Hesitating Synonyms and Antonyms

Doubtful
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. skeptical
  2. unsure
  3. hesitant
  4. irresolute
Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wavering
  2. vacillating
  3. pausing
  4. waffling
  5. fluctuating
  6. equivocating
  7. lingering
  8. deliberating
  9. waiting
  10. faltering
  11. dallying
  12. demurring
  13. wobbling
  14. stopping
  15. delaying
  16. stuttering
  17. dillydallying
  18. stalling
  19. balancing
  20. sidestepping
  21. balking
  22. pussyfooting
  23. procrastinating
  24. hovering
  25. shrinking
  26. staggering
  27. shifting
  28. straddling
  29. debating
  30. tergiversating
  31. hedging
  32. swerving
  33. oscillating
  34. floundering
  35. stammering
  36. recoiling
  37. halting
  38. trimming
  39. doubting
  40. deferring
  41. pondering
  42. alternating
  43. avoiding
  44. dithering
Antonyms:
  1. deciding
  2. resolving
  3. concluding
  4. attacking
  5. persevering
  6. going
  7. continuing
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Slow
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. delaying
  2. wavering
  3. dawdling

Words Related to Hesitating

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hesitating Sentence Examples

  • Hesitating only a moment, she shoved the machine.

  • She grabbed a pen and a notepad, hesitating a second before pulling the top sheet off the notepad.

  • She joined him, hesitating before gulping down most of the cookies.

  • She looked up at him, hesitating as she searched his gaze.

  • After some stay at Dresden, hesitating between fixing himself as university teacher at Göttingen, Heidelberg or Berlin, he finally chose the last-mentioned.

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