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Synonyms for cavil in English

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cavil:
- cavil; carp; find fault with; nitpick; find fault; chicane
- quibble; cavil; quiddity

English

Detailed Synonyms for cavil in English

cavil:

cavil verb

cavil
cavil; to carp
- cavil verb
- carp verb (carps, carped, carping)
cavil
to carp; cavil; to find fault with
- carp verb (carps, carped, carping)
- cavil verb
- find fault with verb (finds fault with, found fault with, finding fault with)
cavil
to carp; cavil; nitpick; to find fault; to find fault with
- carp verb (carps, carped, carping)
- cavil verb
- nitpick verb
- find fault verb (finds fault, found fault, finding fault)
- find fault with verb (finds fault with, found fault with, finding fault with)
cavil

– raise trivial objections ¹
to carp; cavil; chicane
– raise trivial objections ¹
- carp verb (carps, carped, carping)
- cavil verb
- chicane verb

cavil [the ~] noun

the cavil

– an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections ¹
the quibble; the cavil; the quiddity
– an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections ¹
- quibble [the ~] noun
- cavil [the ~] noun
- quiddity [the ~] noun

Related Words for "cavil":

caviling

Alternate Synonyms for "cavil":

quibble; quiddity; evasion; equivocation
carp; chicane; object

Related Definitions for "cavil":

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections¹
raise trivial objections¹

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