Word Meaning

Meaning of elude

- To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.

Crossword clue for elude

- Avoid (capture)
- Avoid by dexterity
- Avoid capture
- Avoid crazy duel to the east
- Avoid every other real hurdle
- Avoid publicity, abandoning prelude
- Baffle
- Dodge
- Escape
- Escape adroitly
- Escape artfully
- Escape cleverly
- Escape from or avoid
- Evade
- Evade (capture)
- Get away from
- go around fringes
- Keep clear of
- Shake off (pursuers)
- Slip away from Cockney mumbling, “He lewd!”
- Slip by
- Steer clear of