All equivocation synonyms
adjective equivocation
- hairsplitting β the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
noun equivocation
- vagueness β (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
- indirectness β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- ambiguity β If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
- prevarication β the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- weasel words β a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- amphibology β ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
- casuistry β Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- colouring β The colouring of something is the colour or colours that it is.
- coloring β The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- cover-up β any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- deceptiveness β apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- delusion β A delusion is a false idea.
- dissimulation β the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- distortion β an act or instance of distorting.
- doubtfulness β of uncertain outcome or result.
- duplicity β deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- fallacy β a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- fib β a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- fibbing β a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- hedging β a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- lying β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- misrepresentation β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- shuffling β moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- song β Ailing [ahy-ling] /ΛaΙͺΛlΙͺΕ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling.
- sophistry β a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- speciousness β apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- non-spurious β not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- tergiversation β to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- waffle β waffling language.
- cop out β If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
- double entendre β a double meaning.
- double talk β speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- equivocality β The quality of being equivocal.
- song and dance β a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
- stonewall β to engage in stonewalling.