Entry Word: hesitate

Function: verb

Meaning: to show uncertainty about the right course of action <Keri didnʼt hesitate before answering the question>

Synonyms falter, hang back, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble

Related Words haw, hem; dally, dawdle, delay, linger, procrastinate, pause, wait; back down, chicken (out); consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weigh; oscillate; equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot

Near Antonyms budge, stir; advance, continue

Antonyms dive (in), plunge (in)