The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - evade v.

1) avoid, elude, dodge, sidestep, escape (from) ; get away (from) , get out of, duck, circumvent, shirk, Colloq chiefly US and Canadian weasel out (of) : The prisoner evaded capture. Don't evade your responsibilities. 2) quibble, equivocate, tergiversate, manoeuvre, hedge, shuffle, fudge, fence, parry, Colloq waffle, Slang cop out: The witness continued to evade the barrister's questions.