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equivocating

verb , present participle of equivocate

Synonyms and Antonyms of equivocating

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

Synonyms of 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

Phrases Synonymous with equivocating

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

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