Sinonim prevarication

English Thesaurus

1. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth (noun.act)

hypernym	:	falsification, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

hyponym	:	fibbing, paltering,
definition	:	a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear (noun.act)

2. intentionally vague or ambiguous (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	ambiguity, equivocalness,
definition	:	unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	untruthfulness,
definition	:	the quality of being untruthful (noun.attribute)

3. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	falsehood, falsity, untruth,
definition	:	a false statement (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	fib, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle,
definition	:	a trivial lie (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	jactitation,
definition	:	(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	walloper, whopper,
definition	:	a gross untruth; a blatant lie (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	white lie,
definition	:	an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite) (noun.communication)

4. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth (noun.act)

derivation	:	lie,
definition	:	tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)

derivation	:	construct, fabricate, manufacture,
definition	:	put together out of artificial or natural components or parts (verb.creation)

5. intentionally vague or ambiguous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)

derivation	:	evasive,
definition	:	deliberately vague or ambiguous (adj.all)

6. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)

derivation	:	lie,
definition	:	tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)

7. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth (noun.act)

derivation	:	lie,
definition	:	tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)

derivation	:	construct, fabricate, manufacture,
definition	:	put together out of artificial or natural components or parts (verb.creation)

8. intentionally vague or ambiguous (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)

derivation	:	evasive,
definition	:	deliberately vague or ambiguous (adj.all)

9. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication)

derivation	:	lie,
definition	:	tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate,
definition	:	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)