prevaricate

prevaricate is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
2. intransitive verb. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
3. intransitive verb. To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
4. transitive verb. To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
5. verb. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

   Synonyms: equivocate, palter, tergiversate

Synonyms

equivocate, palter, tergiversate

Common word forms

prevaricated, prevaricates, prevaricating

Words from these letters

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