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Main Entry:	elude
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	avoid; escape
Synonyms:	baffle, bilk, circumvent, confound, cop out, ditch, dodge, double, duck, eschew, evade, flee, fly, foil, frustrate, hem and haw, outrun, outwit, pass the buck, puzzle, shirk, shuck, shun, shy, stall, stonewall, stump, thwart, be beyond someone, beat around the bush, get around, get away from, give the runaround, give the slip, give wide berth to, not touch, pass up, run around, stay shy of, steer clear of
Notes:	elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to
Antonyms:	attract, confront, encounter, entice, face, invite, meet, take on

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Main Entry:	avoid
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	refrain or stay away from; prevent
Synonyms:	abstain, avert, bypass, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fend off, flee, hide, jump, obviate, recoil, shake, shake off, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, skip, skirt, weave, withdraw, circumlocute, fake out, give the slip, hold off, keep clear, lay low*, run for cover, shake and bake, shrink from, shuffle off, skip out on, skip town, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off
Antonyms:	face, meet, seek, want

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Main Entry:	baffle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perplex
Synonyms:	amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick, stump*, stun, throw, addle, buffalo
Antonyms:	clear up, enlighten, explain

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Main Entry:	circumvent
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fool, mislead
Synonyms:	avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off
Antonyms:	aid, allow, assist, help, permit

Main Entry:	defy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	challenge, frustrate
Synonyms:	baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe, hang tough, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on
Antonyms:	give in, obey, surrender, yield

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Main Entry:	dodge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	avoid
Synonyms:	dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge, hedge, lurch, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, shake, shake off, shift, shirk, shuffle, sidestep, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, trick, weasel, circumlocute, get around, get out of, give the slip, juke, move to the side, put the move on, short-circuit, skip out on, tergiverse, turn aside
Antonyms:	confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to

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Main Entry:	duck
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drop down; avoid
Synonyms:	bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge, move to side
Antonyms:	face, jump, meet

Main Entry:	equivocate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	avoid an issue
Synonyms:	blow hot and cold, cavil, con, cop a plea, cop out, dodge, double-talk, elude, escape, eschew, evade, falsify, fence, fib, flip-flop, fudge, hedge, hem and haw, lie, palter, parry, pass the buck, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, shuck, shuffle, sidestep, stonewall, tergiversate, waffle, weasel, beat around the bush, beg the question, cloud the issue, cover up, give run around, jive, mince words, run around, sit on the fence, tell white lie, tergiverse
Antonyms:	face, meet, speak on

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Main Entry:	escape
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break away from
Synonyms:	abscond, avoid, bail out, bolt, circumvent, cut loose, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, get off, leave, make off, pass, run, shun, skip, slip, vanish, burst out, cut and run, duck out, fly the coop, get away with, go scot-free, make getaway, make oneself scarce, play hooky, run away, run off, run out on, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, work out of, wriggle out
Antonyms:	capture, remain, stay

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Main Entry:	eschew
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	have nothing to do with
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off*
Antonyms:	embrace, like, love

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Main Entry:	evade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get away from
Synonyms:	avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off, flee, fly, fudge, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle, weasel, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of
Antonyms:	face, meet, take on

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Main Entry:	flee
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	run away to escape
Synonyms:	abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat, blow, bolt, break, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, fly, fly the coop, get away, get the hell out, get, hotfoot, jump, leave, make a getaway, make off, make one's escape, make oneself scarce, make quick exit, make tracks, retreat, scamper, scoot, scram, skedaddle, skip, split, step on it, step on the gas, take a hike, take flight, take off, vamoose*, vanish
Antonyms:	face, meet, stand, stay, wait

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Main Entry:	flinch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shy away, wince
Synonyms:	avoid, balk, blanch, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw, blench
Antonyms:	confront, face, meet

Main Entry:	foil
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	circumvent, nip in the bud
Synonyms:	baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, checkmate, counter, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up, frustrate, hinder, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, shake, shake off, skip, stop, stymie, thwart, bollix, buffalo, crab, get around, give the run-around, give the slip, hang up*, juke, run circles around, run rings around, shuffle off, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart
Antonyms:	abet, aid, assist, help

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Main Entry:	lose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	escape, avoid
Synonyms:	clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, outrun, rid, shake, shake off, stray, throw off, unburden, give the slip, leave behind, slip away, wander from
Antonyms:	confront, face, meet

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Main Entry:	mock
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deceive
Synonyms:	beguile, belie, betray, challenge, cheat, defeat, defy, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, elude, foil, fool, frustrate, juggle, let down, mislead, sell out*, thwart
Antonyms:	tell truth

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Main Entry:	mystify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bewilder, confuse
Synonyms:	baffle, bamboozle, beat, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor, hoodwink, lick, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw, trick, befog, buffalo, fog in
Antonyms:	clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate

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Main Entry:	parry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ward off, circumvent
Synonyms:	anticipate, avoid, block, bypass, deflect, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fence, fend off, forestall, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebuke, repel, repulse, resist, shirk, shun, sidestep, stave off, en garde, hold at bay
Antonyms:	face, meet, deal with

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Main Entry:	retreat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pull back, go away
Synonyms:	abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, beat it, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, go, go back, hand over, hide, leave, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrograde, reverse, run, sequester, shrink, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw, backtrack, cave in, give ground, go along with, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back
Antonyms:	advance, face, forge, meet

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Main Entry:	shake off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lose by getting away
Synonyms:	clear, dislodge, drop, elude, get rid of, remove, throw off, unburden, get away from, give the slip, leave behind, rid oneself of
Antonyms:	appear, present