Synonyms of ducking

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noun

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as in dodging

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

the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dodging
• escape
• out
• evasion
• eluding
• eschewing
• shunning
• avoidance
• sidestepping
• eschewal
• elusion
• skirting
• shaking
• bypassing
• cop-out
• runaround
• precluding
• deflection
• averting
• circumvention
• prevention
• obviation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submission
• endurance
• toleration
• abidance

• submission
• endurance
• toleration
• abidance

ducking

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verb

present participle of duck

1

as in avoiding

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

• avoiding
• evading
• escaping
• dodging
• eluding
• deflecting
• shaking
• shunning
• eschewing
• preventing
• scaping
• finessing
• shirking
• eliminating
• parrying
• excluding
• fighting shy of
• keeping clear of
• steering clear of
• staying clear of
• shuffling (out of)
• weaseling (out of)
• precluding
• averting
• obviating
• circumventing
• getting around
• thwarting
• missing
• diverting
• banning
• excepting
• ruling out
• debarring
• outwitting
• outsmarting
• foiling
• bypassing
• warding (off)
• outfoxing
• overreaching
• skirting
• barring
• frustrating
• foxing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• seeking
• pursuing
• accepting
• embracing
• courting
• catching
• incurring
• contracting
• welcoming

• seeking
• pursuing
• accepting
• embracing
• courting
• catching
• incurring
• contracting
• welcoming

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2

as in weaving

to move suddenly aside or to and fro

duck behind a pillar before they see us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dodging
• weaving
• sidestepping
• zigzagging
• evading
• avoiding
• turning
• sliding
• escaping
• parrying
• jinking
• deflecting
• slaloming
• eluding
• slipping
• shirking
• skirting

3

as in dipping

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

• dipping
• dunking
• immersing
• drowning
• submerging
• dousing
• sopping
• sousing
• submersing
• wetting
• diving
• soaking
• bathing
• plunging
• flooding
• thrusting
• drenching
• moistening
• dowsing
• steeping