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equivocate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of equivocate

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

Synonyms of equivocate

fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Words Related to equivocate

flip-flop, yo-yo

dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt

bypass, circumvent

Phrases Synonymous with equivocate

beat around the bush (or about), hem and haw, straddle the fence

Synonym Discussion of equivocate

lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth. lie is the blunt term, imputing dishonesty.

- lied about where he had been

prevaricate softens the bluntness of lie by implying quibbling or confusing the issue.

- during the hearings the witness did his best to prevaricate

equivocate implies using words having more than one sense so as to seem to say one thing but intend another.

- equivocated endlessly in an attempt to mislead her inquisitors

palter implies making unreliable statements of fact or intention or insincere promises.

- a swindler paltering with his investors

fib applies to a telling of a trivial untruth.

- fibbed about the price of the new suit

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