HAWING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

hawing 1 of 2

noun

as in waiting

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verb

present participle of haw

as in hemming

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Noun

Like the vice presidency, the LG is at its core a position of waiting, either for those instances when the top person is away or indisposed or if the time ever comes when the chief executive is unable to continue in their duties.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
In the middle of the waiting area, a young woman wearing a beige overcoat and a handsome leather backpack, looking like one of the thousands of professionals in the station, stood with Lojo’s colleagues.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of waiting

Verb

Then, as Bowman contemplated his future throughout the season, vacillating between retiring at the end of this season or next, the notion that Zilisch could replace him picked up steady traction through the summer.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 23 July 2026
That has had a ripsaw effect on Musk, who is now vacillating between being the world’s first active trillionaire and the world’s first former-trillionaire.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 July 2026

Definition of vacillating

Noun

Alex wants to hold on and let go at once, and her indecision spirals into a familiar yet attuned portrait of middle-age upheaval.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Those two plays hint at indecision from LaFleur, which isn’t the most inspiring sign for this fanbase after how last season fell apart.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of indecision

Verb

But experts have worried that doctors are hesitating to offer treatment without an ironclad diagnosis, which clinicians say can take time and increase risks to the mother.

— Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
Fertilizer is often bought months ahead of planting, so hesitating in the fall can mean less goes on the ground in the spring.

— Jayash Paudel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hesitating

Noun

This unique combination maintains all-to-all connectivity while minimizing the typical pitfalls of atom movement, including error accumulation, atom loss, and runtime delays.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Optimization requires visibility from the request through the model and down to utilization, memory pressure, network delay and storage behavior.

— Anshu Bansal, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of delay

Verb

But the finished picture, at 95 minutes, ultimately doesn’t offer enough to justify all that narrative dithering.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Until that point, Birmingham had looked dangerous, conquering the space vacated by City’s adventurous full-backs (in fact, Oceane Hurtre robbed a dithering Jade Rose on the edge of stoppage time for a consolation goal).

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of dithering

Noun

Roosevelt is arguably the more useful example, precisely because of his hesitation, pragmatism, and self-interest.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
My hesitation in choosing him had to do with his background being political in experience, not administrative.

— Marci Woodward, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hesitation

Verb

But Brent resumed climbing as conflict persisted, topping $100 per barrel again in July before wavering and then hitting that mark again late Tuesday.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Emerging markets such as India, which entered the top 20 markets two years ago and now ranks 15th for Swiss watch exports by size, and Mexico are also contributing to a lessening of the dependency on wavering top markets, in particular China.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of wavering

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