prevaricate | Definition of prevaricate

Synonyms and Antonyms of prevaricate

to make a statement one knows to be untrue

during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend

Synonyms of prevaricate

fabricate, fib, lie

Words Related to prevaricate

forswear (also foreswear), perjure

equivocate, fudge, palter

beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick

defame, libel, slander, traduce

falsify, misreport, misrepresent, misstate

distort, garble

dissemble, dissimulate

misguide, misinform, mislead

Near Antonyms of prevaricate

assert, swear, testify

authenticate, confirm, substantiate, validate, verify