hedging

NOUN

equivocation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

prevarication

STRONG

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib fibbing lie line lying misrepresentation shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle

WEAK

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

WEAK

directness facing meeting

NOUN

tergiversation

Synonyms

STRONG

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedge lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle

WEAK

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word

Antonyms

STRONG

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

Example Sentences

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After Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour posted on X about the promotion, social-media users responded by pointing out that a small business hedging potential losses tied to a promotion wasn’t exactly a new concept.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

That will provide a revenue boost to SpaceX’s money-losing AI business, but also sends an interesting signal—that the famously risk-tolerant Musk feels frontier AI is a bet worth hedging on.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Beyond hedging, Kalshi said that its new markets also provide retail speculators and casual art aficionados a way to get in on the auction action.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

If you are happy with the amount, you are also hedging the risk that he could fail to make future payments.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

hedging

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