What is another word for prevarication?
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪvˌaɹɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], [ pɹɪvˌaɹɪkˈeɪʃən], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
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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