hedge | Definition of hedge

hedge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hedge

1 to avoid giving a definite answer or position

kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter

Synonyms of hedge

equivocate, fudge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Words Related to hedge

flip-flop, yo-yo

dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt

bypass, circumvent

Phrases Synonymous with hedge

beat around the bush (or about), hem and haw, straddle the fence

2 to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

the prison was hedged by a high stone wall

Synonyms of hedge

box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, encase, enclose (also inclose), envelop, fence (in), hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

Words Related to hedge

bound, circumscribe, confine, contain, limit, restrict

encircle, encompass, enfold, enframe, enlace, frame, ring, surround

armor, cocoon, encapsulate, encapsule, encyst, ensheathe, ensphere, enwomb