Synonyms for dodge
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Evasion — A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
evasion, stratagem, craft, fetch, trick, subterfuge, shift, wile, ruse, chicanery, prevarication, artifice, device, contrivance, imposture, maneuver US, manoeuvre UK, finesse, ploy, trickery, deception, chicane, machination
Other
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
- v. 1
To avoid; to sidestep.
The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
Example sentences
- evasion Tax officials are zeroing in on income tax evasion.
- dart Tom was killed by a poison dart fired from a blowgun.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dodge | rising | |
| evasion | steady | |
| dart | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- duck1, dart1, ruse1, ploy1, shun1, wile1
- 5 letters
- avoid2, shift1, trick1, craft1, skirt1, hedge1, fetch1, evade2, parry2, fudge1, lurch1, elude2, shirk1, cavil
- 6 letters
- device2, scheme1, palter
- 7 letters
- shuffle2, evasion3, finesse2, quibble2, chicane
- 8 letters
- maneuver3, trickery3, artifice3, sidestep2
- 9 letters
- deception3, manoeuvre, stratagem3, chicanery4, imposture
- 10 letters
- circumvent3, subterfuge3, equivocate4
- 11 letters
- contrivance3, machination4, prevaricate4
- 13 letters
- prevarication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avoid2 = 2 syllables).