Synonyms of prevaricating

prevaricating 1 of 2

adjective

as in lying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lying
• mendacious
• dishonest
• untruthful
• fibbing
• fallacious
• untrue
• unscrupulous
• unreliable
• untrustworthy
• pretending
• unbelievable
• duplicitous
• undependable
• false
• hypocritical
• dissembling
• equivocating
• evasive
• insincere
• dissimulating
• deceitful
• wily
• deceptive
• bluffing
• treacherous
• posing
• sneaky
• underhanded
• tricky
• sly
• devious
• artful
• slippery
• slick

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truthful
• honest
• veracious
• direct
• plain
• forthcoming
• forthright
• outspoken
• frank
• open
• candid
• true
• credible
• believable
• plainspoken
• veritable
• out-front
• free-spoken
• openhearted
• freehearted
• foursquare

prevaricating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of prevaricate

as in fibbing

to make a statement one knows to be untrue

during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lying
• fibbing
• deceiving
• equivocating
• fabricating
• perjuring
• kidding
• deluding
• fooling
• forswearing
• slandering
• tricking
• libelling
• duping
• hoodwinking
• misrepresenting
• misstating
• foreswearing
• libeling
• dissembling
• fudging
• misreporting
• misleading
• falsifying
• paltering
• distorting
• defaming
• gulling
• misinforming
• snowing
• beguiling
• dissimulating
• cozening
• taking in
• traducing
• hoaxing
• misguiding
• garbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asserting
• testifying
• confirming
• swearing
• verifying
• validating
• substantiating
• authenticating