Synonyms of ducks

ducks 1 of 2

noun

plural of duck

as in guys

a member of the human race

her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guys
• men
• people
• lives
• birds
• creatures
• things
• fish
• individuals
• eggs
• humans
• babies
• souls
• customers
• bodies
• beings
• specimens
• sorts
• parties
• characters
• human beings
• faces
• cookies
• devils
• scouts
• mortals
• personalities
• personages
• wights
• sons of man
• stiffs
• heads
• fellows
• slobs
• bods
• brothers
• neighbors
• humanoids
• homos
• hominids
• selves
• celebrities
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• critters
• beasts
• brutes
• beasties

ducks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of duck

1

as in avoids

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoids
• evades
• escapes
• dodges
• shakes
• eludes
• shuns
• shuffles (out of)
• deflects
• prevents
• eschews
• steers clear of
• fights shy of
• scapes
• weasels (out of)
• eliminates
• stays clear of
• finesses
• misses
• shirks
• gets around
• keeps clear of
• parries
• wards (off)
• excludes
• precludes
• obviates
• rules out
• thwarts
• excepts
• bans
• averts
• circumvents
• foils
• debars
• diverts
• outwits
• foxes
• skirts
• bars
• frustrates
• outfoxes
• bypasses
• outsmarts
• overreaches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeks
• accepts
• pursues
• welcomes
• embraces
• courts
• catches
• contracts
• incurs

2

as in weaves

to move suddenly aside or to and fro

duck behind a pillar before they see us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaves
• dodges
• zigzags
• slaloms
• jinks
• turns
• escapes
• sidesteps
• slides
• slips
• skirts
• parries
• avoids
• evades
• eludes
• deflects
• shirks

3

as in dips

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dips
• dunks
• drowns
• immerses
• soaks
• submerges
• floods
• wets
• douses
• souses
• submerses
• sops
• moistens
• bathes
• dives
• steeps
• plunges
• thrusts
• drenches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ducks

Noun

On this, the last Sunday afternoon before football returns to Oxford, the 2026 season flags stand at the ready as Elizabeth Heiskell ducks into The Library. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

During the rainy morning, officers showed off the three-story headquarters’ bells and whistles as neighborhood ducks waddled through the parking garage and splashed in puddles. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Two horses, as well as ducks and chickens, perished in the fire. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Now Stahlman chases ducks all over the country and spends his winter guiding in Oklahoma through Legends Waterfowl. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026

The Clippers, though, seem to be lining up their legal ducks. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Surrounded by ducks that seemed to want to steal the show, the elusive youngster hopped gingerly onto a rock, unfurled its wings, and exposed plumes of bluish-purple feathers that sparkled in the sun. — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026

Competitors also faced an obstacle course in which drivers made their way down paths lined with cones and bright yellow, plastic ducks. — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

With some supervision, preteens may take to this project like ducks to water. — Anna Attkisson Published, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026

Verb

In the video, the subject ducks his head in the opposite direction of the doorbell camera. — Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita , Peter D'abrosca , Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026

The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Dignitaries would climb up Bab al Silsilah, a narrow limestone street that ducks under an arched gate. — Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025

Mike Johnson ducks Epstein files questions, refuses to swear in Grijalva! — The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025

The way a Newfoundland dog carefully ducks his head to avoid getting bumped by a car trunk has captured hearts across the internet. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

Phrases Containing ducks

• make ducks and drakes of
• play ducks and drakes with