Synonyms for elude
Definitions
- v. 1
To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
Forms
- Past participle
- eluded
e.g. eluded → evaded, avoided, thwarted, frustrated…
Example sentences
- avoid She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
- evade Being born of it, you cannot evade its principles.
- thwart A moat was dug around the castle to thwart attackers.
- frustrate Tom secretly attempted to frustrate Mary's plans.
- escape Ships carry lifeboats so that the crew can escape.
- flee Learn that of foreigners, but don't flee your own.
By length
- 4 letters
- duck1, foil1, flee1, shun1, balk1, bilk1
- 5 letters
- avoid2, skirt1, dodge1, hedge1, evade2, parry2, fudge1, baulk
- 6 letters
- escape2, thwart1, baffle2, eschew2
- 7 letters
- deflect2
- 8 letters
- sidestep2
- 9 letters
- frustrate2
- 10 letters
- disappoint3, counteract3, circumvent3, disconcert3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avoid2 = 2 syllables).