elude[verb]Synonyms:- escape, avoid, dodge, duck
(informal), evade, flee, get away from, outrun
- baffle, be beyond (someone), confound, escape, foil, frustrate, puzzle, stump, thwart
Contrasted words: accost, face, chase, follow, pursue, tag, tail, trail
Related Idioms: give the slip
Related Words: baffle,
circumvent,
foil,
frustrate,
outwit,
thwart,
flee,
fly [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
e‧lude /ɪˈluːd/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: eludere, from ludere 'to play']
1. to escape from someone or something, especially by tricking them
Synonym : avoid:
He eluded his pursuers by escaping into a river.2. if something that you want eludes you, you fail to find or achieve it:
She took the exam again, but again success eluded her.3. if a fact or the answer to a problem eludes you, you cannot remember or solve it
Synonym : escape:
The exact terminology eludes me for the moment. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲