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

Tankers have undertaken ship-to-ship transfers as a means of evading possible attack. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

In March, Fedorov said about 2 million Ukrainian men were evading service, while about 200,000 soldiers had deserted or left their units without authorization. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

The red dye also allows a road inspector to detect whether a trucker is evading taxes by using the fuel on highways. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Young rolled to his right, evading Aidan Hutchinson’s pressure, and threw a perfect pass along the sideline in which McMillan stretched his arms and hauled in the catch using all 6-foot-4 of him, his toes to his fingertips. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

The 27-year-old faces a charge of capital murder of a person under 10 years old, evading arrest with a vehicle and terroristic threat against a peace officer, according to court records. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

The authors of Proposition 40 gave it an effective date of January 1, 2026, to prevent billionaires from evading the tax by leaving California after its passage. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

But his intensity in promoting movies while also evading any questions about his personal life could create a negative narrative for him. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Most glaringly, Nvidia continues to work with at least one entity that the US has recently flagged as potentially evading export curbs. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026