Synonyms for evasive
ɪˈveɪ sɪveva·sive

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   devious, deceitful, sly, cagey, slippery, shifty, equivocal, vague, noncommital, elusory, unclear, elusive, ambiguous, tricky

2. evasiveadjective

   Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

   Synonyms:
   devious, ambiguous, sly, deceitful, slippery, unclear, equivocal, elusory, tricky, vague, noncommital, cagey, shifty, elusive

3. evasiveadjective

   Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

   Synonyms:
   vague, noncommital, devious, elusory, deceitful, shifty, cagey, ambiguous, slippery, unclear, sly, tricky, equivocal, elusive

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1. evasiveadjective

   deliberately vague or ambiguous

   "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

   Antonyms:
   unprotective, unambiguous, univocal, unequivocal

2. evasiveadjective

   avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

   "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

   Antonyms:
   unambiguous, unprotective, univocal, unequivocal

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   equivocating, shuffling, sophistical, elusive, elusory

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   equivocal, indefinite, elusive

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1. List of paraphrases for "evasive":

   non-committal, noncommittal, elusive, vague

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How to use evasive in a sentence?

1. The FAA:

   The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead, the pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the Learjet crossed the intersection.

2. Mark Warner:

   Despite his impressive academic credentials, Judge Gorsuch’s record and evasive responses – even refusing to answer questions regarding his views of cases like Roe v. Wade and Citizens United – do not give me confidence that he possesses a judicial philosophy that will serve the American public well.

3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher:

   You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

4. Louise Martin:

   The testimony of the athletes... are both unreliable and evasive, rakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi are in breach of the' no-needles' policy.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   After a thorough review of Judge Jackson’s record and information gained at the hearing from an evasive witness, I now know why Judge Jackson was the favorite of the radical left.