Synonyms of evading

evading

verb

present participle of evade

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evading

The new legislation targets Russian officials, financial institutions and the network of tankers used to move Russian oil while evading sanctions. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

What really makes this all work is the introduction of Bryan as embodied by the sensational Abrams, who first blew me away evading George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Wolfs and then his scene-stealing work as the unhoused guy in Weapons. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Neither Washington nor Beijing benefits from losing control of systems capable of autonomous replication, accelerating the development of their own successors, evading oversight, or enabling catastrophic biological or cyber harm. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned at a conference in July of the need to keep AI from evading human control. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Garcia entered a plea and was convicted of evading police officers before his trial in June. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The recent changes followed reports that some foreign residents had been driving up home prices or evading payments for their public health insurance. — Christine Miyawaki, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

He was booked into San Diego Central Jail on charges of felony evading a peace officer with wanton disregard for safety, obstructing or resisting a peace officer and driving under the influence of drugs, according to police. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

But Davis agreed to plead no contest to manslaughter and evading charges in exchange for Contra Costa prosecutors dropping the remainder of the case. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026