evasion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Types & categories
- deception hypernym
- indirect expression hyponym
- doublespeak hyponym
- hedging hyponym
- quiddity hyponym
Related & opposite
- tergiversate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the deliberate act of failing to pay money
his evasion of all his creditors
Types & categories
- commerce hypernym
- tax evasion hyponym
Related & opposite
- defrayal antonym
Sense 3 noun
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
Types & categories
- negligence hypernym
- escape mechanism hyponym
- malingering hyponym
- shirking hyponym
- circumvention hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
- elusion hyponym
- evasive action hyponym
- dodge hyponym
Related & opposite
- elude derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tergiversate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indirect expression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doublespeak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hedging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quiddity |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | defrayal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | commerce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tax evasion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sidestep |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | escape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | get away |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | get away |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | negligence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | escape mechanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | malingering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shirking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumvention |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elude |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | elusion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | evasive action |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dodge |