evade
[verb]
Synonyms:
- avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, get away from, sidestep, steer clear of
- avoid answering, equivocate, fend off, fudge, hedge, parry

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Contrasted words: accost, confront, dare, face, elucidate, explain
Related Idioms: keep (or know) one's distance, give (someone) the runaround
Related Words: flee, fly, slip (away), foil, outwit, thwart, bypass, circumvent, duck, parry, turn (aside)

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English Thesaurus: avoid, stay away/keep away, steer clear of somebody/something, make a detour, get out of something, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧vade /ɪˈveɪd/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: évader, from Latin evadere, from vadere 'to go, walk']

1. NOT TALK ABOUT SOMETHING to avoid talking about something, especially because you are trying to hide something ⇒ evasion:
I could tell that he was trying to evade the issue.
The minister evaded the question.

2. NOT DO SOMETHING to not do or deal with something that you should do ⇒ evasion:
You can’t go on evading your responsibilities in this way.
You’re simply trying to evade the problem.

3. NOT PAY to avoid paying money that you ought to pay, for example tax ⇒ evasion:
Employers will always try to find ways to evade tax.

4. ESCAPE to escape from someone who is trying to catch you:
She managed to evade the police.
So far he has evaded capture.

5. NOT ACHIEVE/UNDERSTAND formal if something evades you, you cannot do it or understand it Synonym : elude:
The subtleties of his argument evaded me.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

evade
verb
I. escape
ADV. narrowly They narrowly evaded a police car which was approaching.
successfully
VERB + EVADE attempt to, try to | manage to He managed to evade capture and escaped over the border.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

evade
II. avoid dealing with sth
ADV. simply Her response was simply to evade the problem altogether.
carefully, skilfully | easily Responsibility could not be so easily evaded.
altogether
VERB + EVADE attempt to, try to

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

avoid to deliberately not go near a person or place:
Why have you been avoiding me?
We avoided Park Street because of the traffic.
stay away/keep away to avoid a person or place, especially a dangerous one:
She walked along the path, keeping well away from the edge of the cliff.
That man is trouble – I’d stay away from him.
steer clear of somebody/something informal to avoid a person or place, because there could be problems if you do not:
I usually steer clear of the kitchen when Alan’s cooking.
I’d steer clear of Matthew if I were you.
make a detour to avoid a place by travelling around it instead of through the centre:
We had to make a long detour because of the floods.
get out of something to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more common than avoid in everyday spoken English:
We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.
wriggle out of something (also wiggle out of something American English) to avoid doing something you should do by making up excuses. Used to show disapproval:
He always seems to wriggle out of helping with the kids.
evade formal to avoid doing something that legally or morally you should do – used especially about taxes or responsibilities:
It is an offence to evade taxes.
The US cannot evade its responsibility for the war.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

avoid to find a way of not doing something that you should do:
Some people will do anything to avoid work.
get out of something to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more common than avoid in everyday spoken English:
We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.
wriggle out of something (also wiggle out of something American English) to avoid doing something you should do by making up excuses. Used to show disapproval:
He always seems to wriggle out of helping with the kids.
evade formal to avoid doing something that legally or morally you should do – used especially about taxes or responsibilities:
It is an offence to evade taxes.
The US cannot evade its responsibility for the war.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲