prevaricator

prevaricator
Synonyms and related words:
Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, captious critic, caviler, consummate liar, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, fibster, habitual liar, hairsplitter, hedger, liar, mystificator, mystifier, mythomaniac, nitpicker, obscurantist, palterer, pathological liar, perjurer, pettifogger, picayune critic, pseudologist, pseudologue, pussyfoot, pussyfooter, quibbler, shuffler, spinner of yarns, storyteller, tergiversator, yarn spinner, yarner

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  • prevaricator — PREVARICATÓR, OÁRE, prevaricatori, oare, s.m. şi f., adj. (livr.) (Persoană) care comite o prevaricaţiune. – Din fr. prévaricateur, lat. praevaricator. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  prevaricatór s. m …   Dicționar Român

  • Prevaricator — Pre*var i*ca tor, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F. pr[ e]varicateur.] 1. One who prevaricates. [1913 Webster] 2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. [1913 Webster] 3. One who betrays or abuses a trust.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prevaricator — c.1400, from L. praevaricator, agent noun from praevaricari (see PREVARICATE (Cf. prevaricate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • prevaricator — prevaricate ► VERB ▪ avoid giving a direct answer when asked a question. DERIVATIVES prevarication noun prevaricator noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «transgress»: from Latin praevaricari walk crookedly, deviate …   English terms dictionary

  • prevaricator — noun see prevaricate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prevaricator — /pri var i kay teuhr/, n. 1. a person who speaks falsely; liar. 2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator. [1535 45; < L praevaricator; see PREVARICATE, TOR] * * * …   Universalium

  • prevaricator — noun Agent noun of prevaricate; one who prevaricates …   Wiktionary

  • prevaricator — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perjurer, hypocrite, deceiver; see liar . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who tells lies: fabricator, fabulist, falsifier, fibber, liar. Informal: storyteller. Law: perjurer. See TRUE …   English dictionary for students

  • prevaricator — pre var·i·ca·tor || prɪ værɪkeɪtÉ™(r) n. one who misleads, deceiver; liar, one who makes false statements …   English contemporary dictionary

  • prevaricator — n 1. liar, fibber, storyteller, taleteller, falsifier, fabricator; dodger, equivocator, shuffler, evader, bluffer, bluff, fake, hypocrite; dissembler, sophist, casuist, quibbler, canter; deceiver, beguiler. seducer. 2. humbug, cheat, cozener,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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