evade

evade

verb

Definition of EVADE

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery <people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes>

Synonyms avoid, dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)

Related Words miss; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off); ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out; bypass, circumvent, skirt; foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart

Near Antonyms accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome; catch, contract, incur