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

While Lanterns season two has not been officially green-lit, Mundy and Cantwell are getting their ducks in a row should the audience reception and viewership numbers match the critics’ enthusiasm for the down-to-earth take on Green Lanterns. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

The canvas features a beautiful portrait of a home in the countryside surrounded by a white fence, fall foliage, and a small pond with little ducks—what’s not to love? — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026

This is good old Mother Earth, and the Inuit people have thrived here for a few thousand years, living cheek to jowl with muskox, polar bears, caribou, tundra grizzlies, red fox, Arctic fox and hordes of ducks and geese. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026

Pond is a water ecosystem with fish, ducks, frogs, and boats passing by. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is preparing for retirement, and that includes getting his real estate ducks in a row. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 10 Aug. 2026

Greg and Linda Smith, Cedar Lake residents, spent time looking at the chickens and ducks after looking at the horses. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

After forming a yellow pool in the river, the ducks floated for around 15 minutes before a winner and runner-up were plucked from the water. — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Participants bought rubber ducks on the Columbus Drive Bridge Thursday morning. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 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