Synonyms of evades

evades

verb

present tense third-person singular of evade

as in avoids

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evades

Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point. — Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Johnson has previously stated the Illinois constitution’s flat income tax rate evades the city’s wealth gap. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026

If the armed forces are the instrument through which the president evades the Constitution, then the leaders of those armed forces must answer for their role. — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026

And though bound together as one 10-county region, the Hudson Valley actively evades a uniform identity. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026