Inexpressible therefore must be our distresses in evading the late acts, by the disuse of British paper and glass.
I heard yesterday that a mob had passed west with the intention of evading me.
UNDER THE CHINESE DRAGONF. S. BRERETON
She has a way of evading, escaping, eluding, and then gives you an intoxicating hint of sudden and complete surrender.
A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIPKATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
"It will come to that, I suppose," said Henry, evading her last observation.
PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACECHARLES READE
There is no justification for such conduct, and it becomes a facile way for shirking duty, and evading responsibility.
THIRTY YEARS' VIEW (VOL. II OF 2)THOMAS HART BENTON
WORDS RELATED TO EVADING
- artifice
- circumvention
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocation
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- run-around
- ruse
- shift
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
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