EVASIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EVASIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “evasive”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “evasive” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Evasive” are: elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, indefinite, non-committal, vague, indeterminate, imprecise, inexact, indistinct, inexplicit

Evasive as an Adjective

Definitions of "Evasive" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “evasive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Directed towards avoidance or escape.
• Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire.
• Deliberately vague or ambiguous.
• Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.

Synonyms of "Evasive" as an adjective (11 Words)

ambiguous	Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning. An ambiguous situation with no frame of reference.
elusive	Difficult to describe. A cabal of conspirators each more elusive than the archterrorist.
equivocal	Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. The results of the investigation were equivocal.
imprecise	Lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail. The witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions.
indefinite	Not clearly expressed or defined; vague. Were indefinite about their plans.
indeterminate	(of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved. An indeterminate stem.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. His speech was slurred and indistinct.
inexact	Not exact. An inexact description.
inexplicit	Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something. Inexplicit declarations.
non-committal	Refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like.
vague	Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished. Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.

Usage Examples of "Evasive" as an adjective

• They decided to take evasive action.
• She was evasive about her phone number.
• His answers were brief, constrained and evasive.
• An evasive statement.
• Pilots are taught to take evasive action.

Associations of "Evasive" (30 Words)

ambiguity	Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning. We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act.
ambiguous	Having more than one possible meaning. The polling had a complex and equivocal or ambiguous message for potential female candidates.
ambiguously	So as to be open to doubt or uncertainty. The new clause is ambiguously worded.
ambivalent	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. Was ambivalent about having children.
blur	Make unclear indistinct or blurred. The words were a blur.
blurred	Unclear in form or expression. The blurred distinctions between childhood and adulthood.
blurry	Perceived or remembered indistinctly. There s a very blurry line between art and advertising.
doubtful	Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. It was doubtful whether she would be admitted.
equivocal	Open to question-Anna Jameson. His conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son.
equivocate	Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. The government have equivocated too often in the past.
faint	(of a hope or chance) possible but unlikely; slight. Only a faint recollection.
illegibility	The quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered.
imprecision	Lack of exactness or accuracy. All scientific measurements come with some degree of imprecision.
inconclusive	Not leading to a firm conclusion or result; not ending doubt or dispute. Inconclusive evidence.
indeterminate	Not capable of being determined. The influence of environment is indeterminate.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. Indistinct shapes in the gloom.
lightproof	Not penetrable by light. A lightproof envelope.
murmur	A recurring sound heard in the heart through a stethoscope that is usually a sign of disease or damage. She had been born with a heart murmur.
nebulous	Lacking definite form or limits- H.T.Moore. Nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
noncommittal	Refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like. Her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together.
opaqueness	Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning.
palter	Trifle with. If you palter or double in your answers I will have thee hung alive in an iron chain.
prevaricate	Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions.
slur	Mark notes with a slur. His speech was beginning to slur.
subtlety	The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze. The textural subtlety of Degas.
uncertain	(of a person) not completely confident or sure of something. A manuscript of uncertain origin.
unclear	Not obvious or definite; ambiguous. Their future remains unclear.
undifferentiated	Not different or differentiated. By six weeks the sexual glands are as yet undifferentiated between male and female.
vague	Not clearly expressed or understood. He had been very vague about his activities.
vaguely	In a vague way. He nodded vaguely.