Synonyms of evaded

evaded

verb

past tense of evade

as in avoided

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 & Similar Words

• avoided
• escaped
• eluded
• dodged
• shunned
• eschewed
• deflected
• prevented
• shook
• ducked
• eliminated
• shirked
• kept clear of
• scaped
• shuffled (out of)
• steered clear of
• circumvented
• fought shy of
• finessed
• excluded
• missed
• stayed clear of
• thwarted
• precluded
• obviated
• averted
• parried
• got around
• weaseled (out of)
• diverted
• debarred
• ruled out
• outwitted
• banned
• warded (off)
• bypassed
• excepted
• outsmarted
• foiled
• barred
• frustrated
• overreached
• outfoxed
• skirted
• foxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sought
• accepted
• pursued
• embraced
• welcomed
• caught
• incurred
• courted
• contracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evaded

In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model (one that has evaded safety controls) trained on the world’s most comprehensive biological data set. — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Police said Jackson was driving recklessly and evaded a Muscatine County Sheriff's Office deputy who attempted to stop his vehicle Friday evening in Muscatine. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

In total, the 23 defendants earned $6,003,884 in wages from 2020-24 and evaded payment of $257,991 in South Carolina Income Tax. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Manson and his followers evaded police for months but were eventually arrested and charged in the savage slayings in December 1969. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Henderson, 46, had evaded arrest since a sweeping federal takedown of his alleged organization in August 2023. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The 40-foot boat, initially spotted earlier this month in waters near Tacoma's Owen Beach, remains the focal point of an active criminal investigation as well as an ongoing search for additional felines that may have evaded law enforcement so far. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The ball evaded him and reached Brobbey, but the striker could not control in the ocean of space he was left in. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Mythical creatures, too, soaked in the supernatural; half-men, half-animals who evaded classification—centaurs and satyrs, fauns and werewolves—straddling the boundary between man and beast. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026