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Main Entry:
elude [ih-lood]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid; escape
Synonyms: baffle, be beyond someone, beat around the bush, bilk, circumvent, confound, cop out, ditch, dodge, double, duck, eschew, evade, flee, fly, foil, frustrate, get around, get away from, give the runaround, give the slip, give wide berth to, hem and haw, not touch, outrun, outwit, pass the buck, pass up, puzzle, run around, shirk, shuck, shun, shy, stall, stay shy of, steer clear of, stonewall, stump, thwart
Notes: elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to
Antonyms: attract, confront, encounter, entice, face, invite, meet, take on
Main Entry: gad
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: roam about
Synonyms: cruise, gallivant, hit the road, hit the trail, jaunt, knock about, knock around, maunder, mooch, ramble, range, rove, run around, stray, traipse, wander
Main Entry: hedge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid, dodge
Synonyms: be noncommittal, beat around the bush, blow hot and cold, cop a plea, cop out, duck, equivocate, evade, flip-flop, fudge, give the run around, hem and haw, jive, pass the buck, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, run around, shilly-shally, shuck, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, stall, stonewall, temporize, tergiversate, tergiverse, waffle
Antonyms: confront, face, meet
Main Entry: revel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take pleasure; celebrate
Synonyms: bask, blow off steam, carouse, carry on, crow, cut loose, delight, enjoy, fool around, frolic, gloat, go on a spree, indulge, kick up heels, kid around, lap up, lark, let go, let loose, live it up, luxuriate, make merry, paint the town, rejoice, relish, riot, roister, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up
Antonyms: dislike, hate
Main Entry: play the field
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: date more than one person
Synonyms: flirt, gallivant, philander, play around, run around, sow one's oats
Main Entry: roister
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: revel
Synonyms: bask, blow off steam, carouse, carry on*, crow, cut loose, delight, enjoy, fool around, frolic, gloat, go on a spree, indulge, kick over the traces, kick up heels, kick up one's heels, kid around, lap up, lark, let go*, let loose, live it up, luxuriate, make merry, make whoopee, paint the town red, paint the town, rejoice, relish, riot, roll, rollick, run around, savor, step out, thrive, wallow, whoop it up
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