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Synonyms and Antonyms of shirk

1 to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
  • you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you "forgot" your wallet
Synonyms of shirk

avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)
Words Related to shirk

miss

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out

bypass, circumvent, skirt

foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart
Phrases Synonymous with shirk

fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of
Near Antonyms of shirk

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur
2 to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
  • a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years
Synonyms of shirk

forget, neglect
Words Related to shirk

slack (off)
Near Antonyms of shirk

carry out, do, execute, perform

accomplish, achieve

keep up, maintain
Antonyms of shirk

attend (to), remember
3 to move about in a sly or secret manner
  • given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies
Synonyms of shirk

lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal
Words Related to shirk

crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm

ghost, pad, tiptoe

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