elude

Verbs

  • (v) escape, either physically or mentally
    • The thief eluded the police
    • This difficult idea seems to evade her
    • The event evades explanation
    evade, bilk,
  • (v) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
    • What you are seeing in him eludes me
    escape,
  • (v) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
    • He dodged the issue
    • she skirted the problem
    • They tend to evade their responsibilities
    • he evaded the questions skillfully
    evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, fudge, parry, circumvent, dodge, duck, put off,

Synonyms

evade bilk escape hedge sidestep skirt fudge parry circumvent dodge duck put off

Words of close approximity

Elul
elute