palter

The word “palter” has 2 syllables: pal-ter

It's pronounced as /ˈpɔːltər/


What is synonym and antonym for palter?

In the thesaurus, “palter” has 6 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for palter along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palter

Meanings of palter

  • verb
    1. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
    2. To trifle.
    3. To haggle.
    4. To babble; to chatter.

Example Sentences

  • Politicians often palter with the truth to avoid taking responsibility.
  • It's frustrating when people try to palter instead of being straightforward.
  • The suspect attempted to palter during the interrogation, but the detectives saw through his lies.
  • Journalists have a responsibility not to palter with the facts in their reporting.
  • True integrity means refusing to palter even when it's convenient to do so.

On this page you'll find 6 synonyms or another words to palter, such as: bargain, chaffer, cut a deal, deal, haggle, negotiate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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fabricate

  • ad-lib
  • assemble
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  • equivocate
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  • establish
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  • fake
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  • inaugurate
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  • institute
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  • jerry-build
  • jive
  • join
  • kid
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  • libel
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  • make
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  • manufacture
  • mint
  • misguide
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  • mix
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  • palter
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fabricated

  • a bit thick
  • abstract
  • ad-libbed
  • affected
  • allegorical
  • amplified
  • artificial
  • assembled
  • assumed
  • baseless
  • began
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  • caricatural
  • carpentered
  • chimeric
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  • coined
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  • distorted
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  • equivocated
  • erected
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  • gratuitous
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  • hammered
  • hammy
  • handcrafted
  • hatched
  • hewed
  • highly colored
  • histrionic
  • histrionical
  • hoaxed
  • hoodwinked
  • hyperbolic
  • idle
  • illogical
  • imaginary
  • imagined
  • imitation
  • impossible
  • improvised
  • inaugurated
  • industrial
  • inflated
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • instituted
  • invented
  • jerry-built
  • kidded
  • knocked out
  • legendary
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • lied
  • machined
  • made
  • made up
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  • magnified
  • make believe
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  • man-made
  • manufactured
  • mass-produced
  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mendacious
  • minted
  • misguided
  • misinformed
  • misleading
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  • mock
  • molded
  • mythic
  • mythical
  • mythologic
  • mythological
  • nonnatural
  • not genuine
  • off-base
  • organized
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  • out of proportion
  • overblown
  • overdone
  • overestimated
  • overkill
  • overwrought
  • paltered
  • perjured
  • phony
  • pictured
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  • plastic
  • prefabricated
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  • pseudo
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  • reproduction
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  • romanticized
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  • set up
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  • snowed
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  • spurious
  • steep
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  • synthetic
  • tall
  • threw up
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  • took in
  • tooled
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  • tricked
  • trumped up
  • trumped-up
  • uncalled-for
  • united
  • unjustified
  • unnatural
  • unproven
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unsubstantiated
  • untrue
  • untruthful
  • unwarranted
  • vain
  • visioned
  • visualized
  • without basis
  • without foundation

fabricates

  • ad-libs
  • assembles
  • begins
  • beguiles
  • builds
  • carpenters
  • coins
  • combines
  • comes up with
  • conceives
  • concocts
  • confects
  • constitutes
  • constructs
  • contrives
  • cozens
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  • daydreams
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  • designs
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  • dissembles
  • dissimulates
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  • dreams
  • drums up
  • dupes
  • envisages
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  • equivocates
  • erects
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  • extemporizes
  • falsifies
  • fantasizes
  • fashions
  • fathers
  • fibs
  • fools
  • foreswears
  • forges
  • forms
  • forswears
  • founds
  • frames
  • fudges
  • garbles
  • generates
  • gulls
  • hammers
  • handcrafts
  • hatches
  • hews
  • hoaxes
  • hoodwinks
  • imagines
  • improvises
  • inaugurates
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  • invents
  • jerry-builds
  • kids
  • knocks out
  • libels
  • lies
  • makes
  • makes up
  • manufactures
  • mints
  • misguides
  • misinforms
  • misleads
  • misreports
  • misrepresents
  • misstates
  • molds
  • organizes
  • originates
  • palters
  • perjures
  • pictures
  • pieces
  • prefabricates
  • prevaricates
  • produces
  • puts together
  • puts up
  • raises
  • rears
  • reassembles
  • rebuilds
  • reconstructs
  • redevelops
  • reedifies
  • refashions
  • remakes
  • remanufactures
  • retrofits
  • sets up
  • shapes
  • slanders
  • snows
  • structures
  • takes in
  • throws up
  • traduces
  • tricks
  • trumps up
  • unites
  • visions
  • visualizes

fabricating

  • accomplishing
  • ad-libbing
  • architecture
  • arrangement
  • assembling
  • assembly
  • beginning
  • beguiling
  • build
  • building
  • carpentering
  • cast
  • coining
  • combining
  • coming up with
  • composing
  • composition
  • conceiving
  • conception
  • concocting
  • confecting
  • constituting
  • constitution
  • constructing
  • contour
  • contriving
  • cozening
  • crafting
  • creating
  • cut
  • daydreaming
  • deceiving
  • defaming
  • deluding
  • designing
  • development
  • devising
  • disposition
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • distorting
  • dreaming
  • drumming up
  • duping
  • edifice
  • effecting
  • elevation
  • envisaging
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  • equivocating
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  • executing
  • extemporizing
  • fabric
  • fabrication
  • falsifying
  • fantasizing
  • fashioning
  • fathering
  • fibbing
  • figuration
  • figure
  • fooling
  • foreswearing
  • forging
  • form
  • format
  • formation
  • forming
  • forswearing
  • foundation
  • founding
  • framing
  • fudging
  • garbling
  • generating
  • gulling
  • hammering
  • handcrafting
  • hatching
  • hewing
  • hoaxing
  • hoodwinking
  • imagining
  • improvisation
  • improvising
  • inaugurating
  • initiating
  • innovating
  • instituting
  • inventing
  • invention
  • jerry-building
  • kidding
  • knocking out
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • lying
  • makeup
  • making
  • making up
  • manufacture
  • manufacturing
  • minting
  • misguiding
  • misinforming
  • misleading
  • misreporting
  • misrepresenting
  • misstating
  • mold
  • molding
  • organizing
  • originating
  • origination
  • outline
  • paltering
  • perjuring
  • picturing
  • piecing
  • plan
  • planning
  • prefab
  • prefabricating
  • prefabrication
  • prevaricating
  • producing
  • putting together
  • putting up
  • raising
  • rearing
  • reassembling
  • rebuilding
  • reconstructing
  • redeveloping
  • reedifying
  • refashioning
  • remaking
  • remanufacturing
  • retrofitting
  • roadwork
  • setting up
  • shape
  • shaping
  • slandering
  • snowing
  • structure
  • structuring
  • system
  • systematization
  • taking in
  • throwing up
  • traducing
  • tricking
  • trumping up
  • turn
  • type
  • uniting
  • visioning
  • visualizing

fabricator

  • assembler
  • calumniator
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • cheater
  • coiner
  • constructor
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • deceiver
  • defamer
  • defrauder
  • developer
  • dissembler
  • dissimulator
  • distorter
  • double-dealer
  • equivocator
  • exaggerator
  • fabulist
  • faker
  • falsifier
  • fibber
  • fraud
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • hustler
  • knave
  • liar
  • libeler
  • libelist
  • maker
  • mountebank
  • mythomaniac
  • operator
  • palterer
  • perjurer
  • pretender
  • prevaricator
  • producer
  • slanderer
  • storyteller
  • talebearer

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