evades
Gets away from
Evades means avoids or escapes, especially through cleverness or trickery.
A suspect evades police by slipping through alleys.
Someone evades a question by changing the subject.
You can evade taxes, responsibilities, or detection.
The word suggests active effort to stay out of reach: He evaded capture for three years.
What evades you remains just beyond your grasp: Sleep evaded her.
Evades with quick movement
- sidestepsEvades by moving aside
- circumventsEvades by cleverness
- shunsDeliberately avoids contact
- avertsPrevents from occurring
deflects · bypasses · eschews · skirts · eludes · ducks · parries · keeps away
Departs to escape danger
- slips awayDeparts unnoticed, gradually
- vanishesCeases to be visible
- disappearsCeases to exist visibly
- abscondsEscapes secretly, often guiltily
bolts · dashes · breaks free · gets away · outruns · outmaneuvers · extricates · shakes off
Causes false belief
- deceivesCauses false belief
- dissemblesDisguises real feelings
- prevaricatesSpeaks evasively, misleadingly
- equivocatesSpeaks ambiguously to mislead
obfuscates · feints · misdirects · bluffs · falsifies · fabricates · distorts · twists
Evades required tasks
Defeats through superior tactics
- feintsMock offensive movements
- flanksLateral body portions
- counterattacksOffensive responses to aggression
- ambushesHidden surprise attacks
decoys · diverts · camouflages · infiltrates · reconnoiters · deploys · guerrilla tactics · strategic retreat
dodges
Evades with quick movement
- sidestepsEvades by moving aside
- circumventsEvades by cleverness
- shunsDeliberately avoids contact
averts · deflects · bypasses · eschews · skirts · eludes · ducks · parries · keeps away · declines
flees
Departs to escape danger
- slips awayDeparts unnoticed, gradually
- vanishesCeases to be visible
- disappearsCeases to exist visibly
absconds · bolts · dashes · breaks free · gets away · outruns · outmaneuvers · extricates · shakes off
misleads
Causes false belief
- deceivesCauses false belief
- dissemblesDisguises real feelings
- prevaricatesSpeaks evasively, misleadingly
equivocates · obfuscates · feints · misdirects · bluffs · falsifies · fabricates · distorts · twists · hedges
shirks
Evades required tasks
outmaneuvers
Defeats through superior tactics
- feintsMock offensive movements
- flanksLateral body portions
- counterattacksOffensive responses to aggression
ambushes · decoys · diverts · camouflages · infiltrates · reconnoiters · deploys · guerrilla tactics · strategic retreat · countermeasures
slips through fingers
- tax evaderOne who illegally avoids payments owed
- draft evaderOne avoiding military service
- evading arrestEscaping police custody attempt
- evading policeFleeing from law enforcement
- fare evadersThose avoiding transport payment