Synonyms for evade
ɪˈveɪdevade

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1. evadeverb

   Synonyms:
   shuffle, dodge, equivocate

2. evadeverb

   To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.

   The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. — Richard Chenevix Trench.

   Synonyms:
   dodge, equivocate, shuffle

3. evadeverb

   To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

   Synonyms:
   shuffle, dodge, equivocate

4. evadeverb

   To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

   The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. — Robert South.

   Synonyms:
   equivocate, dodge, shuffle

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1. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirt

2. elude, evade, bilkverb

   escape, either physically or mentally

   "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

   Synonyms:
   fudge, duck, hedge, dodge, skirt, bilk, frustrate, circumvent, baffle, foil, cross, elude, parry, thwart, put off, spoil, sidestep, escape, scotch

3. evadeverb

   practice evasion

   "This man always hesitates and evades"

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, hedge, bilk, elude, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, duck, dodge

4. evadeverb

   use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

   "The con man always evades"

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, hedge, bilk, elude, fudge, put off, skirt, sidestep, duck, dodge

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1. • Act
   • Escape

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1. evadeverb

   Synonyms:
   elude, escape, escape from, steal away from, get away from (by artifice)

2. evadeverb

   Synonyms:
   avoid, shun, decline

3. evadeverb

   Synonyms:
   equivocate, shuffle, quibble, dodge, prevaricate, palter, cavil

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1. evadeverb

   Synonyms:
   shun, avoid, elude, parry, foil, baffle, prevaricate, equivocate, dodge, quibble

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1. List of paraphrases for "evade":

   shirk, circumvent, escape, avoid, sidestep, elude, bypass, side-step, dodge

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1. Laure Brillaud:

   These proposals for public registers will be welcomed by citizens and anti-corruption activists who want to follow the trail of dirty money, however, we are concerned that it will be all too easy to evade being on the registers in the first place by gaming the rules on trusts. By simply nominating a non-EU resident as a trustee the secrecy can carry on as before.

2. The Justice Department:

   Based on the compelling evidence of Tarrio's leadership of this conspiracy, there are no conditions of release that can reasonably assure the safety of the community or the defendant's appearance in court. And based on Tarrio's public comments aimed at chilling witnesses against Enrique Tarrio co-conspirators, as well as Enrique Tarrio own purported efforts to evade law enforcement, Enrique Tarrio poses a risk of obstructing justice should Enrique Tarrio be released.

3. Marianne Nyegaard:

   The new species managed to evade discovery for nearly three centuries by ‘hiding’ in a messy history of sunfish taxonomy, partially because they are so difficult to preserve and study, even for natural history museums, that is why we named it Mola tecta (the Hoodwinker Sunfish), derived from the Latin tectus, meaning disguised or hidden.

4. Gloria Allred:

   I think he understands that we will be asking him anything and everything that may bear on his credibility in reference to our client Judith Huth's allegations about what happened at the Playboy Mansion, he may try to escape. He's going to evade, but we're going to have a lot of questions.

5. Gloria Allred:

   He may try to escape. He's going to evade, but we're going to have a lot of questions.