Synonyms of indecision

indecision

noun

ˌin-di-ˈsi-zhən 

as in hesitation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction about the right course of action

her indecision about where to go for dinner, while everyone was getting hungrier by the minute, was frustrating

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of indecision

True commitment allows strategies to develop and succeed, as indecision hinders progress. — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The challenge is to shift from delay and indecision to implementation. — Valerie Pryor, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

My own challenges included a window that sat unusually low on the wall, strange proportions thanks to a chimney breast jutting into an already narrow room, and complete indecision over where everything should go. — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026

Jacobs’s knack for transformation may strike some as indecision. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026