Synonyms for evasive
ɪˈveɪ sɪveva·sive

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   devious, deceitful, sly, cagey, slippery, shifty, equivocal, vague, noncommital, elusory, unclear, elusive, ambiguous, tricky

2. evasiveadjective

   Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

   Synonyms:
   devious, ambiguous, sly, deceitful, slippery, unclear, equivocal, elusory, tricky, vague, noncommital, cagey, shifty, elusive

3. evasiveadjective

   Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

   Synonyms:
   vague, noncommital, devious, elusory, deceitful, shifty, cagey, ambiguous, slippery, unclear, sly, tricky, equivocal, elusive

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1. evasiveadjective

   deliberately vague or ambiguous

   "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

   Antonyms:
   unprotective, unambiguous, univocal, unequivocal

2. evasiveadjective

   avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

   "pilots are taught to take evasive action"

   Antonyms:
   unambiguous, unprotective, univocal, unequivocal

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   equivocating, shuffling, sophistical, elusive, elusory

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1. evasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   equivocal, indefinite, elusive

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1. List of paraphrases for "evasive":

   non-committal, noncommittal, elusive, vague

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How to use evasive in a sentence?

1. The FAA:

   The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead, the pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the Learjet crossed the intersection.

2. Yaron Kranz:

   The system detects the physiological state of the pilot while he is still in control and it can predict if he is going to lose consciousness, giving enough time to take evasive action.

3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher:

   You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

4. Eric Hawkins:

   We need to examine the role and responsibility of law enforcement and other state agencies that protect people... it's fair for that examination. We expect it, but it's also important that people understand that sometimes it's not as easy, not as obvious, at the very outset or during the course of the investigation, to resolve these sorts of incidents. You have people absolutely determined to secrete a child away unlawfully, hiding under a staircase, giving limited access to the home, and otherwise evasive in terms of cooperation. Having someone who's that determined, and( police) don't have legal justification to do certain things, it makes it difficult to resolve cases.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   After a thorough review of Judge Jackson’s record and information gained at the hearing from an evasive witness, I now know why Judge Jackson was the favorite of the radical left.