Tom was evasive.
Source: tatoeba (1524766)
Evasive
//ɪˈveɪsɪv//
Synonyms for "evasive" (113 found)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 15 languages.
Basque
1 entries- iheskor adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Bulgarian
1 entries- укло́нчив adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
Catalan
2 entries- evasiu adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- evasiu adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 含糊其辭 /含糊其辞 adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- 迴避 /回避 adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- 閃爍其詞 /闪烁其词 adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- 顧左右而言他 /顾左右而言他 adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
Czech
1 entries- vyhýbavý adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
Esperanto
1 entries- evitema adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
Finnish
3 entries- kiertelevä adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- väistö adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
- välttelevä adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
French
1 entries- évasif adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
German
4 entries- ausweichend adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
- glatt wie ein Aal sein adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- vorsichtig adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- zugeknöpft adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
Māori
3 entries- whakaperori adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- whakaperori adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
- whakatītaha adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Norwegian
3 entries- innesluttet adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- lukket adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- unnvikende adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Occitan
1 entries- evasiu adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Portuguese
1 entries- esquivo adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Russian
2 entries- укло́нчивый adj (Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself)
- уклоня́ющийся adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Spanish
1 entries- evasivo adj (Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You're being evasive.
Source: tatoeba (2218099)
He was given an evasive answer.
Source: tatoeba (2260035)
Why were you being so evasive?
Source: tatoeba (3426353)
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