as in avoiding
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
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of evading
The attack targets Russia’s shadow fleet evading international sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and its ongoing oil export revenues.
—
Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The records also show Renfro is facing several other charges from previous cases, including assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As Kayce and his gang attempt to rescue the girls, the kidnappers open fire on them, eventually evading them.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Traffic through the strait has slowed to a trickle, with what remains dominated by sanctions-evading tankers carrying Iranian oil, Lloyd’s List Intelligence said in a briefing Thursday.
—Jill Lawless, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
According to Basketball Reference’s playoff probabilities report, the Heat entered Wednesday with just a 9 percent chance of evading the play-in tourney.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
At the time of his arrest, Cantu was on probation for two felony evading arrest charges.
—Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2026
State police said Bishop was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving, disobeying the signal of an officer, evading responsibility, driving the wrong way on a divided highway and first-degree reckless endangerment.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
After mastering waterbending in Season 1, Aang will turn to earthbending in Season 2, while evading the evil Fire Nation and Prince Zuko.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The records also show Renfro is facing several other charges from previous cases, including assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As Kayce and his gang attempt to rescue the girls, the kidnappers open fire on them, eventually evading them.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Traffic through the strait has slowed to a trickle, with what remains dominated by sanctions-evading tankers carrying Iranian oil, Lloyd’s List Intelligence said in a briefing Thursday.
—Jill Lawless, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
According to Basketball Reference’s playoff probabilities report, the Heat entered Wednesday with just a 9 percent chance of evading the play-in tourney.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
At the time of his arrest, Cantu was on probation for two felony evading arrest charges.
—Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2026
State police said Bishop was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving, disobeying the signal of an officer, evading responsibility, driving the wrong way on a divided highway and first-degree reckless endangerment.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
After mastering waterbending in Season 1, Aang will turn to earthbending in Season 2, while evading the evil Fire Nation and Prince Zuko.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evading
Verb
-
The Heat’s chances of avoiding the NBA’s play-in tournament are now very slim.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
-
The loss was Orlando’s eighth in the past 10 games as the team continues to trend the opposite direction of avoiding the Play-In Tournament.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Roughly two hours after escaping through the passenger side door with some assistance, he was placed in the back of a cop car.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
-
High off the spirit of escaping with their ninth consecutive win, conversation in the visitor’s locker room at the Kia Center turned to the encounter LeBron James and Bronny James had with an alligator while golfing during the Florida leg of the six-game road trip.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Evading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evading. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
