Synonyms for hedge
- verb
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To avoid verbal commitment.
He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.
- v. 2
To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
to hedge a field or garden
- n. 1
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
He trims the hedge once a week.
Related words
Example sentences
- circumvent You'll have to find a trick to circumvent that issue.
- elude Tom managed to elude the police for three weeks.
- fence The house is screened from view with a high fence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hedge | rising | |
| circumvent | rising | |
| elude | rising | |
| fence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- duck1
- 5 letters
- fence1, skirt1, dodge1, evade2, parry2, fudge1, elude2
- 7 letters
- shuffle2, behedge
- 8 letters
- sidestep2
- 10 letters
- circumvent3, equivocate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evade2 = 2 syllables).