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dodging

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dodging

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

the governor's repeated dodging of tough questions at the press conference

Synonyms of dodging

avoidance, cop-out, ducking, eluding, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Words Related to dodging

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms of dodging

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

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