evasive C2 Topic:War & Conflict US /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #15857 Meanings 1 adj deliberately vague or ambiguous Their answers were brief, constrained and evasive. 2 adj avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire Pilots are taught to take evasive action. Thesaurus Synonyms ambiguouscageydeceitfuldeviouselusiveelusoryequivocalnoncommittalshiftyslipperyslytricky ↔ Opposites forthright Word family Forms evasively Derived forms evasivelyevasivenessimmunoevasiveinevasivenonevasiveunevasive Related forms evade Common collocations evasive action Adjective + noun Etymology From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō. Topics War & Conflict Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # evasive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪˈveɪsɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 15857 ## Meanings 1. deliberately vague or ambiguous 2. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire ## Examples - Their answers were brief, constrained and evasive. - Pilots are taught to take evasive action. ## Synonyms - ambiguous - cagey - deceitful - devious - elusive - elusory - equivocal - noncommittal - shifty - slippery - sly - tricky ## Antonyms - forthright ## Derived Forms - evasively - evasiveness - immunoevasive - inevasive - nonevasive - unevasive ## Related Forms - evade ## Etymology From French évasif, from Latin ēvādō. ## Topics - War & Conflict - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown