Vacillating synonyms and antonyms

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fickle
Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
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unstable
Not constant; fluctuating:
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changeable
The definition of changeable is something that can be altered, or is something that may change appearance or format.
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mutable
(Programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
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irresolute
Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
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unsettled
Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
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unsteady
Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
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capricious
The definition of capricious is someone or something that is subject to sudden, unpredictable changes.
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shifting
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volatile
Lighthearted; flighty:
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constant (antonym)
Regularly recurring:
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steady (antonym)
Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
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unchanging (antonym)
Remaining the same; showing or undergoing no change:
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hesitant
The definition of hesitant is someone or something that is tentative, cautious or unsure.
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inconstant
Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.
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oscillating
Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
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swaying
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tentative
Uncertain; subject to future change.
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undecided
Not having come to a decision; irresolute
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unsure
Precarious; unstable; unreliable.
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vibrating
That vibrates
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vacillant
Undergoing vacillation; wavering.
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hovering
(Computers) To position a pointer over an object or area of the screen, causing a pop-up box to appear or other change to occur:
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wobbling
(Intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
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veering
(Obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
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tottering
To rock or shake as if about to fall; be unsteady
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teetering
To move or sway unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
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staggering
To lose determination, strength of purpose, etc.; hesitate; waver
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seesawing
To move on or as on a seesaw
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rocking
To thrill or excite, especially with rock music
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fluttering
To move restlessly; bustle
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dithering
To do something nervously.
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alternating
To cause to alternate:
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faltering
To hesitate in purpose or action.
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dawdling
(Intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
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swinging
To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
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halting
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
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pausing
To hesitate:
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weaving
To construct by interlacing or interweaving strips or strands of material:
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remaining (antonym)
To stay while others go
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staying (antonym)
To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
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reeling (related)
To wind on a reel.
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deciding (related)
To arrive at a judgment, choice, or decision
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changing (related)
To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; switch:
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unprincipled (related)
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impotent (related)
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careerist (related)
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fitful
Characterized by irregular or intermittent activity, impulses, etc.; spasmodic; restless
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Vacillating Sentence Examples

  • He was weak, vacillating and ineffective as a politician, lacking in judgment and decision, and without any great parliamentary talent.

  • The king maintained a vacillating attitude, influenced now by the threats of the Bohemians, now by the advice of the papal nuncio, who had followed him to Prague.

  • Later on he attempted to influence the Prussian Northern Union in the direction of the national policy, and he took part in the sessions of the Erfurt parliament; but, soon realizing the hopelessness of any good results from the vacillating policy of Prussia, he retired from the contest, and, as a major in the service of the SchleswigHolstein government, took part in the Danish War of 1850.

  • Eugenius was dignified in demeanour, but inexperienced and vacillating in action and excitable in temper.

  • But he was at the same time vacillating, and not qualified to struggle against the fierce energies roused by the events of the Revolution.

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