dodge
Evade by swerving
To dodge is to move quickly to avoid something—a blow, a ball, or a person.
By extension, dodge means to evade or escape through cleverness or trickery: dodge taxes, dodge the draft, dodge a question.
A dodge can also be a scheme or trick: It's just a dodge to avoid responsibility.
The word suggests nimble evasion, whether physical or figurative. (Capitalized Dodge is the automobile brand.)
Skillfully avoid capture
- escapeFlight from captivity
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- evadeEscape by cunning
bypass · circumvent · avoid · parry · deflect · avert · divert · swerve
Abrupt directional change
Evade one's obligations
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- avoidStay away from
- skirtWaist-hung lower garment
- weaselSmall elongated predator
hedge · deflect · pass the buck · cop out · excuse · waffle · equivocate · prevaricate
Deliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
artifice · ruse · ploy · sham · sneaky · underhanded · wily · duplicitous
Exploitable gap in rules
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- gapUnfilled space between
exemption · exception · ambiguity · fine print · shelter · write-off · offshore · avoidance
elude
Skillfully avoid capture
evade · bypass · circumvent · avoid · parry · deflect · avert · divert · swerve · withdraw
swerve
Abrupt directional change
duck · weave · bob · lunge · leap · roll · feint · dip · crouch · nimble
shirk
Evade one's obligations
weasel · hedge · deflect · pass the buck · cop out · excuse · waffle · equivocate · prevaricate · sidestep
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
cunning · artifice · ruse · ploy · sham · sneaky · underhanded · wily · duplicitous · con
loophole
Exploitable gap in rules
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
- exploitNotable act or abuse
gap · exemption · exception · ambiguity · fine print · shelter · write-off · offshore · avoidance · escape clause
- game actionsjump, select, run, tap, walk
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, pulling away, withdrawal
- avoidance tacticsevasion, deflection, misdirection, runaround, non-answer
- avoidance wordsavoid, evade, sidestep, elude, steer clear
- combat actionsstab, slash, parry, block, thrust
- dodged a bulletNarrowly avoided serious trouble
- dodging a bulletNarrowly avoiding harm
- dodge a bulletNarrowly avoid disaster
- dodged bulletAvoided serious harm narrowly
- dodge ballThrowing game with elimination
- draft dodgerOne who avoids compulsory enlistment
dodging, dodged, dodges, dodgy, dodger, dodgeball, dodgier, dodgiest, dodginess