What is another word for around the bush?

Pronunciation: [ɐɹˈa͡ʊnd ðə bˈʊʃ] (IPA)

Avoiding directness and beating around the bush is a common communication technique. However, constantly using the phrase "around the bush" can become repetitive and boring. To spice up your language, here are some alternative synonyms to use instead: beating about the bush, evade the topic, skirt the issue, sidestep the question, dodge the subject, dance around the matter, circumvent the point, steer clear of the subject, tiptoe around the problem, pussyfoot around the issue. These subtle vocabulary changes can make for more interesting and engaging conversations, while still getting your message across.

What are the hypernyms for Around the bush?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Around the bush

  • If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.
    Vanessa Hudgens
  • I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. "You're fired" is a very strong term.
    Donald Trump
  • Did you ever wonder why the Jews are such great proponents of democracy? Whether in Indonesia or Pakistan or Serbia or you name it, whenever there is some threat to universal suffrage, the Jews are ready to send the U.S. armed forces in to bomb and kill until everyone is permitted to vote. Why is that? Why can't the Indonesians have an Islamic theocracy if they want? Why can't the Pakistanis have a military dictatorship? Why can't the Serbs run their own country the way they prefer? What is the appeal in making sure that people whose minds have been wasted by Alzheimer's Disease vote? Well, let's not beat around the bush: the appeal of mass democracy lies in the fact that in essentially every country in the world today, the number of persons unable to think for themselves is substantially larger than the number able to make independent decisions. Those unable to think for themselves have their thinking done for them by the people who control the mass media. Which is to say, democracy is the preferred system because it gives the political power to those who own or control the mass media and at the same time allows them to remain behind the scenes and evade responsibility for the way in which they use that power. And the more inclusive the democracy is -- that is, the more Alzheimer's sufferers and Mongoloid cretinsand paranoid schizophrenics and people who live in empty packing cases in alley ways and Jamaican immigrants and football fans are able to vote -- the more certain is the grip of the media masters on the political process. Those voters who buy astrology magazines at the checkout stand and spend their time watching soap operas, game shows, and Oprah absorb their general attitudes on things through the television screen. They learn which ideas are fashionable and which are not by noticing the facial expression and tone of voice of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather when the news is announced each day. Their opinions on specific issues are formed as they view televised sidewalk surveys taken by reporters. The only uncertainty about these people is whether or not they'll be able to pryt hemselves loose from their couches long enough to vote for the designated candidates. That's why it's important to have lots of them. And wherever there are lots of them, the men who control the mass media also will control the outcome of elections. It's a much surer way of controlling governments than bribing corrupt dictators or slipping seductive whores into the king's bedroom a la Esther and Ahasuerus -- or Monica and Bill. Believe me, one day soon the Jews on both sides of the great water will institute a web-TV voting system that allows the couch potatoes and the ball game fans to vote without having to getup from their couches, just by clicking their remote controls at their TV screens to select the next President or prime minister. That will be real democracy.
    William Luther Pierce
  • Let’s not beat around the bush; I love life — that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.
    Albert Camus

Related words:

around the world, around the corner, around the universe, around the track

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