elude
English Thesaurus
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | avoid, |
| definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | beg, |
| definition | : | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | quibble, |
| definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
2. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
3. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | defy, refuse, resist, |
| definition | : | elude, especially in a baffling way (verb.stative) |
4. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
5. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | evasion, |
| definition | : | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | eluding, elusion, slip, |
| definition | : | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | skillful at eluding capture (adj.all) |
6. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | difficult to describe (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | elusive, subtle, |
| definition | : | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all) |
7. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
8. escape, either physically or mentally (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | evasion, |
| definition | : | the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | eluding, elusion, slip, |
| definition | : | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | skillful at eluding capture (adj.all) |
9. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | elusive, |
| definition | : | difficult to describe (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | elusive, subtle, |
| definition | : | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (adj.all) |
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