noun
- a person who speaks or acts in an evasive way; one who avoids telling the truth directly
Usage: formal
Examples
- The politician was known as a skilled prevaricator who never gave straight answers.
- Don’t be a prevaricator when your parents ask about your grades.
- The witness proved to be a prevaricator, changing his story multiple times.
- She called him a prevaricator after he avoided answering her direct question.
- The lawyer accused the defendant of being a chronic prevaricator.
- His reputation as a prevaricator made it hard for people to trust him.