/ Thesaurus / D Synonyms of ducking Find synonyms for: Noun1. ducking, duck hunting, hunt, huntingusage: hunting ducks2. submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing, wettingusage: the act of wetting something by submerging itVerb1. duck, moveusage: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"2. duck, dive, plunge, plunkusage: submerge or plunge suddenly3. dip, douse, duck, dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseusage: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"4. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep, avoidusage: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: blithesome Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language