evading
Artfully staying clear
Evading is the present participle of evade—to escape or avoid, especially through cleverness or deception.
Someone evading capture stays one step ahead of pursuers.
Evading a question means deflecting rather than answering directly.
He was arrested for evading taxes.
The word implies active effort to slip away from something that's pursuing or pressing.
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- duckingBending to avoid impact
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- swervingTurning sharply aside
diving · bobbing · slipping · juking · jinking · feinting · deking · parrying
Rapid escape from danger
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- abscondingDeparting secretly to evade
vanishing · disappearing · slipping away · shaking off · losing · outpacing · hiding · laying low
Avoiding obligatory tasks
- avoidingDeliberately staying clear
- skirtingAvoiding by going around
- circumventingAvoiding by going around
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
deflecting · weaseling · hedging · stonewalling · equivocating · draft dodging · accountability · obligation
Causing false beliefs
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- diversionRedirection of attention
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- feintDeceptive mock attack
ruse · subterfuge · bluff · smokescreen · camouflage · disguise · concealment · decoying
Secretly cautious in movement
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
slippery · untraceable · undetectable · shadowy · incognito · low-profile · under the radar · ghosting
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- duckingBending to avoid impact
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
swerving · diving · bobbing · slipping · juking · jinking · feinting · deking · parrying · deflecting
fleeing
Rapid escape from danger
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
absconding · vanishing · disappearing · slipping away · shaking off · losing · outpacing · hiding · laying low · going underground
shirking
Avoiding obligatory tasks
- avoidingDeliberately staying clear
- skirtingAvoiding by going around
- circumventingAvoiding by going around
sidestepping · deflecting · weaseling · hedging · stonewalling · equivocating · draft dodging · accountability · obligation · duty
misleading
Causing false beliefs
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- diversionRedirection of attention
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
feint · ruse · subterfuge · bluff · smokescreen · camouflage · disguise · concealment · decoying · throwing off
stealthy
Secretly cautious in movement
clandestine · slippery · untraceable · undetectable · shadowy · incognito · low-profile · under the radar · ghosting · invisible
- evasionavoiding, avoids, dodging, dodge, evasions
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- avoiding tacticsdodging, sidestepping, skirting, deflecting, skipping
- bad behaviorslying, cheating, stealing, rudeness, gossiping
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
evadingconfronting
Addressing directly
facing · meeting · encountering · tackling · engaging
evadingaccepting
Willing to receive
fulfilling · honoring · embracing · acknowledging · discharging
evadinganswering
Providing a response
addressing · leveling with · coming clean · telling the truth · disclosing
- evading arrestEscaping police custody attempt
- evading policeFleeing from law enforcement
evade, inevitable, evasion, evasive, evaded, evades, evader, evaders, evadable