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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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