evade
Sidestep or duck
To evade is to avoid or escape, especially through cleverness or deception.
You can evade capture, evade detection, or evade a question by steering around it.
To evade taxes is to illegally avoid paying them—distinct from tax avoidance, which uses legal means.
He evaded her questions about where he'd been.
Avoid by quick movement
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
skirt · duck · shirk · shun · eschew · steer clear · avert · deflect
Speak vaguely to mislead
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- waffleGridded breakfast cake
- prevaricateSpeak misleadingly to deceive
- deflectTurn from course
dodge the question · vague · noncommittal · elusive · cagey · slippery · stonewalling · obfuscate
Depart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- slip awayDepart without detection
- vanishCease to be visible
- disappearPass from visibility
abscond · getaway · flight · break free · extricate · fugitive · runaway · on the lam
Cause false belief
dupe · subterfuge · feint · guile · bluff · misdirect · smokescreen · red herring
Away from land
- shelterProtected place or structure
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
- havenShelter from danger
- write-offRecorded value reduction
deduction · launder · shell company · Swiss account · concealment · underreport · fraud · noncompliance
dodge
Avoid by quick movement
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
elude · skirt · duck · shirk · shun · eschew · steer clear · avert · deflect · parry
equivocate
Speak vaguely to mislead
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- waffleGridded breakfast cake
- prevaricateSpeak misleadingly to deceive
dodge the question · deflect · vague · noncommittal · elusive · cagey · slippery · stonewalling · obfuscate · fudge
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
disappear · abscond · getaway · flight · break free · extricate · fugitive · runaway · on the lam · make off
mislead
Cause false belief
con · dupe · subterfuge · feint · guile · bluff · misdirect · smokescreen · red herring · double back
offshore
Away from land
write-off · deduction · launder · shell company · Swiss account · concealment · underreport · fraud · noncompliance · penalty
- evasionavoiding, avoids, dodging, dodge, evasions
- avoidance wordsavoid, dodge, sidestep, elude, steer clear
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- Slipping Throughsneak, elude, escape, bypass, squeeze
- Avoiding Answersdodge, deflect, sidestep, equivocate, hedge
- cunning tacticscunning, guile, ruse, ploy, stratagem
evadecome clean
Admit the full truth
disclose · confess · admit · acknowledge · level with
- draft evasionAvoiding mandatory military service
- tax evasionIllegally avoiding government dues
- evasive maneuvers
- tax evaderOne who illegally avoids payments owed
- draft evaderOne avoiding military service
- evasive actionMovement to escape harm
evasion, evasive, evading, evaded, evades, evader, evaders, evadable