beg the question
40 synonyms found
- about the bush
- around the bush
- beat about
- beat around
- bicker
- boggle
- cavil
- choplogic
- dodge
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- evade the issue
- hedge
- hem and haw
- mystify
- nitpick
- obscure
- palter
- parry
- pick nits
- prevaricate
- pull away
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- put off
- quibble
- recoil
- sheer off
- shift off
- shrink
- shuffle
- shy
- shy away
- shy off
- sidestep
- split hairs
- step aside
- tergiversate
- ward off
Definition
(v) :
to engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii); to raise a question. (See Usage notes below.)