evade

UK: /ɪˈveɪd/ US: /ɪˈveɪd/ ,(i vād′)

Inflections of 'evade' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

evades

v 3rd person singular

evading

v pres p

evaded

v past

evaded

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•vade /ɪˈveɪd/   v. [~ + object] , e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing. 

1. to escape or avoid esp. by cleverness or trickery:
   He managed to evade his pursuers.

See -vade-. Synonyms

See escape.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•vade  (i vād′), v., e•vad•ed, e•vad•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
   to evade one's pursuers.
2. to get around by trickery:
   to evade rules.
3. to avoid doing or fulfilling:
   to evade an obligation.
4. to avoid answering directly:
   to evade a question.
5. to elude;
   escape:
   The solution evaded him.

v.i. 

6. to practice evasion.
7. to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness;
   escape.

• Latin ēvādere to pass over, go out, equivalent. to ē- e- + vādere to go, walk
• 1505–15

e•vad′a•ble, e•vad′i•ble, adj. 
e•vad′er, n. 
e•vad′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. avoid, dodge. See escape. 
• 6. prevaricate, equivocate, fence.

Antonyms

• 1. face, confront.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

evade / ɪˈveɪd/ verb (mainly tr)

1. to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
2. to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
3. (also intr) to avoid answering (a question)

Etymology: 16th Century: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go

eˈvadable, eˈvadible adjective

eˈvader noun