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| Main Entry: | prevaricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive; stretch the truth |
| Synonyms: | belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, garble, hedge, invent, lie*, misrepresent, palter, put on*, quibble, shift, shuffle, tergiversate, beat around the bush, beg the question, jive*, misspeak, phony up |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid an issue |
| Synonyms: | blow hot and cold*, cavil, con, cop a plea, cop out*, dodge, double-talk, elude, escape, eschew, evade, falsify, fence, fib, flip-flop*, fudge*, hedge, hem and haw*, lie, palter, parry, pass the buck*, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, shuck, shuffle, sidestep, stonewall*, tergiversate, waffle*, weasel*, beat around the bush, beg the question, cloud the issue, cover up, give run around, jive*, mince words, run around, sit on the fence, tell white lie, tergiverse |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, speak on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get away from |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, flee, fly, fudge*, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle*, weasel*, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | falsify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up*, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fib, forge, garble, gloss, lie, misstate, palter, pervert, prevaricate, promote, put on an act*, salt*, traverse, twist, warp, fake it, four-flush, frame up, misquote, phony up, tamper with, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fib |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an undetailed lie |
| Synonyms: | concoct, equivocate, fabricate, falsify, invent, make up, palter, plant, prevaricate, promote, shovel*, create fiction, jive*, speak with forked tongue, stretch the truth, tell a little white lie, trump up |
| Antonyms: | be honest, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misinform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give wrong information intentionally |
| Synonyms: | deceive, double-talk*, lie, mislead, misstate, pervert, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, signify, string along*, bait and switch, cover up, disinform, doublespeak, lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mousetrap, put on false front, put up smoke screen, wrong steer |
| Antonyms: | inform, tell all |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misrepresent/misquote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, distort |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, stretch, twist, warp, cover up, give snow job, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, spread it on, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up |
| Antonyms: | explain, be forthright, be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give false testimony |
| Synonyms: | deceive, delude, equivocate, falsify, forswear, lie, mislead, prevaricate, trick, bear false witness, commit perjury, lie under oath, swear falsely |
| Antonyms: | attest, certify, prove |
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
| Synonyms: | avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw*, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt*, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel* |
| Antonyms: | plod |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quibble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree over minor issues |
| Synonyms: | avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold*, carp, cavil, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence*, flip-flop*, hassle, hem and haw*, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, split hairs*, squabble, waffle, wrangle, altercate, argue over, argufy, catch at straws, chicane, have at it, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize, pettifog, put up an argument, set to, talk back |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, concur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise, dissemble, do, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, invent, knock off*, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, pose, prevaricate, put on*, put on an act*, reproduce, resemble, steal, act like, do a take-off, do like, gloss over, playact, replicate |
| Antonyms: | be real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay for own purposes |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid the issue, beat around the bush, brake, check, die, drag one's feet, equivocate, fence, filibuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall*, stop, suspend, take one's time, tarry, temporize |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, further, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misrepresent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, angle, beard, belie, blarney, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate, prevaricate, promote, puff, skew, slant, snow, stretch, twist, warp, blow smoke, cheese, cover up, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, trump up |
| Main Entry: | hedge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, dodge |
| Synonyms: | blow hot and cold*, cop a plea, cop out*, duck, equivocate, evade, flip-flop*, fudge*, hem and haw*, pass the buck*, prevaricate, pussyfoot*, quibble, shilly-shally*, shuck*, shuffle, sidestep, stall, stonewall*, temporize, tergiversate, waffle*, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, give the run around, jive*, run around, sit on the fence, tergiverse |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an untruth |
| Synonyms: | beguile, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, invent, make believe, malign, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, snow*, string along*, victimize, BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, break promise, go back on, misguide, misinstruct, misspeak, overdraw, put up a front, soft-soap |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fabricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | falsify, make up a story |
| Synonyms: | coin, concoct, contrive, counterfeit, devise, fake, feign, fib, forge, form, fudge*, invent, lie, misrepresent, pretend, prevaricate, jive*, make like, trump up |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge; beat around the bush |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, cavil, duck, equivocate, evade, feint, foil, hedge, maneuver, outwit, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, shirk, sidestep, stonewall*, tergiversate |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fabricate |
| Synonyms: | concoct, conjure up, equivocate, fake, falsify, feign, fib, forge, lie, make believe, make up, misrepresent, misstate, pretend, prevaricate, simulate, vamp, create out of thin air, tell a white lie, tell untruth, think up, trump up |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
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