ELUDE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   Synonym(s)
   • circumvent (what does circumvent mean?)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • duck (what does duck mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • parry (what does parry mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • sidestep (what does sidestep mean?)
   • skirt (what does skirt mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He dodged the issue
   • she skirted the problem
   • They tend to evade their responsibilities
   • he evaded the questions skillfully
   Hypernyms(s) elude is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • avoid (what does avoid mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • quibble (what does quibble mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • scheme (what does scheme mean?)
   • dodger (what does dodger mean?)
   • fox (what does fox mean?)
   • slyboots (what does slyboots mean?)
   • avoidance (what does avoidance mean?)
   • turning away (what does turning away mean?)
   • shunning (what does shunning mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • circumvention (what does circumvention mean?)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • hedging (what does hedging mean?)
   • hedger (what does hedger mean?)
   • equivocator (what does equivocator mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • hedging (what does hedging mean?)
2. Meaning
   • escape, either physically or mentally
   Synonym(s)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The thief eluded the police
   • This difficult idea seems to evade her
   • The event evades explanation
   Hypernyms(s) elude is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • get away (what does get away mean?)
   • break loose (what does break loose mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • slip (what does slip mean?)
   • elusion (what does elusion mean?)
   • eluding (what does eluding mean?)
   • slip (what does slip mean?)
   • elusion (what does elusion mean?)
   • eluding (what does eluding mean?)
3. Meaning
   • be incomprehensible to
   • escape understanding by
   Synonym(s)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • What you are seeing in him eludes me
   Hypernyms(s) elude is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • perplex (what does perplex mean?)
   • vex (what does vex mean?)
   • stick (what does stick mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • puzzle (what does puzzle mean?)
   • mystify (what does mystify mean?)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • beat (what does beat mean?)
   • pose (what does pose mean?)
   • bewilder (what does bewilder mean?)
   • flummox (what does flummox mean?)
   • stupefy (what does stupefy mean?)
   • nonplus (what does nonplus mean?)
   • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
   • amaze (what does amaze mean?)
   • dumbfound (what does dumbfound mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • defy (what does defy mean?)
   • resist (what does resist mean?)
   • refuse (what does refuse mean?)