What is another word for tergiversate?
1037 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɜːɡɪvəsˌe͡ɪt], [ tˈɜːɡɪvəsˌeɪt], [ t_ˈɜː_ɡ_ɪ_v_ə_s_ˌeɪ_t]
Tergiversate is a powerful word that means to change sides, shift position or evade a standing point. It is often associated with politicians and other people in power who change their minds to suit their interests. Some synonyms for tergiversate include equivocate, waver, vacillate, shuffle, and fence. Equivocate means to use ambiguous language to avoid committing or taking a definite stand. Waver refers to indecision and inability to choose a side. Vacillate means to swing back and forth between two points of view, while shuffle refers to changing positions to avoid a direct answer. On the other hand, fence means to evade a topic or question by providing vague responses.
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Similar words for tergiversate:
- back-pedal (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- abandon belief (verb)
- defect (verb)
- depart (verb)
- desert (verb)
- deteriorate (verb)
- dodge (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- evade (verb)
- fence (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- prevaricate (verb)
- pussyfoot (verb)
- renounce (verb)
- repudiate (verb)
- turn (verb)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- depart
- equivocate
- hedge
- hesitate
- other relevant words
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- renounce
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Tergiversate:
n.
• back-pedal (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• abandon belief (verb) • defect (verb)- tergiversing,
- with-drawn,
- went over fence,
- turned coat,
- re volt,
- going over the fence,
- goes over fence,
- tergiverses,
- schismed,
- with drawing,
- changed sides,
- tergiversed,
- taking a walk,
- with-draw,
- with draws,
- re volts,
- took a walk,
- go over fence,
- with-drew,
- changes sides,
- fell away from,
- with draw,
- taking walk,
- changing sides,
- goes over the fence,
- re-volt,
- turning coat,
- took walk,
- take walk,
- with-drawing,
- takes walk,
- with drew,
- going over fence,
- turns coat,
- schisming,
- re-volts,
- went over the fence,
- falls away from,
- falling away from,
- with drawn.
- hits bricks,
- de-camp,
- de camp,
- took leave,
- marched out,
- re tire,
- goes forth,
- re-tires,
- moving out,
- dis appearing,
- re-tire,
- made a break,
- de-parting,
- de-parts,
- gitted,
- dis-appears,
- cuts run,
- hits trail,
- re moved,
- moves on,
- hit trail,
- sets forth,
- hits the trail,
- gat away,
- de-parted,
- de-camping,
- dis appeared,
- de-camped,
- de parts,
- going forth,
- makes break,
- cuts and run,
- marching out,
- de parting,
- dis-appearing,
- started out,
- hitting bricks,
- hitting trail,
- starting out,
- made break,
- hits the bricks,
- re tiring,
- gitting,
- moved on,
- make break,
- hitting the trail,
- re moving,
- re move,
- takes leave,
- re-move,
- re tires,
- moves out,
- de camps,
- hitting the bricks,
- moving on,
- de part,
- de parted,
- making a break,
- slips away,
- starts out,
- says goodbye,
- de camping,
- cutting run,
- re-tiring,
- cutting and run,
- hit road,
- makes a break,
- slipt away,
- dis-appear,
- de-part,
- marches out,
- re-moving,
- said goodbye,
- went forth,
- hit bricks,
- making break,
- de camped,
- re-moves,
- dis-appeared,
- slipped away,
- de-camps,
- dis appears,
- cut run,
- re tired,
- dis appear.
- be aching,
- crawling out,
- leaved high dry,
- leaved stranded,
- re-signs,
- taking hike,
- take hike,
- leave lurch,
- went west,
- leaves high and dry,
- runs out on,
- goes over hill,
- goes west,
- crawls out,
- sneaked off,
- goes over the hill,
- be trays,
- played truant,
- go over hill,
- be-tray,
- leaves high dry,
- left high and dry,
- plays truant,
- be tray,
- going over hill,
- de sert,
- re-signed,
- re-sign,
- be ached,
- playing truant,
- went over hill,
- be-ached,
- re-signing,
- leave high dry,
- took a hike,
- sneaks off,
- be-aching,
- going over the hill,
- ran out on,
- de-sert,
- be-trays,
- re signing,
- Re sign,
- leaved high and dry,
- leaving high and dry,
- leave the lurch,
- takes hike,
- leaves stranded,
- re signed,
- crawled out,
- taking a hike,
- re signs,
- snuck off,
- went over the hill,
- takes a hike,
- violating oath,
- left high dry,
- sneaking off,
- goes awol,
- violates oath,
- violated oath,
- leaving high dry,
- went awol,
- took hike,
- going west,
- leaving stranded.
- deteriorate,
- putrefy,
- lapse,
- relapse,
- go downhill,
- decline,
- retrogress,
- fall apart,
- wane,
- degenerate,
- slip,
- moulder,
- slide,
- worsen,
- fade,
- ebb,
- regress,
- slump,
- sink,
- decay,
- downgrade,
- wither,
- get worse,
- dilapidate,
- wilt,
- collapse,
- revert,
- atrophy.
- move side,
- gotten around,
- moving the side,
- circumlocuted,
- moves to the side,
- gat out of,
- circumlocutes,
- gets out of,
- moves to side,
- circumlocuting,
- short circuiting,
- gives slip,
- move the side,
- shortcircuit,
- skips out on,
- juked,
- moved to side,
- putting the move on,
- skipping out on,
- shortcircuited,
- shortcircuiting,
- moving to the side,
- gets around,
- putting move on,
- shortcircuits,
- moves side,
- got around,
- turns aside,
- skipped out on,
- fended off,
- moves the side,
- gat around,
- moved the side,
- short-circuits,
- giving the slip,
- moved to the side,
- puts the move on,
- giving slip,
- moving to side,
- juking,
- moving side,
- Short-circuited,
- gotten out of,
- getting out of,
- gives the slip,
- short circuited,
- moved side,
- gave the slip,
- give slip,
- put move on,
- puts move on,
- gave slip.
- sat fence,
- sate fence,
- flip-flopped,
- flipflopped,
- sits on the fence,
- sitting fence,
- hem haw,
- tells white lie,
- telling white lie,
- begs question,
- sate the fence,
- clouds issue,
- minces words,
- begs the question,
- cloud issue,
- flipflopping,
- gave run around,
- ran around,
- double-talking,
- begged question,
- sate on the fence,
- beats around the bush,
- sitting on the fence,
- double-talked,
- flip flopping,
- clouded the issue,
- clouded issue,
- runs around,
- beating around bush,
- sate on fence,
- running around,
- begged the question,
- clouding issue,
- sitting the fence,
- sat on the fence,
- sits on fence,
- gives run around,
- sat on fence,
- sits fence,
- flip flopped,
- clouding the issue,
- doubletalking,
- doubletalked,
- sits the fence,
- cop plea,
- double talking,
- doubletalk,
- giving run around,
- pass buck,
- begging question,
- flip flop,
- told white lie,
- mincing words,
- beats around bush,
- sit fence,
- blow hot cold,
- sat the fence,
- double talked,
- clouds the issue,
- sit the fence,
- sitting on fence,
- beg question.
- led a merry chase,
- slips out,
- gives the runaround,
- by passing,
- lays low,
- pre tend,
- gives runaround,
- de-clines,
- led on merry chase,
- steered clear of,
- leads on merry chase,
- keeps distance,
- laying low,
- by pass,
- gave runaround,
- by passes,
- leading merry chase,
- kept distance,
- sneaked away,
- pre-tending,
- leads a merry chase,
- giving the runaround,
- de clines,
- steers clear of,
- slipping out,
- give runaround,
- lead a merry chase,
- pre tending,
- leads merry chase,
- de cline,
- leading on a merry chase,
- lead merry chase,
- passing up,
- gave the runaround,
- slipt out,
- pre-tended,
- lead on merry chase,
- pre tends,
- sneaks away,
- keeping distance,
- led merry chase,
- by passed,
- de-cline,
- led on a merry chase,
- leading on merry chase,
- pre-tends,
- snuck away,
- leading a merry chase,
- leads on a merry chase,
- sneaking away,
- giving runaround,
- passes up,
- slipped out.
- art noncommittal,
- being noncommittal,
- gives the run around,
- am noncommittal,
- is noncommittal,
- were noncommittal,
- shilly shally,
- wert noncommittal,
- was noncommittal,
- giving the run around,
- gave the run around,
- wast noncommittal.
- de-bate,
- de-bates,
- wast unwilling,
- am unwilling,
- am reluctant,
- holds off,
- art irresolute,
- de-laying,
- de lays,
- is irresolute,
- being reluctant,
- were unwilling,
- was reluctant,
- de-lays,
- art unwilling,
- were reluctant,
- de laying,
- are reluctant,
- is unwilling,
- de bates,
- de bated,
- am irresolute,
- de bating,
- wert reluctant,
- are irresolute,
- shies away,
- are unwilling,
- de-bated,
- shied away,
- were irresolute,
- art reluctant,
- wast irresolute,
- was unwilling,
- wert unwilling,
- shying away,
- de-lay,
- de bate,
- thought twice,
- was irresolute,
- wert irresolute,
- being unwilling,
- being irresolute,
- wast reluctant,
- de lay,
- thinks twice,
- is reluctant,
- de-bating.
- in-vents,
- mis spoke,
- mis-speaks,
- in vent,
- mis-spoken,
- mis-represents,
- be lying,
- misspoke,
- mis-represent,
- in venting,
- be-lying,
- mis represent,
- mis speaking,
- phonying up,
- dis-torts,
- mis represents,
- mis-represented,
- dis torts,
- in-vented,
- mis representing,
- mis speaks,
- be lied,
- phonied up,
- mis-representing,
- dis tort,
- mis spoken,
- phonies up,
- be-lied,
- mis-speaking,
- in-venting,
- in vents,
- mis represented,
- mis-spoke,
- mis-speak,
- in vented,
- dis-tort,
- in-vent,
- mis speak.
- played it close to vest,
- ducking issues,
- play it close to vest,
- ducks issues,
- ducked the issues,
- trod warily,
- treading warily,
- watching ones step,
- plays it close the vest,
- played close to the vest,
- playing close to vest,
- played close vest,
- watched step,
- plays close to the vest,
- plays close the vest,
- played it close the vest,
- play close vest,
- ducks the issues,
- watched ones step,
- playing it close to vest,
- watching step,
- play it close vest,
- playing it close the vest,
- ducking the issues,
- playing it close vest,
- watch step,
- watch one step,
- plays it close to the vest,
- treads warily,
- play close to the vest,
- playing close to the vest,
- played it close vest,
- watched one step,
- played close to vest,
- play close the vest,
- playing close vest,
- played close the vest,
- watches step,
- plays it close vest,
- watch ones step,
- play it close the vest,
- watching one step,
- plays close vest,
- playing it close to the vest,
- watched one's step,
- played it close to the vest,
- watches ones step,
- play close to vest,
- plays it close to vest,
- watches one step,
- watches one's step,
- playing close the vest,
- duck issues,
- plays close to vest,
- ducked issues.
- leaved flat,
- re canting,
- dis-claim,
- dis-claimed,
- takes the pledge,
- taking the pledge,
- divorced from,
- tost over,
- tossing over,
- dis avowing,
- sware off,
- dis claiming,
- divorced oneself from,
- dis avows,
- dis carded,
- dis-claiming,
- dis-claims,
- divorces oneself from,
- dis-avowing,
- apostacizing,
- re-canting,
- apostacized,
- tossed over,
- dis-avowed,
- dis-cards,
- dis cards,
- dis carding,
- divorcing oneself from,
- abstained from,
- re-canted,
- divorcing from,
- dis avow,
- dis claim,
- tosses over,
- leaving flat,
- takes pledge,
- dis-owned,
- leaves flat,
- take pledge,
- dis-carding,
- dis claimed,
- dis-carded,
- dis-card,
- taking pledge,
- dis owned,
- dis-avow,
- dis-avows,
- dis-owning,
- washing hands of,
- dis avowed,
- washes hands of,
- washed hands of,
- divorces from,
- abstaining from,
- swears off,
- dis card,
- left flat,
- dis owning,
- dis claims,
- swore off,
- took pledge,
- apostacizes.
- dis-honors,
- dis-missed,
- re fuses,
- dis honors,
- dis inherits,
- dis honored,
- dis-honoring,
- wast against,
- re-fuse,
- flew the face of,
- fly face of,
- re pealing,
- dis acknowledging,
- dis approved,
- flew in the face of,
- re-tracts,
- re-tract,
- re tracts,
- wert against,
- dis-approves,
- wash ones hands of,
- dis-acknowledged,
- flies the face of,
- re fuse,
- dis missing,
- de-faulted,
- dis-approving,
- de-faulting,
- re probating,
- dis inherited,
- re-pealed,
- washing ones hands of,
- flies in the face of,
- flying in face of,
- nixed,
- dis-acknowledges,
- dis-missing,
- washed ones hands of,
- am against,
- de faulted,
- de-fault,
- washes one hands of,
- wash one hands of,
- are against,
- re-probated,
- dis-inherit,
- dis inheriting,
- dis approves,
- being against,
- re-probate,
- flying face of,
- washed one's hands of,
- washing one hands of,
- re verse,
- re peals,
- dis acknowledges,
- dis-honor,
- dis approving,
- dis acknowledged,
- dis-honored,
- re-verse,
- dis-acknowledge,
- dis-approved,
- dis-inherited,
- dis honoring,
- art against,
- dis approve,
- re-versed,
- dis missed,
- re pealed,
- washed one hands of,
- de faulting,
- dis acknowledge,
- flying in the face of,
- re peal,
- de faults,
- flew in face of,
- flies face of,
- re fusing,
- re tract,
- dis-inherits,
- re versing,
- washes one's hands of,
- dis-approve,
- was against,
- re fused,
- dis inherit,
- re-fused,
- de fault,
- dis-inheriting,
- de-faults,
- re probate,
- dis-acknowledging,
- flew face of,
- washing one's hands of,
- re-peals,
- dis honor,
- flying the face of,
- were against,
- washes ones hands of,
- fly the face of,
- re-probates.
Other synonyms:
• avoid • depart- move out,
- take leave,
- Trooping,
- shove off,
- sally forth,
- saying goodbye,
- cut and run,
- move on,
- slip away,
- got away,
- emigrate,
- Trooped,
- get away,
- going away,
- setting forth,
- slipping away,
- moved out,
- getting away,
- hit the bricks,
- goes away,
- gotten away,
- absents,
- start out,
- make a break,
- went away,
- say goodbye,
- Absenting,
- GITS,
- set forth,
- hit the trail,
- taking leave,
- exited,
- go forth,
- gets away,
- march out,
- go away,
- Git.
- jiving,
- jive,
- minced words,
- beg the question,
- flipflop,
- run around,
- covering up,
- fibbing,
- cover up,
- jived,
- flip-flopping,
- tell white lie,
- beating around the bush,
- quibble,
- lied,
- sit on the fence,
- begging the question,
- cloud the issue,
- jives,
- mince words,
- covered up,
- give run around,
- covers up.
- Stammered,
- hold off,
- dithered,
- thinks about,
- sit on fence,
- stutter,
- Floundered,
- dithering,
- think about,
- thinking twice,
- be irresolute,
- pulls back,
- thought about,
- scruple,
- pull back,
- pulled back,
- shy away,
- be reluctant,
- be unwilling,
- thinking about,
- think twice,
- pulling back,
- Hesitated.
- prevaricate,
- Beaching,
- Reprobating,
- strands,
- spurn,
- fence,
- feinting,
- fly in face of,
- wash one's hands of,
- shakes off,
- depart,
- walking,
- walks,
- laid low,
- lay low,
- turn,
- by-passed,
- take a hike,
- slip out,
- is against,
- Stranding,
- defect,
- keep distance,
- shies,
- got out of,
- leave in lurch,
- leave stranded,
- renounce,
- Juke,
- Jukes,
- fending off,
- steer clear of,
- Short-circuiting,
- Reprobated,
- Shying,
- running out,
- out wit,
- fencing,
- change sides,
- forsake,
- leave high and dry,
- give up,
- nixing,
- go west,
- Short circuit,
- lurching,
- go over the fence,
- ratting,
- beat around bush,
- sneak away,
- darked,
- talk into,
- turn aside,
- left stranded,
- run out on,
- violate oath,
- get around,
- hesitate,
- turn coat,
- takes a walk,
- feinted,
- Ratted,
- go over the hill,
- circumlocute,
- get out of,
- crawl out,
- turning aside,
- short-circuit,
- steering clear of,
- running out on,
- be against,
- turned aside,
- apostatize,
- fly in the face of,
- shake off,
- lurch,
- desert,
- move to the side,
- lead on a merry chase,
- move to side,
- short circuits,
- give the slip,
- go back on,
- darking,
- passed up,
- skip out on,
- give the runaround,
- getting around,
- bring round,
- hedge,
- by-passes,
- put the move on,
- by-passing,
- left in the lurch,
- equivocate,
- fall away from,
- evade,
- Parried,
- repudiate,
- pass up,
- feint,
- By-pass,
- play truant,
- tergiverse,
- take a walk,
- sneak off.
- snuck,
- watch one's step,
- tiptoeing,
- tread warily,
- Tiptoes,
- play it close to the vest,
- Slank,
- duck the issues,
- slinks,
- tiptoed,
- watching one's step.
- take the pledge,
- abstain from,
- apostacize,
- swear off,
- divorce oneself from,
- toss over,
- leave flat,
- wash hands of,
- swearing off,
- divorce from,
- abstains from,
- took the pledge.
- parry,
- qualify,
- back and fill,
- evasion,
- double-talk,
- skirt,
- shy,
- alternate,
- beat about the bush,
- sing a different tune,
- renunciation,
- hem and haw,
- cop out,
- around the bush,
- fluctuate,
- vibrate,
- hum and haw,
- cavil,
- obscure,
- fend off,
- bicker,
- choplogic,
- duck,
- yo-yo,
- procrastinate,
- deceive,
- totter,
- be undecided,
- weasel out,
- stonewall,
- change one's mind,
- delay,
- apostasy,
- change,
- swither,
- mystify,
- oscillate,
- dawdle,
- equivocation,
- sidestep,
- sway,
- defection,
- fumble,
- dilly-dally,
- Haver,
- dither,
- boggle,
- be evasive,
- vary,
- manoeuvre,
- pause,
- change one's tune,
- waver,
- beat about,
- vacillate,
- pick nits,
- come round,
- Pendulate,
- evasiveness,
- side-step,
- nitpick,
- teeter,
- avoid,
- wheel,
- shift one's ground,
- See-saw,
- nit-pick,
- falter,
- do an about-face,
- Antinomies,
- fudge,
- swing,
- tergiversation,
- split hairs,
- wobble,
- backslide,
- have second thoughts,
- teeter-totter,
- prevarication,
- Shilly-shally.
How to use "Tergiversate" in context?
The term "tergiversate" is derived from the Latin word "tergiversare," meaning "to change one's mind." Tergiversation may be defined as a temporary refusal or inability to act in the face of an effective or imminent request for action. Tergiversation can be characterised by an increasing unwillingness to take a definite stand on an issue, an alternating pattern of behaviour between two opposite positions, or a repeated failure to take any action even in the face of perceived challenges or opportunities. The term has been applied to a range of behaviours, including political abstention, procrastination, andDefaulting on Credit Cards.
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