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prevaricate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of prevaricate

to make a statement one knows to be untrue

during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend

Synonyms of prevaricate

fabricate, fib, lie

Words Related to prevaricate

forswear (also foreswear), perjure

equivocate, fudge, palter

beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick

defame, libel, slander, traduce

falsify, misreport, misrepresent, misstate

distort, garble

dissemble, dissimulate

misguide, misinform, mislead

Near Antonyms of prevaricate

assert, swear, testify

authenticate, confirm, substantiate, validate, verify

Synonym Discussion of prevaricate

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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