What is another word for pussyfoot?
473 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈʊsɪfˌʊt], [ pˈʊsɪfˌʊt], [ p_ˈʊ_s_ɪ_f_ˌʊ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for pussyfoot:
- cautious (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- evade (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- creep (verb)
- demur (verb)
- dissemble (verb)
- dodge (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- evade (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pad (verb)
- pussyfoot (verb)
- shirk (verb)
- sidestep (verb)
- skulk (verb)
- slink/slither (verb)
- sneak (verb)
- weasel (verb)
- other synonyms
- disagree
- dissemble
- equivocate
- hedge
- hesitate
- other relevant words
- skulk
Synonyms for Pussyfoot:
adj.
• cautious (adjective)- gingerly,
- considerate,
- safest,
- judicious,
- thinking twice,
- shrewdest,
- on lookout,
- on the lookout,
- discreet,
- keeping on one's toes,
- shrewd,
- alert,
- cagey,
- chary,
- with one's eyes peeled,
- prudent,
- heedful,
- provident,
- calculating,
- circumspect,
- watchful,
- playing safe,
- vigilant,
- forethoughtful,
- walking on eggs,
- pussyfoot,
- safe,
- watching one's step,
- hedging one's bets,
- leery,
- politic,
- watching out,
- taking it easy,
- all ears,
- playing it cool,
- wary,
- with eyes peeled,
- taking it slow,
- tentative,
- SAFER.
n.
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- play for time,
- wait,
- wait around,
- put off,
- sit on,
- hold off,
- delay,
- procrastinate,
- temporize.
- hang back,
- hesitant,
- dither,
- falter,
- haw,
- halting,
- hum,
- foot,
- mouse,
- sit,
- hesitation,
- dilly-dally,
- hem,
- Shilly-shally,
- hang.
v.
• creep (verb) • demur (verb)- doubt,
- waver,
- stick,
- challenge,
- pause,
- balk,
- complain,
- disapprove,
- resist,
- fight,
- refuse,
- deprecate,
- vacillate,
- object,
- oppose,
- strain,
- wait and see,
- dispute,
- protest,
- combat,
- cavil,
- shy.
- hide,
- cover,
- counterfeit,
- let on,
- shroud,
- camouflage,
- doublespeak,
- feign,
- dress up,
- pass,
- make like,
- simulate,
- signify,
- affect,
- stonewall,
- falsify,
- shuck and jive,
- put on a front,
- conceal,
- fake,
- double-talk,
- dissimulate,
- four-flush,
- mask,
- cloak,
- put on an act,
- cover up,
- put up a smoke screen,
- play possum,
- put up a front,
- put on a false front,
- whitewash.
- fence,
- malinger,
- deceive,
- ditch,
- fend off,
- elude,
- shake,
- duck,
- shift,
- swerve,
- parry,
- dark,
- fudge,
- trick,
- escape.
- quibble,
- give run around,
- blow hot and cold,
- cop out,
- lie,
- cop a plea,
- flip-flop,
- beg the question,
- run around,
- pass the buck,
- con,
- shuck,
- palter,
- cloud the issue,
- fib,
- mince words,
- eschew,
- tell white lie,
- jive.
- flounder,
- straddle,
- be irresolute,
- dillydally,
- hold back,
- ponder,
- fluctuate,
- stammer,
- think about,
- linger,
- hover,
- seesaw,
- stumble,
- think twice,
- stutter,
- sit on fence,
- stop,
- dally,
- oscillate,
- balance,
- defer,
- pull back,
- fumble,
- shy away,
- shrink,
- weigh,
- be reluctant,
- alternate,
- be unwilling,
- debate.
- pitterpatter,
- pitterpatters,
- pitter-pattering,
- pitterpattered,
- goes barefoot,
- going barefoot,
- pitter pattered,
- pitter patters,
- pitter-patters,
- pitterpattering,
- went barefoot,
- pitter-pattered,
- pitter pattering,
- pitter patter.
- steal,
- prevaricate,
- slip,
- play it close to the vest,
- tiptoe,
- skirt,
- watch one's step,
- hem and haw,
- tread warily,
- duck the issues.
- lying down on job,
- shuffling off,
- lies down on job,
- shuffled off,
- lay down job,
- lay down on job,
- lied down job,
- sloughing off,
- lying down job,
- shuffles off,
- sloughed off,
- lies down job,
- lied down on job,
- lie down job.
- lied in wait,
- lies wait,
- lying wait,
- conceals oneself,
- lied wait,
- lies in wait,
- lie wait,
- concealing oneself.
- going stealthily,
- went stealthily,
- passes quietly,
- passed quietly,
- passing quietly,
- goes stealthily.
- snooking,
- moved secretly,
- snooked,
- moves secretly,
- moving secretly,
- de ludes,
- de lude,
- de-lude,
- de-ludes.
- dance around issue,
- worms way out of,
- dancing around issue,
- worms one way out of,
- wormed ones way out of,
- worming way out of,
- worms one's way out of,
- danced around issue,
- worming one way out of,
- worm one way out of,
- dancing around an issue,
- wormed one way out of,
- wormed way out of,
- danced around an issue,
- wormed one's way out of,
- worm ones way out of,
- worming one's way out of,
- dances around issue,
- dances around an issue,
- worming ones way out of,
- tap danced,
- worms ones way out of,
- worm way out of.
Other synonyms:
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- euphemize,
- tergiversate,
- waffle.
- put on act,
- covering up,
- Shrouded,
- whitewashed,
- put up smoke screen,
- four-flushing,
- covered up,
- four flush,
- put on false front,
- covers up,
- shrouding.
- flipflop,
- jived,
- sit on the fence,
- begging the question,
- jives,
- beat around the bush,
- fibbing,
- beating around the bush,
- lied,
- jiving,
- flip-flopping,
- minced words.
- dithered,
- thinking about,
- Stammered,
- Hesitated,
- pulls back,
- pulling back,
- thought about,
- dithering,
- pulled back,
- thinks about,
- Floundered.
- take exception,
- slicked,
- skip out on,
- Slank,
- crawl on all fours,
- fending off,
- goldbrick,
- gumshoeing,
- by-passes,
- Snaking,
- get out of,
- Snaked,
- steer clear of,
- slip out,
- slinks,
- stickles,
- Inched,
- WORMS,
- sidestep,
- Jukes,
- slink,
- slied,
- slough off,
- SLIES,
- Scrabbled,
- Juke,
- equivocate,
- turned aside,
- go stealthily,
- Bummed,
- Spiriting,
- pass up,
- hedge,
- writhing,
- pass quietly,
- Scrabbling,
- go around,
- lie down on job,
- Parried,
- shies,
- lead on a merry chase,
- give the runaround,
- stickle,
- darked,
- Wormed,
- short circuits,
- put the move on,
- Worming,
- Inching,
- lurching,
- snooks,
- snuck,
- by-passing,
- by-passed,
- get around,
- dance around,
- circumlocute,
- slying,
- skulk,
- move to the side,
- scruples,
- beat around bush,
- worm,
- weasel,
- Short-circuiting,
- By-pass,
- getting around,
- evade,
- keep distance,
- tiptoeing,
- sloughs off,
- Bumming,
- fencing,
- grovelling,
- passed up,
- tiptoed,
- lay low,
- sneak,
- pad,
- Paused,
- scruple,
- Short circuit,
- scrabble,
- slicks,
- Stickled,
- steering clear of,
- turning aside,
- dissemble,
- tergiverse,
- sneak away,
- scrabbles,
- shake off,
- give the slip,
- lurch,
- approach unnoticed,
- go barefoot,
- remonstrate,
- worm one's way out of,
- went around,
- Tiptoes,
- got out of,
- hesitate,
- taking exception,
- laid low,
- darking,
- creep,
- move to side,
- move secretly,
- Slicking,
- shakes off,
- turn aside,
- going around,
- snook,
- Stickling,
- dance around an issue,
- welsh,
- short-circuit,
- Shying,
- shuffle off,
- Shied,
- shirk,
- tap dancing,
- pitter-patter.
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- Synonyms:
- that is to say, videlicet, viz., to wit, namely, nominally.
