Synonyms for Beat about the bush:

• v.

  •digress (verb)
  • aberrate,
  • go off on a tangent,
  • be diffuse,
  • circumlocute,
  • get off the subject,
  • go by way of,
  • Excurse.
  •stray, deviate (verb)
  • digress.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • pussyfoot,
  • equivocate,
  • shuffle,
  • euphemize,
  • tergiversate,
  • hedge,
  • weasel,
  • waffle.

Antonyms for Beat about the bush:

• v.

  • digress
    be direct, stay, go direct.