fudge
English Thesaurus
1. soft creamy candy (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | candy, confect, |
| definition | : | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | chocolate fudge, |
| definition | : | fudge made with chocolate or cocoa (noun.food) |
2. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | avoid, |
| definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | beg, |
| definition | : | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | quibble, |
| definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
3. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | juggle, |
| definition | : | manipulate by or as if by moving around components (verb.social) |
4. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
5. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
| derivation | : | falsehood, falsification, |
| definition | : | the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fakery, |
| definition | : | the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fake, postiche, sham, |
| definition | : | something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | wangle, wangling, |
| definition | : | an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | falsifier, |
| definition | : | someone who falsifies (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | finagler, wangler, |
| definition | : | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, |
| definition | : | a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | falseness, falsity, |
| definition | : | the state of being false or untrue (noun.state) |
6. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
| definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | circumvention, |
| definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
| definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
| definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
7. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
| derivation | : | falsehood, falsification, |
| definition | : | the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fakery, |
| definition | : | the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | fake, postiche, sham, |
| definition | : | something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | wangle, wangling, |
| definition | : | an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | falsifier, |
| definition | : | someone who falsifies (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | finagler, wangler, |
| definition | : | a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, |
| definition | : | a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | falseness, falsity, |
| definition | : | the state of being false or untrue (noun.state) |
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