prevaricateverb [ I ]
uk/prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/us/prɪˈver.ə.keɪt/formalto avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think:
He accused the minister of prevaricating.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- meander
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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prevarication
noun [ U ] uk/prɪˌvær.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/prɪˌver.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
All my attempts to question the authorities on the subject were met by prevarication.