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Prevarication

🔄 Synonyms of "Prevarication"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lieverb	(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
fabricationnoun	(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
equivocationnoun	The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
lyingnoun	An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
evasivenessnoun	The quality of being evasive.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prevarication"

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Word	Definition
evasivenessnoun	The quality of being evasive.
lyingnoun	An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
equivocationnoun	The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
lienoun	(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
fabricationnoun	(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deceitful	Deliberately misleading or cheating.
deceitnoun	An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
cheatingnoun	An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
delusionnoun	A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
abusenoun	Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
maladministrationnoun	(chiefly government, uncountable) Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.
evasionnoun	The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
manoeuvringnoun	A manoeuvre.
maneuvernoun	A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
manoeuvrenoun	Commonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.
graftnoun	(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
deviationnoun	A departure from the correct way of acting.
digressionnoun	An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
swervenoun	A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.