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dodge
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- pronunciation:
- daj
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
dodges, dodging, dodged |
| definition 1: |
to avoid something by moving quickly aside or changing direction.
The taxi dodged about in traffic.- synonyms:
- shift, sidestep, swerve, veer, weave
- antonyms:
- encounter
- similar words:
- avoid, dart, duck, maneuver, shy
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| definition 2: |
to evade someone or something by cunning or deceit.
- synonyms:
- duck, evade, sidestep
- similar words:
- finagle, finesse, fudge, maneuver
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| related words: |
balk, chop, equivocate, escape, quibble, skip |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to avoid by a quick shift of position or direction.
He leaped to dodge an oncoming car.- synonyms:
- elude, swerve, veer
- antonyms:
- encounter
- similar words:
- dart, evade, sidestep, weave
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| definition 2: |
to evade by cunning or deceit.
She dodged her chores by pretending to be ill.- synonyms:
- duck, evade, sidestep
- antonyms:
- face
- similar words:
- elude
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| related words: |
avoid, blink, circumvent, default, duck, escape, flee, miss, shun, slip, steer clear of |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a sudden evasive movement or change of direction.
- synonyms:
- feint, shift
- similar words:
- evasion, play
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| definition 2: |
a trick or strategy to avoid difficulties or deceive someone.
Shooting oneself in the foot is a common dodge to get out of military combat.- synonyms:
- finesse, maneuver, subterfuge, trick
- similar words:
- feint, gambit, play, ploy, ruse, shift
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| related words: |
artifice, intrigue, maneuver, move, trick |
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