Synonyms for elude
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-lood |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlud |
Top 10 synonyms for elude Other synonyms for the word elude
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- cop out
- ditch
- double
- duck
- eschew
- fly
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- hem and haw
- not touch
- pass the buck
- pass up
- run around
- shirk
- shuck
- shun
- shy
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- stonewall
- stump
- thwart
Définition of elude
Origin :- 1530s, "delude, make a fool of," from Latin eludere "escape from, make a fool of, win from at play," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Sense of "evade" is first recorded 1610s in a figurative sense, 1630s in a literal one. Related: Eluded; eludes; eluding.
- verb avoid; escape
- That I could elude Rima's keener eyes I doubted; but that did not trouble me.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He knew her power; perhaps that was why his instinct had led him to elude it.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- This was to elude a successful German envelopment on their Louvain right.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- The Baron was fixing his eyes on her and she tried to elude his gaze.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- That it was so vague as to elude the support of argument made it only the stronger.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- The only way will be to hide so as to elude his watchfulness.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- He made no attempt to elude the bullet that he must have expected.
- Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- But somehow, Mrs. Bob continued to flop the broken wing, and to elude them.
- Extract from : « Plantation Sketches » by Margaret Devereux
- Some sounds there are which elude the efforts of the most onomatopœic pen.
- Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- If she could find a boat she could elude the horseman who had made her a prisoner.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
Antonyms for elude
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