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[ pri-var-i-key-ter ] / prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪ tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prevaricator ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who speaks falsely; liar. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator. Origin of prevaricator1535–45; <Latin praevāricātor;see prevaricate, -tor Words nearby prevaricatorPréval, prevalence, prevalent, prevaricate, prevarication, prevaricator, prévenance, prevenient, prevenient grace, prevent, prevent defense Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prevaricatorEverything this girl said made her more of a prevaricator, even though she might be innocent of crime. The Mystery Girl|Carolyn Wells Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.' Mother West Wind's Children|Thornton W. Burgess "Hampton's a prevaricator," he said gravely, as he looked down into the merry blue eyes turned up to him. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch|Jackson Gregory He was not willingly a prevaricator, and hated thoroughly to make explanations concerning it. Sister Carrie|Theodore Dreiser
Words related to prevaricatorperjurer, trickster, fibber, deceiver, falsifier, storyteller, phony, promoter, fabulist, cheat, fabricator, maligner, equivocator, dissimulator, misleader, con artist, deluder, fabler |