palter[verb]Synonyms: lie, equivocate, falsify, fib, prevaricate, haggle, bargain, chaffer, dicker, higgle, huckster
Related Idioms: play false, play fast and loose
Related Words: evade,
fence [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pal·ter (pôl
tər)
intr.v. pal·tered, pal·ter·ing, pal·ters ► To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate. See Synonyms at
lie2.
► To be capricious; trifle.
► To quibble, especially in bargaining.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲