equivocate
31equivocation — equivocate ► VERB ▪ use ambiguous or evasive language. DERIVATIVES equivocation noun …
32prevaricate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. lie, quibble, cavil, equivocate, palter. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. equivocate, evade the truth, distort, falsify; see lie 1 . See Synonym Study at lie . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
33waffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i., informal, vacillate, equivocate, fluctuate. See changeableness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [WAU ful] to speak or write vaguely or ambiguously, to equivocate. The senator… …
34Prevaricate — Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See {Varicose}.] …
35Prevaricated — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… …
36Prevaricating — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… …
37shuffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rearrange, switch, shift, mix, intermingle, jumble; scuff, drag; fidget; scuffle, shamble, slouch; equivocate, quibble, evade. See interchange, slowness, changeableness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move …
38weasel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ermine, suck egg; sneak, skulker, trickster, hedger. See animal, avoidance. v., informal, equivocate, bandy words, hem and haw, hedge, renege, pussyfoot (sl.), welsh (sl.). See falsehood. II (Roget s… …
39lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …
40beat around the bush — verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information • Syn: ↑equivocate, ↑tergiversate, ↑prevaricate, ↑palter • Derivationally related forms: ↑paltering (for: ↑palter), ↑ …
