Definition for Beat around the bush:

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Synonyms for Beat around the bush:

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • tergiversate,
  • beat around the bush,
  • palter.
  •elude (verb)
  • dodge,
  • frustrate,
  • stump,
  • outrun,
  • baffle,
  • shun,
  • thwart,
  • shirk,
  • evade,
  • stonewall,
  • puzzle,
  • hem and haw,
  • outwit,
  • foil,
  • eschew,
  • circumvent,
  • bilk,
  • shuck,
  • flee,
  • shy,
  • fly,
  • cop out,
  • duck,
  • confound,
  • pass the buck,
  • ditch,
  • double.
  •equivocate (verb)
  • fudge,
  • waffle,
  • tell white lie,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • cavil,
  • double-talk,
  • tergiverse,
  • cloud the issue,
  • pussyfoot,
  • sit on the fence,
  • beg the question,
  • cover up,
  • mince words,
  • sidestep,
  • parry,
  • falsify,
  • escape,
  • con,
  • quibble,
  • give run around,
  • shuffle,
  • fib,
  • lie,
  • fence,
  • cop a plea,
  • flip-flop,
  • jive.
  •hedge (verb)
  • Shilly-shally,
  • give the run around,
  • temporize,
  • be noncommittal.
  •prevaricate (verb)
  • exaggerate,
  • phony up,
  • invent,
  • misrepresent,
  • Misspeak,
  • shift,
  • belie,
  • put on,
  • fabricate,
  • distort,
  • garble.
  •pussyfoot (verb)
  • prowl,
  • lurk,
  • play it close to the vest,
  • slip,
  • creep,
  • skulk,
  • avoid,
  • tread warily,
  • steal,
  • duck the issues,
  • slink,
  • tiptoe,
  • glide,
  • skirt,
  • watch one's step,
  • slide,
  • sneak.
  •stall (verb)
  • halt,
  • stand,
  • hamper,
  • hinder,
  • postpone,
  • still,
  • hold off,
  • stay,
  • avoid the issue,
  • check,
  • stop,
  • die,
  • filibuster,
  • interrupt,
  • suspend,
  • brake,
  • put off,
  • arrest,
  • slow,
  • tarry,
  • shut down.
  •weasel (verb)
  • tap dance,
  • balk,
  • renege.
  •welsh (verb)
  • defraud,
  • trick,
  • scam,
  • cheat,
  • fleece,
  • deceive,
  • dupe,
  • stiff,
  • shaft,
  • bamboozle,
  • hoodwink,
  • sting,
  • gull,
  • fool,
  • rip off,
  • flimflam.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • digress.
  •
  • drag in.
  •
  • wander.
  •
  • stray.
  •
  • bring.
  •
  • get off.
  •
  • move.
  •equivocate
  • covered up,
  • jives,
  • jiving,
  • covering up,
  • begging the question,
  • flip-flopping,
  • Parried,
  • lied,
  • fibbing,
  • flipflop,
  • sit on fence,
  • covers up,
  • minced words,
  • jived.
  •hedge
  • shillyshally.
  •prevaricate
  • misspoken,
  • misspeaking,
  • misspeaks.
  •pussyfoot
  • Tiptoes,
  • tiptoed,
  • Slank,
  • watching one's step,
  • tiptoeing,
  • snuck,
  • slinks.

Antonyms for Beat around the bush:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    get on with it, get to the point, cut to the chase.

• v.

  • elude
    clarify, confront, take on, clear up, assist, meet, aid, support, invite, explain, entice, abet, enlighten, encourage, help, attract, face, encounter.
  • equivocate
    speak on, tell truth, release, be honest.
  • prevaricate
    order.
  • pussyfoot
    plod.
  • stall
    carry out, allow, forward, expedite, permit, continue, promote, advance, push, go, DO, further.
  • welsh
    give.

Hyponym for Beat around the bush:

• v.

  • communication
    misinform, mislead.