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PRONUNCIATION OF PREVARICATOR

prevaricator  [prɪˈværɪkeɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREVARICATOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prevaricator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREVARICATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prevaricator

Lie

A lie is a false statement to a person or group made by another person or group who knows it is not the whole truth, intentionally. Lies can be told for various reasons and with various amounts of success.

Definition of prevaricator in the English dictionary

The definition of prevaricator in the dictionary is a person who prevaricates.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREVARICATOR


applicator
ˈæplɪˌkeɪtə
authenticator
ɔːˈθɛntɪˌkeɪtə
cater
ˈkeɪtə
chaqueta
tʃəˈkeɪtə
communicator
kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə
Decatur
dəˈkeɪtə
desiccator
ˈdɛsɪˌkeɪtə
educator
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtə
eradicator
ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪtə
fabricator
ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtə
fornicator
ˈfɔːnɪkeɪtə
indicator
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪtə
intercommunicator
ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə
locator
ləʊˈkeɪtə
masticator
ˈmæstɪkeɪtə
Mercator
mɜːˈkeɪtə
provocator
ˈprɒvəˌkeɪtə
replicator
ˈreplɪˌkeɪtə
skater
ˈskeɪtə
syndicator
ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREVARICATOR

prevail
prevailer
prevailing
prevailingly
prevailment
prevalence
prevalency
prevalent
prevalently
prevalentness
prevaricate
prevarication
prevenancy
prevene
prevenience
prevenient
preveniently
prevent
preventability
preventable

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREVARICATOR

adjudicator
administrator
advocator
airspeed indicator
allocator
convocator
direction indicator
economic indicator
judicator
lubricator
multiplicator
performance indicator
piscator
predicator
prognosticator
purificator
qualificator
relocator
sonicator
uniform resource locator
vindicator

Synonyms and antonyms of prevaricator in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREVARICATOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prevaricator» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prevaricator

Translation of «prevaricator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREVARICATOR

Find out the translation of prevaricator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prevaricator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prevaricator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prevaricator
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prevaricador
570 millions of speakers

English

prevaricator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prevaricator
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المغالط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prevaricator
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prevaricator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সত্যের অপলোপকারী ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qui tergiverse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencegah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prevaricator
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prevaricator
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prevaricator
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pambocoran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nói láo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prevaricator
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रारंभी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalancı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prevaricatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kłamca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prevaricator
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prevaricator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prevaricator
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedrieër
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prevaricator
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prevaricator
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prevaricator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREVARICATOR»

The term «prevaricator» is regularly used and occupies the 72.636 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREVARICATOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prevaricator

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREVARICATOR»

Discover the use of prevaricator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prevaricator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hey Presto!: Swift and the Quacks
See OED, prevaricator: 3. One who acts or speaks so as to evade the strict truth; a quibbler, shuffler, equivocator. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. 21 Who have forced Art (the usual imitator of Nature) to turn praevaricator in humanity. 1656 Hobbes ...
Hugh Ormsby-Lennon, 2011
2
The Cambridge Portfolio
The effect of this decree may be seen in one of Cleveland's sonnets, published in 1659, with the title " How the Commencement grows new" — which is also the burden of the song: We have no Prevaricator's wit : Ay, marry, sir, when have you  ...
John James Smith, 1840
3
The Best Test Preparation for the MAT: Miller Analogies Test
6. Person or Thing : Characteristic (or Characteristic : Person or Thing) This analogy type requires that you establish a relationship between a given person or thing and the characteristic that it represents. PREVARICATOR: (a. builds, b. travels, ...
Heather Craven, Marc Davis, Mitchel Fedak, 2005
4
Fire Walker
Chapter. six. The. Prevaricator. Proverbs 5:12-13 “And you say,'How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof! I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to my instructors.” NASB Diagnosing his problem ...
Nancy McCray, 2013
5
The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing is a Way of Thinking
The title, The Whitney Prevaricator, is drawn in the style of a newspaper masthead. According to the header, it is published biannually and contains “all your favorites . . . art historical quips and gags,” phrasing which draws attention to high art's ...
David M. Ball, Martha B. Kuhlman, 2010
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The Oceana
And yet I wrong the Parrat in this comparison ; for she, tho she do not understand her self, is understood by others, wheras neither can this Prevaricator tell what he means, nor any man. else. Or riddle me, riddle me what is this 2 Thesensl- of ...
James Harrington, John Toland, John Hall, 1747
7
Orthodox Readings of Augustine
Augustine,“you must hate the prevaricators, not the men. There is one man the prevaricator, but see that he has two names—man and prevaricator:God made man,man made himself a prevaricator;love in him what God made,drive away in him ...
George E. Demacopoulos, Aristotle Papanikolaou, 2008
8
The Oceana, and Other Works, Now First Publish'd from His ...
N the next place the Prevaricator dos not go about to play the man, but the unlucky boy. Where I say that the Soul of Man is Mstrtsse of two potent Rivals, Reashn and Pafflan; he dos not stand to weigh or the fitnessof the comparison, either of ...
James Harrington, 1700
9
The Oceana, and other works of James Harrington, esq; ...
IN the next place the Prevaricator dos not go about to play the fnan, but the unlucky boy. Where I fay that the Soul of Man is Mistress oj, ". two potent "Rivals, Reason a?td Pasjioh; he dos riot stand to weigh the truth of the thing, or the fitness of ...
James Harrington, John Toland, 1737
10
The Political Works of James Harrington: Part One
So it is not a man's clothes and money, or riches, that obligeth him to acknowledge the title of his obedience unto him that is wiser or richer, but a man's no clothes nor money, or his poverty, with which, if the Prevaricator should come to want, ...
James Harrington, John Greville Agard Pocock

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREVARICATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prevaricator is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Delhi University vice-chancellor is criticised for inaction in case
How can a prevaricator be principal of St. Stephen's College? How can he indulge in calumny about material facts of such a sensitive case,” ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
2
PAPER TOWNS Movie Review – A Teenage Life More Ordinary
Quentin enlists his best friends/obligatory sidekicks, Ben (Austin Abrams), a serial prevaricator and typical horndog, and Radar (Justice Smith), ... «Screen Invasion, Jul 15»
3
In Nevada, bogus background check argument surfaces
Getting three of these is tantamount to being called out as a prevaricator. Yet, in this case, the 40% estimate remains popularly repeated ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
4
Alabama's Nick Saban is full of himself
This also is Nick Saban, hypocrite and prevaricator, as Burress pointed out on Twitter, claiming Saban lied to his Michigan State players about ... «The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jul 15»
5
American Dreams: Charming Pedophile Cruises Crass U.S.
He was an exuberant prevaricator, especially when forced to explain his own work. Lolita, a novel that no American publisher would take on ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
6
Tyler Resch: Who was the real Ethan Allen?
Which was the real Ethan Allen: the brawler, the backwoods philosopher, the polemicist, the publicist, the propagandist, the prevaricator, the ... «vtdigger.org, Jul 15»
7
Rereading Sayed Kashua's columns, I reached a different conclusion
In his columns, Kashua is typically depicted as a prevaricator (“Your reporter, my husband, is a chronic liar, gossip and cheat”). But in the book's ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
8
The weekend wrap up: Liars, lawyers, and sex toys
Brian Williams, another famous prevaricator, is joining the shouting spittle spewers on cable news. MSNBC is letting Williams work out his ... «ChicagoNow, Jun 15»
9
Heyl: 'Me and Earl' author hooks Hollywood with Pittsburgh offering
Jesse Andrews is a successful author and screenwriter but considers himself more of a professional prevaricator. “All I do is sit around and type ... «Tribune-Review, Jun 15»
10
President Obama tweets support for Blackhawks
The Hawks achieved more in one season than Obola will have done by the time he is out. No one needs to hear from the prevaricator in chief. «NHL.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prevaricator [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prevaricator>. Apr 2024 ».
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