What is another word for equivocation?
476 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪkwˌɪvəkˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ɪkwˌɪvəkˈeɪʃən], [ ɪ_k_w_ˌɪ_v_ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for equivocation:- ambiguity (noun)
- avoidance (noun)
- avoidance of an issue (noun)
- casuistry (noun)
- communication (noun)
- deception (noun)
- double-talk (noun)
- double entendre (noun)
- equivocality (noun)
- equivoque (noun)
- evasion (noun)
- fallacy (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- fib (noun)
- hesitation (noun)
- indecisiveness (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- quibble (noun)
- shift (noun)
- trick (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- evasion
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Equivocation:
n.
•ambiguity (noun)- in certitude,
- un-certainties,
- doubleentendre,
- un-certainty,
- indeterminatenesses,
- in-conclusiveness,
- un certainties,
- inconclusivenesses,
- double-entendres,
- in-determinateness,
- in-definitenesses,
- in-determinatenesses,
- in-definiteness,
- un clearnesses,
- un clearness,
- un certainty,
- in-certitude,
- doubleentendres,
- in definitenesses,
- un-clearnesses,
- in-certitudes,
- in definiteness,
- in certitudes,
- in determinateness,
- double meanings,
- in-conclusivenesses,
- equivocacies,
- un-clearness,
- in conclusiveness,
- in determinatenesses,
- polysemousnesses,
- in conclusivenesses,
- polysemies.
- deceit,
- con,
- stonewall,
- double talk,
- run-around,
- cover-up,
- delusion,
- fibbing,
- dissimulation,
- coloring,
- hedging,
- cop out,
- cover,
- distortion,
- tergiversation,
- shuffling,
- song and dance,
- lying,
- stall,
- quibbling routine,
- amphibology,
- misrepresentation,
- sophistry,
- duplicity,
- prevarication,
- doubtfulness,
- line,
- song.
- over-subtlenesses,
- oversubtlenesses,
- over-subtleness,
- over subtlenesses,
- deceptivenesses,
- over subtleness.
- dupery,
- Double dealing,
- boondoggle,
- cozenage,
- beguilement,
- fraudulence,
- hypocrisy,
- boondoggles,
- fast one,
- double-dealing,
- beguilements,
- Defraudation,
- hokum,
- disinformation,
- cunnings.
- co-pout,
- equivocatings,
- dodgings,
- pre-text,
- pre texts,
- copouts,
- obliquenesses,
- fancy footworks,
- co pout,
- shirkings,
- cop outs,
- evadings,
- fugivities,
- pre text,
- fugivitenesses,
- eschewals,
- pre-texts,
- shunnings,
- co pouts,
- fudgings,
- co-pouts.
- in-consistencies,
- mis takes,
- mis calculations,
- inexactnesses,
- faultinesses,
- misconstruals,
- pre-conceptions,
- pre conceptions,
- pre-conception,
- mis interpretations,
- in consistencies,
- in-consistency,
- mis-apprehension,
- mis-calculation,
- in exactnesses,
- in validity,
- pre conception,
- mis take,
- mis apprehensions,
- mis-interpretations,
- mis-apprehensions,
- mis-take,
- mis-calculations,
- mis-interpretation,
- in-exactnesses,
- mis calculation,
- mis apprehension,
- non sequiturs,
- in-validity,
- in-exactness,
- in validities,
- quibblings,
- in exactness,
- in-validities,
- mis interpretation,
- mis-takes,
- in consistency.
- fallaciousness,
- falseness,
- feigning,
- fakery,
- hogwash,
- fable,
- figment,
- fibbery,
- half truths,
- cover up,
- mis-statement,
- perjury,
- coverup,
- misstatement,
- Untruism,
- half truth.
- de-lay,
- hemming hawings,
- mis-giving,
- in-disposition,
- in decision,
- in decisions,
- falterings,
- mis giving,
- in-dispositions,
- in dispositions,
- de lays,
- de-laying,
- in-decision,
- un willingnesses,
- dawdlings,
- in-decisions,
- de laying,
- mis-trust,
- in disposition,
- mis trusts,
- un-willingness,
- mis trust,
- de-lays,
- un willingness,
- hemming hawing,
- de lay,
- demurrals,
- un-willingnesses,
- hemming and hawings,
- delayings.
- hemming and hawing,
- oversubtleness,
- fugiviteness,
- invalidities,
- jazz,
- faultiness,
- fib,
- tentativeness,
- Equivoque,
- Ambiguousness,
- spinach,
- demurral,
- shift,
- imprecision,
- double-entendre,
- timidness,
- double meaning,
- expediency,
- inconclusiveness,
- indecisiveness,
- equivocalness,
- fancy footwork,
- ambiguity,
- shufflings,
- Equivocacy,
- eschewal,
- spuriousness,
- cop-out,
- indeterminateness,
- copout,
- shillyshally,
- fumblings,
- ambiguous statement,
- elusion,
- evasion,
- Uncertainties,
- jives,
- elusions,
- non sequitur,
- imprecisions,
- misconstrual,
- double entendre,
- jive,
- procrastination,
- casuistry,
- PUNS,
- to-and-fro,
- irresoluteness,
- obliqueness,
- fumbling,
- fallacy,
- quirk,
- equivocality,
- inexactness,
- invalidity,
- speciousness,
- procrastinations,
- waverings,
- cop-outs,
- irresolution,
- deception,
- polysemousness,
- stumblings,
- falsehood,
- deceptiveness,
- Amphibiology,
- hesitation,
- fugivity,
- double-talk,
- stumbling,
- polysemy,
- scruple,
- trick,
- runaround,
- obscureness.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)- lie.
Other synonyms:
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- weasel word,
- pretense.
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- euphemism.
- disingenuousness,
- plausibility,
- defense mechanism,
- artifice,
- paltering,
- shifting,
- straining,
- evasive action,
- apostasy,
- unintelligibility,
- duck,
- mental reservation,
- mendacity,
- nonpayment,
- obliquity,
- uncertainty,
- imitation,
- vacillation,
- abstruseness,
- white lie,
- falsification,
- gobbledegook,
- perversion,
- Self-contradiction,
- circumlocution,
- unclearness,
- untruthfulness,
- quiddity,
- caviling,
- in truth,
- shy,
- crookedness,
- circularity,
- Jink,
- circumvention,
- elusiveness,
- hairsplitting,
- nebulousness,
- colouring,
- in sooth,
- insincerity,
- reconditeness,
- to and fro,
- chicanery,
- Nebulosity,
- concealment,
- Mysteriousness,
- ambivalence,
- Blague,
- vicious circle,
- Fudging,
- nonintervention,
- getting around,
- quibbling,
- sidestep,
- jesuitry,
- obscurantism,
- murkiness,
- confabulation,
- sophistication,
- darkness,
- indirectness,
- oscillation,
- affirmation,
- reservation,
- Antinomy,
- really,
- double,
- troth,
- impenetrability,
- dodging,
- Paralogy,
- Pettifoggery,
- Inscrutableness,
- terminological inexactitude,
- fiction,
- in good earnest,
- density,
- opacity,
- trickery,
- miscoloring,
- slipperiness,
- special pleading,
- noninvolvement,
- fencing,
- cunning,
- misapplication,
- pussyfooting,
- Sidetracking,
- dodge,
- unfeignedly,
- paradox,
- rationalization,
- fraud,
- irony,
- neutrality,
- oxymoron,
- false swearing,
- amphibologism,
- equivocal,
- Speciosity,
- obscurity,
- forestallment,
- portmanteau word,
- doublespeak,
- underhandedness,
- caginess,
- sidestepping,
- dissembling,
- exaggeration,
- mystification,
- pun,
- fabrication,
- simulation,
- truly,
- bickering,
- opaqueness,
- shilly-shallying,
- avoiding reaction,
- plausibleness,
- wobbling,
- Boggling,
- prevention,
- vagueness,
- hair-splitting,
- avoidance,
- Refraining,
- jesuitism,
- Parrying,
- polysemant,
- counterword,
- forestalling,
- Shilly-shally,
- nonsense,
- indefiniteness,
- falsifying,
- weasel words,
- inscrutability,
- cavil,
- Philosophism,
- construction,
- excuse,
- obfuscation,
- misconstruction,
- chicane,
- wavering,
- subterfuge,
- subtlety,
- nitpicking,
- shunning,
- of a truth,
- suppressio veri,
- forbearance,
- double-speak,
- zigzag,
- suggestio falsi,
- escape,
- word sense,
- slip,
- nit-picking,
- fluctuation,
- bona fide,
- Captiousness,
- sophism,
- apparent soundness,
- analogy.
Paraphrases for Equivocation:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
prevarication.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
ambiguity.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
hesitation, confusion, misunderstanding, mistake, doubt, procrastination.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Equivocation:
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n.
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avoidance of an issue
facing, reality, clarity, directness, certainty, frankness, meeting, truth, fact, uprightness, truthfulness, openness, honesty, surety, trustworthiness.
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Other antonyms:
definiteness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, comprehensibility, exactness, intelligibility, candor, Lucidness, perspicuousness, brightness, clearness, readability, legibility, plumpness, openheartedness, perspicuity, incision, Self-evidence, distinctness, incisiveness, obviousness, readableness, tangibleness, explicitness, plainness, visibility, lucidity, tangibility, palpability.
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avoidance of an issue
Homophones for Equivocation:
Hypernym for Equivocation:
n.
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communication
circumlocution, quibble, doublespeak, hedge, cavil, quiddity, hedging, indirect expression.
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communication
Hyponym for Equivocation:
n.
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communication
deceit, deception, misrepresentation.
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communication