(Countable) Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.

equivoque

An equivocal word or expression.

hedge

(Finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).

prevarication

(Now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.

shuffle

(By extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.

weasel word

(Pejorative) A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading.

waffle

(Chiefly Brit.) Wordy, vague, or indecisive talk or writing

clear (related)

(Carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

dysphemism (antonym)

A word or phrase so substituted (Ex.: stiff for corpse)

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neologism (related)

nice-Nellyism

equivocation

The use of equivocal language.

Find another word for euphemism. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for euphemism, like: code word, metaphorical speech, prudishness, doublespeak, softened expression, polite term, substitution, mock modesty, overdelicacy of speech, indirection and affected refinement.

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