| elude | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bilk, elude, evade | escape, either physically or mentally.; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (stative) | 2. elude, escape | be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
| ~ baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ resist, defy, refuse | elude, especially in a baffling way.; "This behavior defies explanation" |
| v. (communication) | 3. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | 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" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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