Waver synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
To stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing, or deciding because of feeling unsure; waver
To walk,move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
To move back and forth or up and down; rise and fall; undulate, as waves
To fluctuate or oscillate
(Intransitive) To use a seesaw.
To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind
Advertisement
To feel dizzy; have a sensation of spinning or whirling
To tilt back and forth on an edge.
To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate.
(Intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
The definition of ambivalent is someone who is uncertain or lacks the ability to make decisions.
Disappointing in performance or progress.
Advertisement
The definition of inconclusive is something that did not produce clear results or that did not resolve a question or dispute.
Not decisive; not conclusive or final
Lacking in resolution; indecisive.
Wavering; undecided.
Liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute.
Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
Reluctance or an inability to make up one's mind; irresolution.
Lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
(Physics) Repeated variation in the value of some physical quantity, as position or voltage
Changing location by moving back and forth.
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another:
Advertisement
To move with a quick, light, wavering motion
To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.
To try to avoid or lessen loss in connection with (a bet, risk, etc.) by making counterbalancing bets, investments, etc.
(Music) To make a trill or trills in singing or playing
Advertisement
(Linguistics) To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
To cause (a person, an opinion, actions, etc.) to be inclined a certain way or be turned from a given course; influence or divert
(Music) To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
To feel great fear or anxiety
To render unsteady, removing balance.
To change one's attitudes or policies, for example
To undergo change in any way; become different
Advertisement
(Nautical) To change the course of (a ship) by turning the stern windward.
To move with small movements rapidly to and fro.
To move or cause to move with short, jerky or twisting motions from side to side; wriggle shakily or sinuously
To contrive (something complex or elaborate) in this way:
The definition of dither is to be confused.
(Intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
Advertisement
To move from side to side as a result of uneven rotation
repetition (related)
To petition again.
decide (related)
To settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty about:
A hesitating or feeling hesitant
To move quickly from one condition or location to another
To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement.
Advertisement
Waffle is defined as to go back and forth on an opinion in speaking or writing.
flinch (related)
Find another word for waver. In this page you can discover 58 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for waver, like: dillydally, hesitate, totter, fluctuate, vacillate, seesaw, deliberate, reel, teeter, hem-and-haw and pause.