Synonyms for equivocation
All synonyms
Noun
1. Prevarication
Definitions
- n. 1
A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
Related words
- Word family
- equivoque
Forms
- Plural
- equivocations → prevarications, evasivenesses, ambiguities, evasions…
Example sentences
- evasiveness The symptoms include evasiveness and euphoria.
- evasion Tax officials are zeroing in on income tax evasion.
- ambiguity Lucy was surprised at the ambiguity of his language.
- quibble This is no time to quibble over terminology.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| equivocation | steady | |
| prevarication | rising | |
| evasiveness | steady | |
| evasion | steady | |
| ambiguity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- evasion3, quibble2
- 9 letters
- ambiguity5, shuffling2, quibbling3
- 11 letters
- evasiveness
- 13 letters
- prevarication5
- 14 letters
- tergiversation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evasion3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- quiproquo
- Español
- malentendido
- Deutsch
- Missverständnis
- Català
- malentès