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equivocating

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Synonyms & Antonyms of equivocating

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in hypocritical, dissembling

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for equivocating

bluffing,
dissembling,
dissimulating,
duplicitous,
hypocritical,
insincere,
posing,
pretending

unbelievable,
undependable,
unreliable,
unscrupulous,
untrustworthy

artful,
deceitful,
deceptive,
devious,
evasive,
slick,
slippery,
sly,
sneaky,
treacherous,
tricky,
underhanded,
wily

fallacious,
false,
untrue

dishonest,
fibbing,
lying,
mendacious,
prevaricating,
untruthful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for equivocating

honest,
truthful,
veracious

candid,
direct,
forthcoming,
forthright,
foursquare,
frank,
freehearted,
free-spoken,
open,
openhearted,
out-front,
outspoken,
plain,
plainspoken

believable,
credible,
true,
veritable

equivocating

verb

present participle of equivocate

Synonyms of equivocating (Entry 2 of 2)

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

Synonyms for equivocating

fudging,
hedging,
pussyfooting,
tergiversating,
waffling,
weaseling

Words Related to equivocating

flip-flopping,
yo-yoing

dodging,
ducking,
eluding,
eschewing,
evading,
shaking,
shirking,
shunning,
sidestepping,
skirting

bypassing,
circumventing

caviling
(or cavilling),
quibbling

straddling

Phrases Synonymous with equivocating

beating around the bush
(or beating about the bush),
hemming and hawing,
straddling the fence

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