What is another word for prevarication?
365 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪvˌaɹɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], [ pɹɪvˌaɹɪkˈeɪʃən], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Prevarication is a word that refers to the act of lying or being evasive in speech. There are several synonyms one can use to describe this behavior. One such synonym is falsehood, which refers to a statement that is untrue or misleading. Another synonym is dishonesty, which refers to a lack of integrity or sincerity in one's words or actions. Other synonyms for prevarication include deceit, duplicity, fabrication, and dissembling. Each of these words describes a form of dishonest or deceptive behavior, but they do so with slightly different nuances that may be relevant in different contexts.
Synonyms for Prevarication:
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- clear .
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- true .
- Defraudation ,
- Double dealing ,
- beguilement ,
- beguilements ,
- boondoggle ,
- boondoggles ,
- cozenage ,
- cunnings ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deceptiveness ,
- dishonesty ,
- disinformation ,
- double-dealing ,
- dupery ,
- fast one ,
- fraudulence ,
- hokum ,
- hypocrisy .
- Improbity ,
- chicanery ,
- corruption ,
- craftiness ,
- crookedness ,
- deviousness ,
- feloniousness ,
- immorality ,
- insincerity ,
- traitorousness ,
- treachery ,
- underhandedness ,
- unscrupulousness .
- amphibology ,
- cover up ,
- coverup ,
- double meaning ,
- equivocality ,
- quibbling routine ,
- runaround ,
- shufflings .
- ambiguous statements ,
- in definiteness ,
- in definitenesses ,
- in-definiteness ,
- in-definitenesses ,
- stonewallings ,
- un clearness ,
- un clearnesses ,
- un-clearness ,
- un-clearnesses .
- co pout ,
- co pouts ,
- co-pout ,
- co-pouts ,
- copouts ,
- dodgings ,
- equivocatings ,
- eschewals ,
- evadings ,
- fancy footworks ,
- fudgings ,
- fugivitenesses ,
- fugivities ,
- obliquenesses ,
- pre text ,
- pre texts ,
- pre-text ,
- pre-texts ,
- shirkings ,
- shunnings .
- dis ingenuousness ,
- dis ingenuousnesses ,
- dis-ingenuousness ,
- dis-ingenuousnesses ,
- in accuracies ,
- in accuracy ,
- in fidelities ,
- in fidelity ,
- in-accuracies ,
- in-accuracy ,
- in-fidelities ,
- in-fidelity ,
- un candidness ,
- un candidnesses ,
- un faithfulness ,
- un faithfulnesses ,
- un realities ,
- un reality ,
- un-candidness ,
- un-candidnesses ,
- un-faithfulness ,
- un-faithfulnesses ,
- un-realities ,
- un-reality ,
- uncandidnesses .
Other synonyms:
- ambiguity .
- hedge .
- story .
- shuffle .
Other relevant words:
- Blague ,
- Boggling ,
- Captiousness ,
- Fictitiousness ,
- Flam ,
- Fudging ,
- Parrying ,
- Pettifoggery ,
- Untruism ,
- allegory ,
- apostatize ,
- artifice ,
- aspersion ,
- assembly ,
- balderdash ,
- ballocks ,
- bearing false witness ,
- bickering ,
- blarney ,
- blot ,
- boggle ,
- bollocks ,
- boloney ,
- bouncer ,
- break ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- bushwa ,
- calumny ,
- carping ,
- caviling ,
- chicane ,
- cock ,
- codswallop ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- concealment ,
- concoction ,
- confabulation ,
- contrivance ,
- crap ,
- cunning ,
- deceit ,
- deception ,
- delusion ,
- demur ,
- device ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulation ,
- distortion ,
- dodge ,
- dodging ,
- double-talk ,
- duplicity ,
- equivocate ,
- equivocation ,
- evade ,
- evasion ,
- evasiveness ,
- exaggeration ,
- excuse ,
- explanation ,
- eyewash ,
- fable ,
- fabrication ,
- fairy story ,
- fairy tale ,
- fake ,
- false swearing ,
- falsehood ,
- falsification ,
- falsifying ,
- falter ,
- fantasy ,
- farfetched story ,
- farrago ,
- fencing ,
- fibbing ,
- fiction ,
- fictionalization ,
- figment ,
- fish tale ,
- flabbergast ,
- flannel ,
- flattery ,
- flight of fancy ,
- flimflam ,
- flitter ,
- fluctuate ,
- forgery ,
- formation ,
- forswearing ,
- fraud ,
- ghost story ,
- hairsplitting ,
- half-truth ,
- hedging ,
- hesitate ,
- hogwash ,
- horseshit ,
- humbug ,
- imagination ,
- imitation ,
- innuendo ,
- insinuation ,
- invention ,
- irrelevance ,
- legal fiction ,
- libel ,
- lie ,
- linger ,
- little white lie ,
- machination ,
- manufacture ,
- mendaciousness ,
- miscoloring ,
- misconstruction ,
- mystification ,
- myth ,
- nit-picking ,
- nitpicking ,
- nonsense ,
- overturn ,
- paltering ,
- paltry ,
- perjury ,
- perversion ,
- pettifogging ,
- plan ,
- plot ,
- ploy ,
- prevaricate ,
- procrastinate ,
- production ,
- pussyfooting ,
- quibble ,
- quibbling ,
- racket ,
- romance ,
- rubbish ,
- ruse ,
- scheme ,
- sham ,
- shift ,
- shifting ,
- shit ,
- shuffling ,
- sidestep ,
- sidestepping ,
- simulation ,
- slander ,
- slur ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- song ,
- sophistry ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- straining ,
- stratagem ,
- subterfuge ,
- suggestio falsi ,
- suppressio veri ,
- tall story ,
- taradiddle ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tergiversation ,
- terminological inexactitude ,
- trick ,
- trickery ,
- twister ,
- untruth ,
- untruthfulness ,
- upset ,
- vacillate ,
- waffle ,
- waver ,
- weasel words ,
- weave ,
- wheeze ,
- white lie ,
- yarn .
- ambiguous statement ,
- best seller ,
- chestnut ,
- chestnuts ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- clothesline ,
- clotheslines ,
- cop-out ,
- cop-outs ,
- copout ,
- elusion ,
- elusions ,
- eschewal ,
- falsifications ,
- fancy footwork ,
- figment of imagination ,
- fugiviteness ,
- fugivity ,
- infidelity ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- misinformation ,
- obliqueness ,
- potboiler ,
- potboilers ,
- spinach ,
- storytelling ,
- truthlessness ,
- uncandidness ,
- unrealities ,
- unreality ,
- work of imagination .
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How to use "Prevarication" in context?
Prevarication is a type of lying, in which a person gives a false assertion of fact or gives a misleading statement with the intent to deceive. Prevarication may be intentional or unintentional. Prevaricators may be motivated by personal gain, self-preservation, or to maintain social harmony.
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