prevaricate

Verb

Meaning

To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.

To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

equivocate beat around the bush tergiversate fib lie evade shuffle fabricate quibble palter dodge stonewall weasel waffle cavil

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Antonyms

show evince admit acknowledge assent uncover

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Hypernyms

mislead misinform

Phrases with the word

to prevaricate

Derivatives

prevaricated prevaricating

Examples

That difficulty is compounded by Trump's astonishing ability to prevaricate. Source: Internet

Usually, I prevaricate, not from a lack of goodwill, but because I may as well have been asked how it feels to walk on the moon. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prevalidate prevalidation prevalvular prevaricatingly prevarication prevaricative