Definition of Prevaricator

1. Noun. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.

Exact synonyms: Liar
Specialized synonyms: Ananias
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Specialized synonyms: False Witness, Perjurer, Fabricator, Fibber, Storyteller
Derivative terms: Lie, Prevaricate
Antonyms: Square Shooter

Definition of Prevaricator

1. n. One who prevaricates.

Definition of Prevaricator

1. Noun. Agent noun of prevaricate; one who prevaricates. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prevaricator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevaricator

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prevaricator (current term)
prevaricators
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Literary usage of Prevaricator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises by George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed (1847)
"The object of the prevaricator is to escape detection ; that of the equivocator is to deceive his questioner. The prevaricator shuffles; the equivocator ..."

2. English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises by George Frederick Graham (1867)
"The object of the prevaricator is to escape detection; that of the equivocator is to deceive his questioner. The prevaricator shuffles; the equivocator ..."

3. Letters to Radulphus on the Mosaic Account of the Creation, Together with by John Colet (1876)
"Jurists use the word in another sense ; applying the name prevaricator to one who is first on one side, then on the other, and who "aids an opponent's case ..."

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