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palter

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of palter

to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase

  • unwilling to palter over the price of the car
Synonyms of palter

bargain, chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, negotiate
Words Related to palter

argue, bicker, clash, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, squabble, wrangle

comparison shop, shop (around)

barter, exchange, trade

hawk, peddle

buy, purchase
Phrases Synonymous with palter

cut a deal, wheel and deal

Synonym Discussion of palter

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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