elude

Letters that make elude

d, e, l, u are letters that make 'elude'

Words within elude

el, EL, DE, Lu are words within 'elude'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of elude

deluded, eluded, eluder, eludes, delude are words created by adding a letter to 'elude'

3 possible definitions for 'elude'

Elude as "avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)"

Under this definition, elude is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

evade, put off, circumvent, skirt, fudge, dodge, sidestep, hedge, duck, parry have the same meaning as 'elude'

elude as a type

'elude' can be a type of avoid.

Types of elude

beg, quibble are types of 'elude'.

Derivatives of elude

slyboots, hedger, equivocator, tergiversator, dodging, scheme, avoidance, fox, dodger, hedge, dodge, escape, evasion, turning away, shunning, circumvention, hedging are derivatives of 'elude'.

Elude as "escape, either physically or mentally"

Under this definition, elude is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bilk, evade have the same meaning as 'elude'

elude as a type

'elude' can be a type of break loose, get away, escape.

Derivatives of elude

elusive, evasion, slip, elusion, eluding are derivatives of 'elude'.

Example of elude used within this context

"The thief eluded the police", "This difficult idea seems to evade her", "The event evades explanation"

Elude as "be incomprehensible to, escape understanding by"

Under this definition, elude is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

escape has the same meaning as elude

elude as a type

'elude' can be a type of baffle, stupefy, vex, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound, puzzle, get, perplex, stick, bewilder, pose, mystify, beat, gravel.

Types of elude

resist, defy, refuse are types of 'elude'.

Derivatives of elude

elusive, subtle are derivatives of 'elude'.

Example of elude used within this context

"What you are seeing in him eludes me"


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