Synonyms of scapes

scapes

verb

present tense third-person singular of scape

as in avoids

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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