evader
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5.5
- noun
- /ɪˈveɪdər/
:
evasor
- The skilled evader slipped past the guards and escaped into the night.
Examples
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Thus, more evaders are expected where a greater number of risk-takers reside.
Academic text (1999) -
These would be resisters, protesters, evaders, constitutionalists, survivalists, and separatists.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a broad sense, general equilibrium calculations demonstrate that the gains from evasion are shifted at least in part from the evaders to the consumers of their output.
Academic text (2017) -
He was known as a master evader, often finding clever ways to elude capture.
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During the war, many evaders fled to neighboring countries to avoid conscription.
Synonyms
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7.9
A person who avoids duties and rules by lying or tricking others
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4.6
A person who stays away from conflict or difficult talks
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8.5
A person who uses tricks to avoid work or blame
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8.7
A person who runs away to avoid arrest or punishment
A person who avoids rules or official control
A person who avoids work or duties by making excuses
A person who avoids people and social events
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cunning
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evader comes from the verb evade, which comes from Latin evadere, made of e- 'out' and vadere 'to go'. So an evader is someone who 'goes out' of a situation or slips away, which is why it means a person who avoids or escapes something.