Evasive

What do we mean by evasive?

Inclined or intended to evade. adjective

Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal. adjective

Using evasion or artifice to avoid; shuffling; equivocating.

Containing or characterized by evasion; artfully contrived for escape or elusion: as, an evasive answer; an evasive argument.

Escaping the grasp or observation; not easily seized or comprehended; faintly or indistinctly perceived; elusive; vanishing: as, an evasive thought or idea; evasive colors.

Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. adjective

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself. adjective

Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action. adjective

Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire adjective

Deliberately vague or ambiguous adjective

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action.

Words that are spelled similarly to evasive:
evasive, evasivo.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word evasive:
manoeuvres, manoeuvring, footwork, maneuvering, maneuver, manoeuvre, answers, contradictory, starboard, antennae, action, collision, torpedo, tactics, sighted, prey, tactic, reply, missile, clues, avoid, questioning, answer, dodge, avoided, statements, steering, hitting, submarine, convoy, weakness, questioned, predators, questions, avoiding, testimony, responses, smoke, driving, fired, firing, dropping, opponent, inquiry, struck, depth, enemy, escape, pursuit, plane, actions, attitude, guns, throw, behaviour, warning, missed, speed, altitude, crew, bombing, target, riders, behavior, hit, damaged, afternoon, attack, techniques, boxing, path, damage, deck, heading, ships, flight, charges, accident, radar, aircraft, asks, dropped, weapons, shoot, why, bomb, landed, ship, skills, defensive, movements, pilot, gun.

Words that rhyme with evasive:
suasive, phase iv, airways of, alleyways of, always of, amaze of, arrays of, aways of, baize of, ballets of, bays of, berets of, birthdays of, blase of, blaze of, bouquets of, braes of, byways of, cabarets of, cafes of, castaways of, causeways of, chaise of, chalets of, clays of, cliches of, communiques of, conveys of, craze of, dais of, days of, daze of, decays of, delays of, dismutase of, displays of, doorways of, dossiers of, driveways of, emigres of, entrees of, essays of, fairways of, filets of, folkways of, foodways of, freeways of, fuentes of, gateways of, gays of, gaze of, giveaways of, glaze of, gourmets of, grays of, graze of, greys of, hallways of, hase of, hayes of, hays of, haze of, highways of, holidays of, jays of, lais of, lays of, leis of, lengthways of, leys of, madres of, mainstays of, maize of, malaise of, malays of, matinees of, mayonnaise of, mays of, maze of, mores of, nays of, neighs of, nowadays of, outlays of, overlays of, padres of, pais of, paraphrase of, pathways of, pays of, phase of, phrase of, plays of, praise of, preys of, protease of, proteges of, quays of, railways of, raise of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe evasive:
british, least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective evasive:
action, answer, answers, reply, maneuvers, replies, tactics, manner, maneuver, actions, response, behavior, responses, attitude, eyes, language, tactic, strategies, measures, manoeuvres, nature, techniques, gesture, terms, statements, movements, character, strategy, maneuvering, routing, quality, conduct, turn, statement, idealism, look, behaviour, letter, course, phrases, manoeuvre, tone, smile, move, devices, witness, explanation, moves, explanations, style, speech, technique, promises, excuses, expression, turns, practices, glance, remarks, eye, silence, testimony, bias, skill, fashion, talk, device, driving, generalities, schemes, prey, reactions, sort, remark, game, phrase, concept, excuse, comments, routeing, letters, courses.

Consonant match to evasive:
eversive, evers of.

Words that sound like evasive:
evasive, invasive, divisive, evolve, revising, evading, devising, erosive, effacing, evasively, ivanov, pervasive, suasive, aversive, evora, ofsaa, elusive, evade, innovative, illusive, erasing, evaded, evades, evoking, evey, devises, itive, devizes, availing, essive, revises, invoicing, assuasive, avows, iws, evas, ivis, evincing, illative, as of, yvain, emissive, iwis, uvea, equiv, inversive, avowing, oveja, eivissa, innative, invasor, -itive, inveighs, investive.