Hesitate Synonyms and Antonyms
hĕzĭ-tāt
To be irresolute in acting or doing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- pause
- falter
- waver
- vacillate
- shilly-shally
- balk
- fluctuate
- delay
- flounder
- dally
- demur
- hover
- stammer
- deliberate
- scruple
- straddle
- equivocate
- linger
- wait
- stutter
- stop
- hold off
- hold back
- waffle
- dither
- be dubious
- be uncertain
- alternate
- ponder
- think about
- defer
- stay one's hand
- halt
- think it over
- avoid
- change-one-s-mind
- trim
- recoil
- shy at
- seesaw back and forth
- not know what to do
- be irresolute
- pull back
- catch-one-s-breath
- weigh and consider
- oscillate
- doubt
- hang-back
- swerve
- dubitate
- tergiversate
- debate
- shift
- shrink
- stagger
- balance
- think-twice
- drag-one-s-feet
- haver
- hang off
- hedge
- hem-and-haw
- blow-hot-and-cold
- dillydally
- straddle the fence
- leave up in the air
- make bones about
- hang in the air
- do figure eights
- procrastinate
- pussyfoot
- wobble
- sidestep
- stall
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
(Noun)
- demur
- dubitation
- hesitation
- indisposition
- vacillation
Words Related to Hesitate
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