elude
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
escape, either physically or mentally
The thief eluded the police
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
What you are seeing in him eludes me
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Sense 3 verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
He dodged the issue
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | evasion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subtle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | baffle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | avoidance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumvention |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hedging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hedger |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beg |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quibble |