Synonyms of vacillate

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verb (1)

as in to hesitate

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitate
• falter
• waver
• dither
• debate
• scruple
• stagger
• wait
• hang back
• teeter
• halt
• wabble
• pause
• balance
• sway
• shilly-shally
• wobble
• linger
• ponder
• procrastinate
• haw
• dawdle
• delay
• weigh
• oscillate
• equivocate
• deliberate
• hem
• chicken (out)
• back down
• consider
• waffle
• hedge
• pussyfoot
• dally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decide
• continue
• stir
• plunge (in)
• dive (in)
• advance
• budge

vacillating

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adjective

as in irresolute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irresolute
• uncertain
• unsure
• questioning
• wobbly
• faltering
• undecided
• ambivalent
• conflicted
• doubtful
• wabbly
• equivocal
• afraid
• reluctant
• hesitant
• loth
• loath
• indisposed
• loathe
• dubious
• disinclined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• certain
• decided
• resolute
• sure
• unambivalent
• unquestioning

vacillating

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verb (2)

present participle of vacillate

as in hesitating

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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