tergiversate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TERGIVERSATE

to avoid giving a definite answer or position <shamelessly tergiversating, the witness replied, “Well, it depends upon what your definition of ‘truth’ is”>

Synonyms fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Related Words flip-flop, yo-yo; dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt; bypass, circumvent; cavil, quibble; straddle

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