Vacillates Synonyms and Antonyms

To change one's attitudes or policies, for example
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wavers
  2. swings
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wobbles
  2. wavers
  3. hesitates
  4. staggers
  5. pauses
  6. oscillates
  7. halts
  8. veers
  9. totters
  10. teeters
  11. falters
  12. sways
  13. shifts
  14. dawdles
  15. vibrates
  16. seesaws
  17. rocks
  18. dithers
  19. fluctuates
  20. flutters
  21. alternates
  22. hovers
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wavers
  2. totters
  3. staggers
  4. wobbles
  5. weaves
  6. sways
  7. teeters
  8. fluctuates
Antonyms:
  1. stays
  2. remains

Words Related to Vacillates

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Vacillates Sentence Examples

  • Thus he vacillates between the Catonian and Varronian reckoning of the years of the city, and between the chronologies of Polybius and the Roman annalists.

  • It leaves the rest of his life utterly empty, and he vacillates between amorous intensity and general ennui.

  • This aspect also adds less compatibility to the relationship as it vacillates back and forth from positive direction to grim outlook.

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