HAWING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

hawing 1 of 2

noun

as in waiting

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hawing

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verb

present participle of haw

as in hemming

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Noun

The carrier said the average waiting time of Gemini Cooperation vessels docking at Shanghai jumped from an average of approximately 24 to 48 hours as of May 22, to a 60-hour waiting average by June 30.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Leandro Trossard got the assist, bending a perfect back-post cross from the end line to his waiting teammate.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of waiting

Verb

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
Legally an adult but still a teenager and finding your footing in the world, vacillating between feeling invincible and feeling minuscule.

— Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of vacillating

Noun

Andy Burnham, Britain’s soon-to-be prime minister, wants an array of bold new policies to attract voters who have grown tired of a Labour government mired in indecision and political backbiting.

— Philip Aldrick, Fortune, 28 June 2026
At first, the Jell-O was also a way to express vulnerability, indecision and hesitation.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 June 2026

Definition of indecision

Verb

The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of hesitating

Noun

As more carriers and airports report improvements in areas such as delay reduction, fuel savings and aircraft utilization, confidence is growing.

— Christiaan Hen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Lawsuits alleging there were design errors in the signature bridge arches caused 18 months of delay.

— Jessica Lipscomb, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

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