Synonyms of hawing

hawing 1 of 2

noun

as in waiting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waiting
• indecision
• delay
• wabbling
• vacillation
• hesitation
• procrastination
• wavering
• wobbling
• irresolution
• faltering
• uncertainty
• fence-sitting
• pause
• shilly-shallying
• deliberation
• indecisiveness
• doubt
• hesitancy
• second thought
• hesitance
• consideration
• indetermination
• incertitude
• shilly-shally
• misgiving
• debate
• equivocation
• avoidance
• arrière-pensée
• reluctance
• indisposition
• uncertainness
• timidity
• unwillingness
• faintheartedness
• disinclination
• aversion
• shyness
• timidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resolution
• determination
• certainty
• confidence
• certitude
• firmness
• decisiveness
• readiness
• eagerness
• resoluteness
• sureness
• alacrity

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• resolution
• determination
• certainty
• confidence
• certitude
• firmness
• decisiveness
• readiness
• eagerness
• resoluteness
• sureness
• alacrity

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hawing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of haw

as in hemming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hemming
• vacillating
• hesitating
• dithering
• waiting
• wabbling
• wavering
• lingering
• pausing
• procrastinating
• hanging back
• faltering
• dawdling
• delaying
• balancing
• deliberating
• staggering
• halting
• pondering
• wobbling
• teetering
• debating
• scrupling
• shilly-shallying
• backing down
• weighing
• dallying
• waffling
• swaying
• equivocating
• chickening (out)
• oscillating
• considering
• hedging
• pussyfooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deciding
• plunging (in)
• diving (in)
• stirring
• continuing
• advancing
• budging

• deciding
• plunging (in)
• diving (in)
• stirring
• continuing
• advancing
• budging

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