| NOUN | communication | prevarication, lie | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | prevarication, equivocation, evasiveness | intentionally vague or ambiguous | |
| act | prevarication, lying, fabrication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
| Sounds | prahveh.rahkey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | lie | |
| Narrower | fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle | A trivial lie |
| jactitation | (law) a false / false / false boast that can harm others | |
| white lie | An unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite) | |
| whopper, walloper | A gross untruth | |
| Broader | falsehood, falsity, untruth | A false statement |
| Spanish | bola, embuste, falsedad, historia, infundio, mentira, patraña, película, trola | |
| Catalan | bola, falòrnia, falsedat, falsia, història, mentida, pel·lícula, trola | |
| Verbs | prevaricate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| Meaning | intentionally vague or ambiguous. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | equivocation, evasiveness | |
| Broader | ambiguity, equivocalness | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning |
| untruthfulness | The quality of being untruthful | |
| Spanish | equívoco, evasión, evasivo, prevaricación, tergiversación, vacilación | |
| Catalan | capgirament, evasió, prevariació, tergiversació, vacil·lació | |
| Verbs | prevaricate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
| Meaning | The deliberate act of deviating from the truth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lying, fabrication | |
| Narrower | fibbing, paltering | A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear |
| Broader | falsification, misrepresentation | A willful perversion of facts |
| Spanish | embuste, mentira, prevaricación | |
| Catalan | butllofa, mentida | |
| Verbs | prevaricate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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