Synonyms of fudges

fudges

verb

present tense third-person singular of fudge

1

as in weasels

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weasels
• shakes
• equivocates
• dodges
• waffles
• hedges
• evades
• pussyfoots
• ducks
• shuns
• eschews
• hems and haws
• eludes
• beats about the bush
• beats around the bush
• sidesteps
• straddles the fence
• cavils
• shirks
• skirts
• tergiversates
• quibbles
• circumvents
• bypasses
• yo-yoes
• flip-flops
• straddles

2

as in cheats

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal

she's been fudging on her taxes for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• chicanes
• finagles
• falsifies
• misstates
• misrepresents
• distorts
• misinterprets
• embellishes
• exaggerates
• warps
• evades
• dodges
• embroiders
• elaborates
• cribs
• colors
• pads
• perverts
• fakes
• twists
• doctors
• hedges
• stretches
• magnifies
• tampers (with)

3

as in distorts

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorts
• misrepresents
• falsifies
• misstates
• garbles
• cooks
• misinterprets
• obscures
• warps
• twists
• complicates
• slants
• perverts
• colors
• censors
• confuses
• bends
• misrelates
• mistakes
• mistranslates
• disguises
• whitewashes
• masks
• dissembles
• camouflages
• misspeaks
• prevaricates
• fibs
• lies
• equivocates
• misdescribes
• belies
• mystifies
• veils
• confounds
• bowdlerizes
• palters
• glosses (over)
• mixes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explains
• interprets
• illustrates
• clarifies
• illuminates
• clears (up)
• spells out
• deciphers

• explains
• interprets
• illustrates
• clarifies
• illuminates
• clears (up)
• spells out
• deciphers

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