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Parry

🔄 Synonyms of "Parry"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eludeverb	(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
circumventverb	(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
evadeverb	(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
dodgenoun	(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
skirtnoun	A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
hedgenoun	(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
fudgenoun	(chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
sidestepverb	A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
counterpunchnoun	A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match: a return blow, a retaliatory blow.
counternoun	One who counts.
ducknoun	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Parry"

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Word	Definition
counterpunchnoun	A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match: a return blow, a retaliatory blow.
ducknoun	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
dodgenoun	An act of dodging.
sidestepnoun	A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
circumventverb	(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
evadeverb	(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
eludeverb	(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
skirtnoun	A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
counternoun	One who counts.
hedgenoun	(finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
fudgenoun	(chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
paradenoun	An organized display of a group of people, particularly
fendnoun	(intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
parenoun	A Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.
barenoun	(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
barinoun	(colloquial, barbershop music) A baritone (singer)
wynnnoun	A letter of the Old English alphabet, ƿ, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w.