Synonyms of falters

falters

verb

present tense third-person singular of falter

1

as in hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitates
• vacillates
• wavers
• staggers
• halts
• waits
• dithers
• wabbles
• debates
• teeters
• hangs back
• pauses
• wobbles
• scruples
• balances
• lingers
• sways
• ponders
• dawdles
• procrastinates
• shilly-shallies
• delays
• deliberates
• weighs
• haws
• chickens (out)
• oscillates
• backs down
• considers
• equivocates
• hems
• dallies
• hedges
• waffles
• pussyfoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decides
• plunges (in)
• dives (in)
• continues
• stirs
• advances
• budges

2

as in wobbles

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side

the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wobbles
• trembles
• shakes
• shudders
• rocks
• wavers
• lurches
• totters
• vibrates
• teeters
• wabbles
• flounders
• stumbles
• quivers
• toddles
• staggers
• quakes
• reels
• weaves
• careens
• quavers