prevaricate prevariation • prevarication · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · prevaricate · · Text Latin · · Script 11 · · Length Definitions · · · (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter. · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · beat around the bush · · Synonym 1 equivocate · · Synonym 2 tergiversate · · Synonym 3 palter · · Synonym 4 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 v latin small letter v U+0076