dodger
One who sidesteps
A dodger is someone who evades or avoids something—often an obligation or responsibility.
A draft dodger avoids military conscription; a fare dodger rides without paying.
The word implies craftiness or evasion rather than direct refusal.
In baseball, the Dodgers took their name from Brooklyn pedestrians who dodged streetcars.
One who avoids duty
- avoiderOne who stays away
- eluderOne who escapes capture
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- sidestepperOne who dodges sideways
ducker · weaver · slippery · evasive · elusive · artful · cunning · wily
Cunning deceiver in myth
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
cheat · scammer · grifter · hustler · flimflammer · mountebank · impostor · faker
Quick and light-moving
- quickMoving with speed
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- elusiveHard to find
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
deft · fleet-footed · light-footed · agile · spry · dexterous · acrobatic · shifty
- World SeriesMLB championship tournament
- pennantTapering nautical flag
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
Sandy Koufax · Jackie Robinson · Mookie Betts · Shohei Ohtani
Sausage served in bun
- ballpark foodSnacks sold at games
- peanutsEdible underground legumes
- Cracker JackCaramel popcorn with prize
- nachosTopped tortilla chips
concession · mustard · relish · vendor · seventh-inning stretch
shirker
One who avoids duty
sidestepper · ducker · weaver · slippery · evasive · elusive · artful · cunning · wily · sly
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
charlatan · cheat · scammer · grifter · hustler · flimflammer · mountebank · impostor · faker · schemer
nimble
Quick and light-moving
slippery · deft · fleet-footed · light-footed · agile · spry · dexterous · acrobatic · shifty · darting
Tommy Lasorda
- World SeriesMLB championship tournament
- pennantTapering nautical flag
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
Sandy Koufax · Jackie Robinson · Los Angeles · Mookie Betts · Shohei Ohtani
hot dog
Sausage served in bun
- ballpark foodSnacks sold at games
- peanutsEdible underground legumes
- Cracker JackCaramel popcorn with prize
nachos · concession · mustard · relish · vendor · seventh-inning stretch
jib
Triangular sail forward
- storm sailReduced canvas for gales
- headsailForward-mounted boat canvas
- foresailSail at bow
tacking · rigging · yacht · sloop · ketch · schooner · canvas · nautical · sailing · crew
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- avoidersevader, shirker, avoider, skulker, escapee
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- cowardscoward, chicken, wimp, milquetoast, poltroon
- fishing lurescrankbait, spoons, spinnerbait, plugs, jig
dodgercomplier
One who yields
conformist · taxpayer · adherent · contributor · participant
dodgercontributor
One who provides something
philanthropist · giver · benefactor · volunteer · good citizen
dodgerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · truth-teller · stand-up guy · confronter · straight arrow
- 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
dodge, dodging, dodged, dodges, dodgy, dodgeball, dodginess, dodgeballs, dodgers