Synonyms of ducking

ducking 1 of 2

noun

as in escape

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escape
• dodging
• evasion
• avoidance
• out
• shunning
• cop-out
• shaking
• elusion
• eschewal
• eschewing
• eluding
• sidestepping
• skirting
• bypassing
• runaround
• deflection
• circumvention
• prevention
• averting
• obviation
• precluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submission
• endurance
• toleration
• abidance

ducking

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verb

present participle of duck

1

as in avoiding

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

don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in weaving

to move suddenly aside or to and fro

duck behind a pillar before they see us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaving
• dodging
• sidestepping
• zigzagging
• turning
• sliding
• avoiding
• evading
• escaping
• jinking
• slaloming
• eluding
• slipping
• deflecting
• shirking
• parrying
• skirting

3

as in dipping

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipping
• immersing
• dunking
• drowning
• submerging
• dousing
• sopping
• wetting
• submersing
• sousing
• soaking
• dowsing
• plunging
• bathing
• flooding
• thrusting
• diving
• moistening
• steeping
• drenching