SHIRK Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word shirk. (close relations)
Definition of SHIRK
Best Alternative Words for SHIRK
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avoid | verbv | |||||||
verb • stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off • refrain from doing something • refrain from certain foods or beverages • declare invalid | ||||||||
dodge | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade • a quick evasive movement • a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery verb • make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid • move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||||
duck | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs • (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman • flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) • a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents verb • to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away • submerge or plunge suddenly • dip into a liquid • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||||
elude | verbv | |||||||
verb • escape, either physically or mentally • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||||
escape | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of escaping physically • an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do • an avoidance of danger or difficulty • a means or way of escaping • a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild • the discharge of a fluid from some container • a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level verb • run away from confinement • fail to experience • escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by • remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run • issue or leak, as from a small opening | ||||||||
evade | verbv | |||||||
verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • escape, either physically or mentally • practice evasion • use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid | ||||||||
ignore | verbv | |||||||
verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • fail to notice • give little or no attention to • be ignorant of or in the dark about | ||||||||
neglect | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • lack of attention and due care • the state of something that has been unused and neglected • willful lack of care and attention • the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern • failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances verb • leave undone or leave out • fail to do something; leave something undone • fail to attend to • give little or no attention to | ||||||||
shun | verbv | |||||||
verb • avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of • expel from a community or group | ||||||||
sidestep | verbv | |||||||
noun • a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||||
skirt | nounn | |||||||
noun • cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist • a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women • (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar • informal terms for a (young) woman verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • pass around or about; move along the border • form the edge of • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | ||||||||
dodger | nounn | |||||||
noun • a shifty deceptive person • small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern) | ||||||||
fiddle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow verb • avoid (one's assigned duties) • commit fraud and steal from one's employer • play the violin or fiddle • play on a violin • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly • try to fix or mend | ||||||||
goldbrick | nounn | |||||||
noun • a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort • an idle worthless person • a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not • anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless verb • deprive of by deceit • avoid (one's assigned duties) | ||||||||
shrink from | verbv | |||||||
verb • avoid (one's assigned duties) |