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evasion
Overview of noun evasion
The noun evasion has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. evasion, equivocation -- (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
2. evasion, nonpayment -- (the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment")
3. evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")
4. evasion -- (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evasion
4 senses of evasion
Sense 1
evasion, equivocation
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
evasion, nonpayment
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
evasion, escape, dodging
=> negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
evasion
=> escape, flight
=> running away
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun evasion
4 senses of evasion
Sense 1
evasion, equivocation
=> circumlocution, indirect expression
=> doublespeak
=> hedge, hedging
=> quibble, quiddity, cavil
Sense 2
evasion, nonpayment
=> tax evasion
Sense 3
evasion, escape, dodging
=> escape mechanism
=> malingering, skulking
=> shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking
=> circumvention
Sense 4
evasion
=> slip, elusion, eluding
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action
=> dodge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evasion
4 senses of evasion
Sense 1
evasion, equivocation
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Sense 2
evasion, nonpayment
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Sense 3
evasion, escape, dodging
=> negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
Sense 4
evasion
=> escape, flight
Antonyms of noun evasion
Member Holonyms of noun evasion
Substance Holonyms of noun evasion
Part Holonyms of noun evasion
Member Meronyms of noun evasion
Substance Meronyms of noun evasion
Part Meronyms of noun evasion
Meronyms of noun evasion
Holonyms of noun evasion
Attributes of noun evasion
Derived Forms of noun evasion
2 of 4 senses of evasion
Sense 3
evasion, escape, dodging
RELATED TO>(verb) evade#1
=> hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
Sense 4
evasion
RELATED TO>(verb) evade#2
=> elude, evade, bilk
Domain of noun evasion
Domain Terms of noun evasion
Familiarity of noun evasion
evasion used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun evasion
4 senses of evasion
Sense 1
evasion, equivocation
> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> bill of goods
=> humbug, snake oil
=> half-truth
=> facade, window dressing
=> exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
=> snow job
=> pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
=> subterfuge, blind
=> trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
=> fraudulence, duplicity
=> evasion, equivocation
Sense 2
evasion, nonpayment
> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> trading
=> trade
=> e-commerce
=> exchange, interchange
=> initial public offering, IPO, initial offering
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> carriage trade
=> importing, importation
=> exporting, exportation
=> marketing
=> distribution
=> selling, merchandising, marketing
=> traffic
=> payment, defrayal, defrayment
=> evasion, nonpayment
Sense 3
evasion, escape, dodging
> negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
=> dereliction
=> comparative negligence
=> concurrent negligence
=> contributory negligence
=> criminal negligence, culpable negligence
=> neglect of duty
=> evasion, escape, dodging
Sense 4
evasion
> escape, flight
=> evasion
=> break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
=> getaway, lam
=> exodus, hegira, hejira
HAS INSTANCE=> Hegira, Hejira
=> skedaddle
HAS INSTANCE=> Underground Railroad, Underground Railway
Meronyms of noun evasion
4 senses of evasion
Sense 2
evasion, nonpayment
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
HAS PART: transportation, shipping, transport
Holonyms of noun evasion
Grep of noun evasion
evasion
tax evasion
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