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EQUIVOCATES Synonyms

There are 25 synonyms of the word equivocates. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word equivocates. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for EQUIVOCATES

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avoids
verbv
verb

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

circumvents
verbv
verb

• surround so as to force to give up

• beat through cleverness and wit

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

deceives
verbv
verb

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

dodges
verbv
noun

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• a quick evasive movement

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

verb

• make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid

• move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

ducks
nounn
noun

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

verb

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

• submerge or plunge suddenly

• dip into a liquid

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

eludes
verbv
verb

• escape, either physically or mentally

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

evades
verbv
verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

fences
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

verb

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

fibs
nounn
noun

• a trivial lie

verb

• tell a relatively insignificant lie

hedges
nounn
noun

• a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

• any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

• an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

• enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

• minimize loss or risk

misleads
verbv
verb

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• give false or misleading information to

prevaricates
verbv
verb

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

shifts
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• a qualitative change

• the time period during which you are at work

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• the act of moving from one place to another

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

verb

• make a shift in or exchange of

• change place or direction

• move around

• move very slightly

• move from one setting or context to another

• change in quality

• move and exchange for another

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• move abruptly

• use a shift key on a keyboard

• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• change gears

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

sidesteps
verbv
noun

• a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

skirts
nounn
noun

• cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

• a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

• (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

• informal terms for a (young) woman

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• pass around or about; move along the border

• form the edge of

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

waffles
nounn
noun

• pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

verb

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

prevaricate
verbv
verb

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

adumbrate
verbv
verb

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• give to understand

dodge
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• a quick evasive movement

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

verb

• make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid

• move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

evade
verbv
verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

Best Hypernyms For EQUIVOCATES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for equivocates, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
misinform mislead

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