NOUN | act | dodging, evasion, escape | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
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communication | dodging, dodge, scheme | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | |
act | dodging, avoidance, turning away, shunning | deliberately avoiding / avoiding |
Sounds | daa'jhihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. | |
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Synonyms | evasion, escape | |
Narrower | circumvention | The act of evading by going around |
escape mechanism | A form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities | |
malingering, skulking | Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | |
shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking | The evasion of work or duty | |
Broader | negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
Spanish | evasión | |
Verbs | dodge | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
Meaning | A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery. | |
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Synonyms | dodge, scheme | |
Broader | falsehood, falsity, untruth | A false statement |
Spanish | regate | |
Catalan | capgirada |
Meaning | deliberately avoiding / avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening. | |
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Synonyms | avoidance, turning away, shunning | |
Narrower | aversion, averting | The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away |
escape | An avoidance of danger or difficulty / difficulty | |
near thing | Something that barely avoids failure or disaster | |
Broader | rejection | The act of rejecting something |
Spanish | evitación, sorteo | |
Catalan | defugiment, evitació, sorteig | |
Verbs | dodge | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
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