elude
To cleverly escape from or avoid someone.
elude in a sentence
- The slippery fish eluded the bear's paws again and again, darting between the rocks.
- The answer to the last crossword clue continued to elude Grandpa all through breakfast.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to elude?
- Aescape
- Bface
- Cfind
- Dmeet
Show the answer
A: escape. The other three mean the opposite of elude.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to elude?
- Adodge
- Bavoid
- Cescape
- Dface
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D: face. The other three mean nearly the same as elude.
Words that mean something similar
escape, dodge, avoid
Words that mean the opposite
face, meet, find
More words about movement & action
- embark: To begin a journey or a big new activity.
- emerge: To come out of somewhere and appear.
- encounter: To meet someone or something unexpectedly.
- energetic: Full of energy and always ready to be active.
- engulf: To swallow up or completely cover something.
- envelop: To wrap up or completely surround something.
- equip: To give someone the tools or things they need for a job.
- erratic: Changing suddenly and without any pattern.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test