· the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Synonym(s): slip, elusion

Hypernym(s): evasion

· escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

Synonym(s): evade, bilk

Hypernym(s): escape, get_away, break_loose

· be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

Synonym(s): escape

Hypernym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

· 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"

Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put_off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

Hypernym(s): avoid