evasive
/ɪ'veɪsɪv/
adjective
7 letters3 syllables13 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire.
“pilots are taught to take evasive action”
2
Deliberately vague or ambiguous.
“his answers were brief, constrained and evasive”
“an evasive statement”
WORD FORMS
Related formevade
Related formevasiveness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinevasiveway
Starts & ends withE … E
Syllablese · va · sive
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
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