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What is another word for
stonewalling
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Verb
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs
Present participle for to hide or refuse to disclose information
Present participle for to prevent or protect (something) from being destroyed
Present participle for to reject or block (a motion or proposal)
Present participle for to cause to have no value or effect
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
Present participle for to conceal or hide from view
Present participle for to cover or conceal, as if with a veil
Noun
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
The action of evading something
The action of suppressing or withholding information
Adjective
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
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Verb
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Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
obstructing
stalling
delaying
evading
avoiding
filibustering
resisting
holding back
holding off
putting off
blocking
hindering
thwarting
impeding
inhibiting
checking
preventing
curbing
stopping
stymieing
restraining
barring
restricting
hampering
foiling
interfering with
baulking
UK
balking
US
arresting
retarding
forestalling
frustrating
halting
derailing
encumbering
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
hamstringing
slowing
prohibiting
crimping
standing in the way of
cutting off
shutting out
handicapping
opposing
limiting
averting
disrupting
scuppering
spoiling
counteracting
cramping
heading off
putting an end to
holding up
slowing down
shackling
circumventing
defeating
deterring
interrupting
crippling
interdicting
staving off
repressing
warding off
defending against
hanging up
countering
hobbling
manacling
handcuffing
clogging
embarrassing
scotching
bridling
intercepting
interfering
sabotaging
borking
nullifying
circumnavigating
skirting
sidestepping
hog-tying
short-circuiting
steering clear of
closing off
shutting off
nipping in the bud
tying up
putting a stop to
getting in the way
getting in the way of
barricading
baffling
cumbering
blockading
overturning
shelving
precluding
forbidding
crabbing
staying
damming
obscuring
putting paid to
ruining
upsetting
stumping
dissuading from
screening
putting the kibosh on
contravening
putting a brake on
throwing a spanner in the works
blocking off
choking off
cramping one's style
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
suspending
braking
getting out of
petering out
standing off
beating
escaping
bypassing
deflecting
rattling
discomfiting
freezing
fazing
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
doing for
taking down
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
keeping lid on
procrastinating
shutting down
screwing up
saddling with
giving a hard time
fouling up
walling off
guarding
strangulating
picking off
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
wasting time
stemming
buying time
obviating
employing delaying tactics
forfending
staunching
playing for time
kicking the can down the road
desisting
discontinuing
saving
ceasing
containing
plugging
sandbagging
throttling
curtailing
stifling
sealing
caulking
complicating
keeping from happening
fending off
turning aside
filling up
jamming
filling
closing out
clogging up
suppressing
blocking out
closing up
monkeying with
weighing down
stuffing
stanching
packing
closing
controlling
blocking up
choking
stopping up
choking up
bunging up
jamming up
stoppering
congesting
occluding
gagging
plugging up
bunging
bottling
muzzling
confounding
snookering
puzzling
nonplussing
mystifying
flummoxing
cornering
pigeonholing
giving the run around
putting on back burner
putting on hold
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
dead-ending
constraining
detaining
debarring
setting back
confining
keeping back
dashing
tying
quashing
withholding
neutralizing
US
neutralising
UK
holding
slowing up
banning
burdening
cutting short
straitening
bogging down
smothering
impairing
ending
squelching
messing up
decelerating
postponing
breaking
undermining
crushing
intermitting
proscribing
holding in
destroying
subverting
defending
squashing
ruling out
inconveniencing
subduing
terminating
quelling
diverting
reducing
constricting
remitting
keeping
moderating
regulating
retardating
checkmating
cooling
overloading
charging
annulling
parrying
preempting
loading
lading
repulsing
deferring
clobbering
pre-empting
reining in
undoing
disappointing
holding down
disallowing
anticipating
making late
breaking up
putting back
lousing up
bringing to an end
keeping at bay
excluding
saddling
weighting
disadvantaging
smashing
circumscribing
outlawing
entrammelling
entrammeling
incommoding
discommoding
fencing
walling
demolishing
leashing
shaking
devastating
helping
bottlenecking
enjoining
lumbering
marring
slackening
eliminating
extinguishing
overburdening
delimiting
pausing
quitting
shattering
lessening
eradicating
negating
dropping
discouraging
oppressing
miring
finishing
harming
overwhelming
ostracizing
US
rebuffing
repelling
freighting
proroguing
obliterating
annihilating
denying access
nixing
quieting
scuttling
protracting
decimating
botching
cancelling
UK
offsetting
canceling
US
bucking
bilking
dragging your feet
estopping
corking
straining
prolonging
keeping waiting
shutting in
cracking down on
stemming the flow of
turning off
spiking
bottling up
throwing monkey wrench in
stamping out
mucking up
tying down
backing off
breaking off
counterplotting
throwing cold water on
bringing to a standstill
ostracising
UK
bringing to screeching halt
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
upsetting the applecart
desisting from
leaving off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting the lid on
heading off at pass
getting in before
holding over
cutting out
second-guessing
laying off
beating someone to the draw
getting ahead of
providing against
keeping off
packing up
beating someone to the punch
knocking off
holding off on
stealing a march on
packing in
beating someone to it
giving over
sidetracking
straitjacketing
clotting
weakening
damaging
capping
suffocating
debilitating
attacking
bothering
dishing
catching
worrying
dispatching
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
disturbing
affecting
putting straitjacket on
snagging
tethering
incapacitating
ravaging
sidelining
influencing
tampering
causing to wait
causing to stay
boycotting
stultifying
confusing
making impossible
conflicting
troubling
blacklisting
disabling
threatening
putting a crimp in
setting limits on
imposing limits on
strangling at birth
reining
indisposing
staving
boxing in
tying someone's hands
preventing from making progress
commandeering
abolishing
putting at a disadvantage
swallowing
muffling
invalidating
hemming in
forefending
tiing one's hands
bollixing
killing
placing at a disadvantage
making difficult
getting bogged down
putting the damper on
giving disadvantage
taking out
throwing a curve
holding at bay
fighting back
governing
putting out of commission
aborting
withdrawing
disempowering
warding
intervening
renouncing
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
nobbling
standing in the way
breaking down
choking back
taming
preparing for
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
crossing
burying
blanking
intruding on
keeping in check
bringing to end
bringing to a halt
embargoing
destabilizing
US
tempering
stunting
countermining
pulling in
slackening pace
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
biting back
making illegal
keeping in
bogging
demoralizing
US
attenuating
beating down
taking wind out of sails
getting the better of
putting end to
putting the mockers on
causing setback
putting on brakes
cutting in
taking away
forbidding to
emasculating
sapping
diminishing
decreasing
lagging
abating
heaping
cramming
brimming
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
fortifying
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
dragging through the mud
bolting
securing
locking
jam-packing
topping
backfilling
ramming
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
fastening
protecting
strengthening
latching
poking full of holes
letting up
damming up
topping off
ramming in
filling in
cutting down
cutting back
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
damping
letting
chillin
dampening
chilling
adjourning
excepting
rescheduling
overcoming
tabling
injuring
mothballing
refusing
binding up
taping up
corking up
respiting
routing
hanging on
resisting attack
holding the line
holding the fort
continuing
toppling
queering
blowing
overthrowing
vitiating
razing
shrouding
extending
wracking
keeping out
taxing
lengthening
closing one's doors to
keeping at arm's length
freezing out
locking out
counting out
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
waiving
snuffing out
working against
making a mess of
putting at risk
bringing down
canceling out
bringing to naught
raining on someone's parade
rendering ineffective
ballsing up
cancelling out
playing havoc with
blowing a hole in
wiping out
getting rid of
putting on the back burner
setting aside
taking a rain check on
carrying over
putting on ice
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
putting over
laying on the table
laying over
giving rain check
bringing to a close
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
winding up
closing down
pulling the plug on
overtaxing
slapping down
clamping down on
stressing
more ❯
“The manager tried to
stonewall
the progress of the new project by withholding crucial information from the team.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
playing for time
delaying
procrastinating
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
hesitating
dithering
hedging
prevaricating
filibustering
equivocating
holding back
hanging back
hanging fire
using delaying tactics
putting off
gaining time
beating about the bush
tarrying
taking one's time
buying time
dragging your feet
deferring
beating around the bush
holding over
kicking the can down the road
diverting
postponing
distracting
avoiding the issue
lingering
loitering
dallying
dawdling
straggling
diddling
marking time
goofing off
dragging
tottering
taking your time
whiling away time
lagging behind
falling behind
waiting around
pottering round
shilly-shallying
pottering about
lagging
wasting time
crawling
hanging around
waiting
moping
killing time
vacillating
pausing
dillydallying
humming and hawing
hanging on
pottering around
lallygagging
putting off doing something
staying put
dilly-dallying
hanging about
playing a waiting game
staggering
idling
plodding
lollygagging
creeping
horsing around
poking
staying
slacking
shirking
dropping behind
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
pottering
trifling
loafing
getting no place fast
fooling around
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
frittering time away
hanging out
sitting around
warming a chair
retarding
cooling
swithering
havering
taking a raincheck
dragging your heels
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
protracting
prolonging
wavering
adjourning
deferring action
letting something slide
holding off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocating
tergiversating
prevaricating
waffling
pussyfooting
fudging
dodging
hedging
flanneling
flannelling
fencing
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
sidestepping
evading
quibbling
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
parrying
shuffling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
paltering
conning
jiving
adumbrating
fibbing
lying
pettifogging
subtilizing
shilly-shallying
dodging the issue
parrying questions
beating about the bush
evading the issue
humming and hawing
fudging the issue
hemming and hawing
sitting on the fence
ducking the question
shuffling about
copping out
ducking the issue
pussyfooting around
beating around the bush
avoiding the issue
mincing words
begging the question
blowing hot and cold
stalling for time
covering up
running around
straddling the fence
copping a plea
passing the buck
clouding the issue
giving run around
telling white lie
mincing matters
vacillating
avoiding
ducking
sidestepping the issue
shifting
shirking
hesitating
shucking
flip-flopping
hedging your bets
giving the run around
shuffling around
bypassing
circumventing
balking
US
baulking
UK
copping out of
fending off
beating about the bush about
getting out of
finding a way round
beating around bush
skirting round
avoiding answering
quibbling about
giving the runaround
dancing around an issue
worming one's way out of
rambling
skirting
falsifying
misrepresenting
blathering
skirting the issue
shifting ground about
playing it close to the vest
wavering
dancing around
fast-talking
straddling an issue
dodging the question
giving nothing away
playing your cards close to your chest
eluding
eschewing
welshing
reneging
fleeing
getting around
sneaking away
slipping out
putting off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs
dissembling
feigning
faking
shamming
simulating
pretending
affecting
counterfeiting
acting
bluffing
assuming
dissimulating
professing
posing
masquerading
posturing
disguising
lying
falsifying
concealing
hiding
masking
cloaking
veiling
deceiving
whitewashing
misleading
camouflaging
shrouding
covering
pussyfooting
putting on
passing for
making out
letting on
putting on an act
play-acting
dressing up
making like
playing possum
covering up
putting up a front
four-flushing
shucking and jiving
putting on a false front
putting on a front
putting up a smoke screen
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hide or refuse to disclose information
suppressing
concealing
stifling
censoring
redacting
gagging
muzzling
withholding
muting
hushing
hiding
covering up
keeping quiet about
hushing up
keeping secret
withholding from
not telling
sweeping under the rug
keeping from
sitting on
sweeping under the carpet
clamming up
dummying up
failing to disclose
keeping quiet
keeping to yourself
keeping under wraps
keeping under your hat
keeping silent about
keeping dark
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent or protect (something) from being destroyed
saving
defending
preventing
protecting
averting
guarding
halting
safeguarding
salvaging
salvageing
arresting
reclaiming
retaining
retrieving
stopping
fortifying
garrisoning
preserving
rescuing
sheltering
shielding
barricading
bulwarking
foiling
intercepting
thwarting
upholding
forfending
securing
fighting for
keeping from harm
keeping safe
screening
covering
keeping
warding
fending
harboring
US
fencing
conserving
harbouring
UK
insulating
inoculating
cushioning
housing
shading
wrapping
havening
concealing
shotgunning
roofing
chambering
affording protection to
warding off
covering up
providing protection for
riding shotgun
covering all bases
taking under one's wing
giving shelter
giving cover
going to bat for
looking after
watching over
taking care of
watching
caring for
minding
hedging
maintaining
giving sanctuary
tending
assuring
standing up for
supporting
sticking up for
insuring
giving refuge
escorting
fostering
policing
hiding
chaperoning
ensuring
standing guard over
cocooning
keeping an eye on
occupying
sentineling
sentinelling
patrolling
overseeing
manning
immunising
UK
immunizing
US
standing guard on
mounting guard on
alibiing
standing guard
overlooking
staving off
fending off
saving from harm
making invulnerable
guarding against
relieving
presiding over
attending to
seeing to
giving sanctuary to
giving an alibi to
covering for
giving shelter to
providing with an alibi
providing a refuge for
giving asylum to
providing refuge
strengthening
sustaining
cloistering
bolstering
keeping from
taking someone under your wing
making safe
keeping in good condition
picketing
enclosing
surrounding
championing
making immune
wrapping up in cotton wool
supplying with troops
guiding
ruling
nannying
mothering
cherishing
keeping intact
keeping in repair
making impregnable
making sound
keeping guard on
being responsible for
having charge of
providing safety
taking out insurance
convoying
keeping a lookout over
guaranteeing
ministering to
persevering with
repelling
taking out insurance cover
repulsing
blocking
checking
weatherproofing
weatherizing
sitting with
guarantying
holding off
managing
resisting
opposing
cinching
icing
safeguarding against
holding back
protecting against
shielding against
warranting
administrating
handling
supervising
running
withstanding
holding
indemnifying
defending oneself against
fighting off
operating
superintending
controlling
governing
keeping at bay
underwriting
keeping at arm's length
stewarding
regulating
directing
registering
conducting
tilling
beating off
taking in
repelling danger
providing sanctuary
holding at bay
keeping tabs on
attending
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reject or block (a motion or proposal)
defeating
dismissing
blocking
overthrowing
rejecting
outvoting
prohibiting
rebuffing
restricting
spurning
denying
disallowing
stoppering
stymieing
vetoing
blackballing
fettering
nixing
throwing out
turning down
knocking back
giving the thumbs down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to have no value or effect
negating
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
annulling
nullifying
rescinding
repealing
quashing
abrogating
voiding
abolishing
revoking
reversing
vacating
disannulling
countermanding
retracting
avoiding
dissolving
nulling
overruling
abating
overturning
undoing
killing
obviating
removing
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
annihilating
counteracting
vitiating
dumping
blackballing
counterchecking
redressing
contravening
crossing
dinging
frustrating
impugning
opposing
traversing
striking down
rolling back
rendering invalid
wiping out
cancelling out
canceling out
rendering null and void
making ineffective
breaking with
putting down
turning down
turning thumbs down
flying in the face of
working against
interfering with
running counter to
invalidating
vetoing
repudiating
withdrawing
declaring null and void
setting aside
nixing
recalling
overriding
axing
disallowing
overthrowing
taking back
doing away with
recanting
rejecting
terminating
scrubbing
scrapping
obliterating
putting an end to
dropping
dismissing
ruling against
stopping
refusing
denying
erasing
reneging
declining
throwing out
dismantling
lifting
eliminating
negativing
calling off
aborting
expunging
effacing
discharging
rebuffing
prohibiting
ending
disapproving
getting rid of
making void
calling back
abandoning
discontinuing
blacking out
deleting
ditching
ruling out
shooting down
discarding
downing
forbidding
blocking
interdicting
reprobating
rubbing out
knocking something on the head
renouncing
blotting out
bluing pencil
passing
disclaiming
zapping
knocking back
giving the thumbs down to
saying no to
giving the red light to
altering
abjuring
upsetting
disestablishing
squashing
offsetting
cutting
unmaking
stamping out
crying off
giving the chop
bringing to an end
withholding
making null and void
dispensing with
spurning
preventing
rooting out
declaring invalid
discountenancing
taking out
sweeping away
deselecting
eradicating
destroying
passing on
balking at
giving thumbs down to
throwing over
passing up
exterminating
liquidating
extirpating
extinguishing
scratching
trashing
banning
upending
waiving
subverting
torpedoing
disaffirming
outvoting
rebutting
chopping
deracinating
snubbing
superseding
changing
oversetting
suppressing
excising
prostrating
forswearing
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
precluding
disqualifying
giving up
suspending
defeating
backtracking on
desisting
repulsing
casting aside
excluding
bringing down
knocking down
snuffing out
saying no
ignoring
putting a stop to
washing out
cleaning up
putting the kibosh on
giving something a miss
countervailing
retreating
abnegating
KO'ing
bleeping
discounting
impairing
unfitting
circumducting
severing
divorcing
doing a U-turn on
disowning
dispatching
calling
putting the lid on
reverting
shutting down
defying
flouting
blowing sky-high
shelving
binning
winding down
taking away
disposing of
withcalling
rendering void
counterordering
gutting
remitting
unsaying
prevailing over
breaking
forgetting it
voting down
trampling underfoot
riding roughshod over
purging
omitting
calling all bets off
calling in
cutting out
trampling upon
redlining
retiring
refuting
removing all traces of
packing in
calling a halt to
counterpoising
belaying
turfing
backing out of
getting shut of
reorganizing
US
stultifying
reorganising
UK
getting shot of
pulling the plug on
reneging on
going back on
breaking off
finishing off
doing in
editing out
crosses out
stroking out
blanking out
whiting out
blue-penciling
blocking out
blue-pencilling
striking out
inking out
putting a line through
Xing out
knocking out
going back on your word
rendering inert
wiping slate clean
barring
forgoing
proscribing
embargoing
rendering useless
bringing to a close
laying to rest
putting six feet under
putting to rest
begrudging
outlawing
restraining
tabooing
boycotting
enjoining from
giving the brush-off to
standing in the way
censuring
dissenting
placing an embargo on
refusing permission to
giving thumbs down
passing by
not going for
scorning
disdaining
finishing
repelling
shunning
protesting
demurring
squelching
turning back on
shaking one's head
brushing off
demurring at
not buying
refusing to receive
baulking at
turning away
holding out
not caring for
drawing the line at
holding back
turning deaf ear to
sending off
protesting at
jibbing at
turning from
holding off
junking
jettisoning
inhibiting
shedding
closing down
putting kibosh on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
resisting
opposing
defying
hindering
impeding
obstructing
blocking
challenging
checking
combatting
combating
confronting
contesting
countering
disputing
fighting
frustrating
halting
inhibiting
preventing
protesting
restraining
stemming
stopping
thwarting
battling
curbing
relucting
counteracting
countervailing
gainstanding
gainstaying
refusing
withsetting
withsitting
withstaying
fighting against
objecting to
baulking at
going against
contending with
dissenting with
kicking against
rebelling against
taking on
refusing to accept
standing up to
striving against
locking horns with
struggling against
taking a stand against
taking issue with
facing down
taking up arms against
putting up a fight against
speaking out against
setting your face against
Verb
▲
Present participle for to conceal or hide from view
secreting
concealing
hiding
caching
shrouding
veiling
burying
ensconcing
screening
sequestering
stashing
covering
disguising
secluding
stowing
harboring
US
harbouring
UK
planting
securing
squirreling
US
covering up
stashing away
stowing away
hiding away
keeping under wraps
squirreling away
hiding out
papering over
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cover or conceal, as if with a veil
veiling
covering
concealing
disguising
hiding
masking
screening
cloaking
obscuring
shielding
blanketing
camouflaging
secreting
belying
canopying
befogging
curtaining
occulting
suppressing
bearding
draping
finessing
laundering
obliterating
overlaying
papering over
whitewashing
covering up
blotting out
blanking out
blocking out
putting up a front
shrouding
obstructing
eclipsing
shadowing
enveloping
enshrouding
blocking
overshadowing
burying
adumbrating
clouding
hazing
mantling
fogging
blurring
misting
beclouding
overcasting
darkening
dimming
encasing
blearing
shading
overclouding
ensconcing
bedimming
hindering
caching
dislimning
pettifogging
obnubilating
wrapping
murking
blackening
blinding
bemisting
benighting
casting a shadow over
putting out of sight
keeping out of sight
keeping dark
dissembling
keeping secret
hushing up
stifling
drawing a veil over
smothering
sugarcoating
dressing up
sweeping under the rug
sweeping under the carpet
keeping quiet about
repressing
withholding
veneering
holding back
keeping a lid on
keeping under your hat
surrounding
minimizing
US
dissimulating
palliating
minimising
UK
muffling
swallowing
downplaying
airbrushing
masquerading
varnishing
sinking
harbouring
UK
harboring
US
reserving
bottling up
not giving away
keeping unknown
not telling
keeping back
keeping the lid on
choking back
hiding from view
keeping mum about
keeping cover
becurtaining
clothing
forcovering
swathing
fronting
wallpapering
cocooning
burking
squashing
strangling
keeping hidden
pulling a veil over
pocketing
hushing
sitting on
misrepresenting
falsifying
submerging
boarding up
bushing up
obfuscating
extenuating
bluffing
feigning
simulating
doing on the sly
stopping something being overheard
giving a false idea of
giving a false account of
faking
shamming
affecting
making up
varnishing over
glossing over
making inconspicuous
putting on a false front
putting on an act
soft-pedalling
putting on a front
putting up a smoke screen
soft-pedaling
de-emphasizing
putting up a smokescreen
protecting
more ❯
Noun
▲
An action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
filibuster
obstruction
procrastination
delaying
blocking
delay
hindrance
hold-up
postponement
delaying tactics
interference
opposition
kicking the can down the road
wait
stoppage
holdup
interval
suspension
stop
lag
stall
detention
downtime
stay
detainment
retardment
check
logjam
surcease
jam
retardation
prorogation
holding
showstopper
tie-up
holding pattern
cooling-off period
pause
break
halt
interlude
intermission
interruption
gap
lull
holdback
hold
snag
blockage
block
retard
trammel
period of waiting
waiting period
time wasted
time lag
letup
impediment
setback
hangup
bind
problem
obstacle
impedance
cunctation
demurral
moratorium
discontinuation
loitering
lingering
reprieve
adjournment
dawdling
remission
tarrying
putting off
hiatus
respite
recess
breather
rest
latency
abeyance
lacuna
entr'acte
breathing space
cessation
dormancy
layoff
lapse
interregnum
interim
spell
gridlock
abeyancy
freeze
stopover
standstill
pausation
discontinuity
deferment
interstice
suspense
deferral
time out
quiescence
doldrums
breath
discontinuance
hitch
deadlock
end
deep freeze
five
cold storage
suspended animation
stand
layover
breathing spell
caesura
hiccup
hiccough
lead time
let-up
time-out
shelving
rescheduling
ado
bottleneck
tabling
armistice
difficulty
quiescency
glitch
ten
limbo
slowness
parenthesis
snafu
trouble
half-time
intervening period
intervening time
passage
traffic jam
smoko
course
period
waiting path
term
passing
span
pause in the action
space
grace period
time gap
time warp
finish
stalemate
demurrage
time delay
sojourn
visit
ending
impasse
standoff
stop-off
checkmate
break in your journey
closing
hole
halting
arrest
ceasing
inaction
full stop
dead end
desisting
remaining
stopping
hesitation
terminating
deterring
dead stop
Mexican standoff
communication breakdown
cutoff
comma
beat
hush
stillness
coffee break
break-off
lapse of time
break off
happy hour
rest period
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
escape
avoidance
elusion
dodging
eschewal
eluding
eschewing
ducking
shaking
shunning
circumvention
out
shirking
equivocation
bypassing
prevarication
skirting
fudging
dodge
evading
ruse
sidestepping
subterfuge
evasiveness
obliqueness
equivocating
excuse
lie
quibble
shift
slip
trick
cunning
ditch
cop-out
run-around
getting out of
finding a way round
tergiversation
hedging
equivocality
vagueness
quibbling
ambiguousness
unclearness
equivocalness
indefiniteness
parrying
equivoque
double meaning
double talk
weasel words
beating about the bush
fencing
ambiguous statement
bypass
shuffling
cavilling
UK
pussyfooting
stalling
stalling for time
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
sidestepping the issue
temporization
caviling
US
dodging the issue
shilly-shallying
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of suppressing or withholding information
suppression
concealment
censorship
hiding
wraps
silencing
withholding
banning
gagging
muzzling
smothering
stifling
outlawing
proscription
restriction
covering up
hushing up
cover-up
keeping hidden
keeping secret
non-disclosure
veil of secrecy
conspiracy of silence
whitewash
disguise
mask
camouflage
veil
burial
secretion
misprision
hush-up
dissimulation
front
-gate
placing under wraps
seal of secrecy
smoke screen
fig leaf
red herring
Adjective
▲
Evasive or deliberately ambiguous in nature
elusive
evasive
ambiguous
misleading
deceptive
equivocal
elusory
oracular
unspecific
abstract
greasy
insubstantial
tricky
vague
oblique
equivocating
indirect
slippery
prevaricating
cagey
cunning
imprecise
indeterminate
unclear
indefinite
inexact
inexplicit
indistinct
devious
cryptic
shuffling
gnomic
deceitful
roundabout
shifty
perplexing
dissembling
puzzling
enigmatic
obscure
sophistical
circumlocutory
circuitous
intangible
periphrastic
Delphic
casuistical
false
noncommittal
casuistic
non-committal
undefined
uncertain
hazy
nebulous
foggy
blurry
shadowy
murky
indistinguishable
confused
mysterious
dubious
arcane
opaque
fuzzy
confusing
indiscernible
undetermined
dark
unexplicit
tenebrous
ill-defined
general
broad
dim
faint
blurred
misty
unsure
amorphous
bleary
cloudy
unsettled
formless
gauzy
debatable
unformed
nebulose
blear
shapeless
pale
distant
dreamlike
impalpable
indefinable
lacking definition
out of focus
unresolved
speculative
unpredictable
incalculable
unforeseeable
abstruse
unknown
iffy
doubtful
dicey
dodgy
indecisive
borderline
in the balance
up in the air
open to question
in doubt
inconclusive
suspicious
enigmatical
fuliginous
mystic
occult
duplicitous
inscrutable
questionable
contradictory
muddled
paradoxical
elliptic
deep
elliptical
amphibological
clouded
unintelligible
open
muzzy
disreputable
clear as mud
two-edged
double-edged
more ❯
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