'Prevaricator' definitions:
Definition of 'prevaricator'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar, prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter]
Definition of 'Prevaricator'
From: GCIDE
- 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. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prevaricator'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Ananias,
- Baron Munchausen,
- captious critic,
- caviler,
- consummate liar,
- dirty liar,
- equivocator,
- fabricator,
- fabulist,
- false witness,
- falsifier,
- Father of Lies,
- fibber,
- fibster,
- habitual liar,
- hairsplitter,
- hedger,
- liar,
- mystificator,
- mystifier,
- mythomaniac,
- nitpicker,
- obscurantist,
- palterer,
- pathological liar,
- perjurer,
- pettifogger,
- picayune critic,
- pseudologist,
- pseudologue,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooter,
- quibbler,
- Satan,
- shuffler,
- Sir John Mandeville,
- spinner of yarns,
- storyteller,
- tergiversator,
- yarn spinner,
- yarner