Showing Results for "dodging"

dodging

ADJECTIVE

shifty

Synonyms

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cagey crafty shrewd slippery sneaky tricky wily

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collusive conniving contriving crooked cunning devious dishonest duplicitous elusive equivocating evasive fly-by-night foxy fraudulent furtive insidious lying mendacious prevaricative prevaricatory roguish scheming shady shuffling slick slimy sly treacherous underhand unhonest unprincipled untruthful

Antonyms

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aboveboard frank honest naive

WEAK

forthright trustworthy

NOUN

avoidance

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evasion prevention restraint

STRONG

circumvention delay departure dodge elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking shunning

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absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of

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advance arrival coming continuation stay

WEAK

meeting

NOUN

circumvention

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avoidance bypass eluding evasion

WEAK

circumventing

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STRONG

meeting

NOUN

escape

Synonyms

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breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal

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AWOL abdication avoidance beat bolt break bypassing circumvention decampment deliverance ducking elopement elusion elusiveness evasion evasiveness extrication fadeout hegira lam leave out powder release retreat shunning sidestepping spring

WEAK

eschewal runaround

Antonyms

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arrival coming entrance stay staying

STRONG

directness meeting

WEAK

capture maintenance

NOUN

evasion

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

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come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

WEAK

facing meeting

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Brazilians have been living with capybaras forever, dodging them on roads like rural American drivers dodge deer.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Chau broke the government "tribal reserve" exclusion limit stretching five kilometres out to sea, dodging coastguards and marine police.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Yet, Andie holds her head high in the hallway while Blane’s is bowed in the courtyard, dodging stares.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Incoming Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Jan. 14 that two million Ukrainians are dodging the draft and more than 200,000 soldiers have deserted, amounting to around one-fifth of the entire armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Maria had her own stories about dodging Feds, but when she began to tell one I interrupted her.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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