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dodge has 14 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
“his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
“The child dodged the teacher's blow”
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
“the pickpocket dodged through the crowd”
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for dodge come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
“He dodged the issue”