What is another word for evade?

Common synonyms for evade include hedge, fudge, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge.

What is the past tense of evade?

The past tense of evade is evaded.

Words that rhyme with evade include made, played, paid, trade, grade, aid.

/ɪˈveɪd/verb2 syllables

Evade means: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).

verb, as in avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

hedge, fudge, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

verb, as in escape, either physically or mentally

elude, bilk

also used for evade

equivocate, shuffle, end-run, give the go-by, give someone the runaround

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verb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)“He dodged the issue”

escape, either physically or mentally“The thief eluded the police”

practice evasion“This man always hesitates and evades”

use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid“The con man always evades”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Being born of it, you cannot evade its principles.anzart
There are laws of nature you can't evade, like gravity.Nuel
Complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.Hybrid
A lot of girls hide their autism, sometimes evading diagnosis well into adulthood.deniko
They falsified the account balances to evade the tax.unknown
We won't be able to evade punishment this time.CK
Sami was thrown in jail for evading arrest.OsoHombre
As Rodrigo carefully positioned the jar over the centipede, it darted away, evading capture.Amastan

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