What is another word for falter?
930 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɒltə], [ fˈɒltə], [ f_ˈɒ_l_t_ə]
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Similar words for falter:
- act (noun)
- bumble (noun)
- limp (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- choke up (verb)
- fail (verb)
- fear (verb)
- flinch (verb)
- halt (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- lag (verb)
- limp (verb)
- linger (verb)
- lurch (verb)
- quail (verb)
- recoil (verb)
- reel (verb)
- retard (verb)
- rock (verb)
- scruple (verb)
- stagger (verb)
- stammer (verb)
- stumble (verb)
- stumble, stutter (verb)
- teeter (verb)
- topple (verb)
- totter (verb)
- trail (verb)
- wave (verb)
- waver (verb)
- wobble (verb)
- other synonyms
- choke up
- duck
- fear
- hesitate
- lurch
- other relevant words
- quail
- recoil
- rock
- scruple
- stammer
- stumble
- teeter
Synonyms for Falter:
n.
• act (noun) • bumble (noun) • limp (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• choke up (verb) • fail (verb) • fear (verb)- art afraid,
- wert disquieted,
- are disquieted,
- dared not,
- is awe,
- fore-seen,
- are in awe,
- brake out in a sweat,
- hath butterflies,
- hast qualms,
- fore saw,
- is disquieted,
- feels concern,
- breaks out a sweat,
- brake out sweat,
- were in awe,
- is apprehensive,
- art apprehensive,
- being frightened,
- breaks out sweat,
- having butterflies,
- breaks out in sweat,
- are afraid,
- wert anxious,
- feeling concern,
- were apprehensive,
- fore seen,
- being afraid,
- were disquieted,
- am anxious,
- has qualms,
- am in awe,
- broke out a sweat,
- loses courage,
- broke out in a sweat,
- wast apprehensive,
- be awe,
- are awe,
- dares not,
- were afraid,
- wast awe,
- had qualms,
- am disquieted,
- being awe,
- brake out a sweat,
- am awe,
- durst not,
- hadst butterflies,
- was awe,
- having qualms,
- felt concern,
- art in awe,
- was afraid,
- fore-saw,
- wast disquieted,
- was apprehensive,
- fore-see,
- haddest butterflies,
- losing courage,
- are apprehensive,
- fore-sees,
- was anxious,
- were awe,
- wert frightened,
- hath qualms,
- were frightened,
- am afraid,
- wast afraid,
- was in awe,
- brake out in sweat,
- wast frightened,
- wert apprehensive,
- were anxious,
- being in awe,
- was frightened,
- wast in awe,
- broke out in sweat,
- are frightened,
- breaking out in sweat,
- break out a sweat,
- had butterflies,
- art frightened,
- wert awe,
- breaks out in a sweat,
- is in awe,
- lost courage,
- being anxious,
- breaking out sweat,
- art anxious,
- wast anxious,
- fore see,
- fore sees,
- wert afraid,
- breaking out in a sweat,
- being apprehensive,
- are anxious,
- am apprehensive,
- has butterflies,
- breaking out a sweat,
- break out in sweat,
- broke out sweat,
- break out sweat,
- daring not,
- is frightened,
- art awe,
- fore seeing,
- hast butterflies,
- hadst qualms,
- wert in awe,
- was disquieted,
- is anxious,
- being disquieted,
- haddest qualms.
- were defective,
- wert defective,
- is defective,
- wigglewaggle,
- being defective,
- am defective,
- art defective,
- shilly shally,
- wigglewaggles,
- wiggle-waggles,
- wiggle waggling,
- are defective,
- wigglewaggling,
- wiggle waggled,
- wast defective,
- wiggle waggle,
- whiffles,
- wiggle waggles,
- wigglewaggled,
- wiggle-waggled,
- wiggle-waggling,
- was defective.
- dragged ones feet,
- inched along,
- drags feet,
- dragging ones feet,
- de-crease,
- inching along,
- dragged one's feet,
- wast behind,
- de creasing,
- dragging one feet,
- de crease,
- drag one feet,
- gotten no place fast,
- was behind,
- drags one feet,
- am behind,
- getting no place fast,
- drags ones feet,
- gat no place fast,
- gets no place fast,
- dragging one's feet,
- lost strength,
- de-creasing,
- drags one's feet,
- loses strength,
- de-creases,
- dragged one feet,
- got no place fast,
- drag ones feet,
- were behind,
- slows up,
- is behind,
- losing strength,
- dragged feet,
- wert behind,
- slowing up,
- de creased,
- dragging feet,
- art behind,
- inches along,
- de-creased,
- de creases,
- are behind.
- art tardy,
- being dilatory,
- re-main,
- sticked around,
- was long,
- art dilatory,
- takes one time,
- am tardy,
- is dilatory,
- being tardy,
- wert long,
- took one time,
- sat around,
- re-mains,
- sticks around,
- sits around,
- take ones time,
- are long,
- took one's time,
- wert tardy,
- wast long,
- were dilatory,
- takes time,
- am long,
- are dilatory,
- take one time,
- takes one's time,
- sticking around,
- wast dilatory,
- re main,
- stuck around,
- was tardy,
- takes ones time,
- sitting around,
- waiting around,
- took time,
- am dilatory,
- re mains,
- taking time,
- were long,
- wast tardy,
- wert dilatory,
- waited around,
- waits around,
- re mained,
- was dilatory,
- are tardy,
- taking ones time,
- took ones time,
- is long,
- taking one time,
- were tardy,
- re maining,
- sate around,
- is tardy,
- art long,
- being long.
- moved to the side,
- moves the side,
- moved to side,
- moving side,
- moving to side,
- move side,
- moved the side,
- moved side,
- moves to side,
- moving the side,
- move the side,
- moves to the side,
- moving to the side,
- moves side.
- re acting,
- Resiled,
- Resiling,
- with-drawing,
- re-coiled,
- stepping back,
- resiles,
- with-drew,
- re coils,
- steps back,
- with draw,
- re bound,
- re-coiling,
- re acted,
- re bounds,
- re-acted,
- re bounded,
- re-bounds,
- re coiled,
- with draws,
- re-bound,
- re coiling,
- re-coil,
- stepped back,
- re coil,
- re-acting,
- with-drawn,
- re bounding,
- with-draw,
- re-bounding,
- re-bounded,
- with drawing,
- re-coils,
- with drawn,
- with drew.
- hanging up,
- brings to screeching halt,
- re-duce,
- brought screeching halt,
- brings screeching halt,
- slowing down,
- de-tain,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- re duce,
- de tain,
- bring screeching halt,
- de-tains,
- post-pones,
- chokes off,
- de tains,
- bringing screeching halt,
- slows down,
- re duces,
- brought to screeching halt,
- hanged up,
- post pones,
- re-duces,
- retardating,
- closes off,
- retardated,
- post pone.
- pushes and pull,
- concusses,
- pushed pull,
- rolled about,
- pushing pull,
- rolls about,
- pushes pull,
- rolling about,
- pushing and pull,
- push pull,
- pushed and pull.
- is loath,
- thinking twice about,
- wast loath,
- are loath,
- wert loath,
- thought twice about,
- thinks twice about,
- art loath,
- being loath,
- were loath,
- was loath,
- am loath.
- roll,
- tremble,
- hem and haw,
- be undecided,
- stub toe,
- bobble,
- fluff,
- fluctuate,
- vacillate,
- speak haltingly,
- break,
- drop the ball,
- trip up,
- shake.
- trembles precariously,
- teetertotters,
- trembling precariously,
- trembled precariously,
- teetertottering,
- teeter tottered,
- teeter tottering,
- teeter totter,
- teeter totters,
- teetertottered.
- nose dove,
- hitting the dirt,
- un-horsing,
- un-horse,
- did pratfall,
- nose dives,
- up setting,
- over turns,
- over balancing,
- un horses,
- over-balanced,
- doing pratfall,
- un-horsed,
- didst pratfall,
- doth pratfall,
- up-sets,
- un horse,
- top-pled,
- un horsed,
- does a pratfall,
- over-balances,
- over-turn,
- did a pratfall,
- un horsing,
- took a header,
- un-seating,
- takes header,
- nose diving,
- un seating,
- over turning,
- dost a pratfall,
- over balances,
- didst a pratfall,
- un-horses,
- taking header,
- top pled,
- nosediving,
- up sets,
- hit dirt,
- dost pratfall,
- loses it,
- do pratfall,
- doest pratfall,
- tipping over,
- un-seated,
- up-set,
- losing it,
- nose-dove,
- doing a pratfall,
- over-turning,
- doest a pratfall,
- doth a pratfall,
- does pratfall,
- doeth a pratfall,
- went belly up,
- nosedove,
- take header,
- taking a header,
- over balance,
- goes belly up,
- up-setting,
- nose dived,
- hits dirt,
- hits the dirt,
- tips over,
- un seated,
- doeth pratfall,
- over balanced,
- un-seat,
- over-balancing,
- takes a header,
- over-balance,
- hitting dirt,
- un seat,
- took header.
- bringing the rear,
- be-dogging,
- be-dogged,
- brings up the rear,
- fell behind,
- tags along,
- brought the rear,
- be dog,
- ex-tending,
- ex tend,
- ex-tend,
- bedogged,
- be dogs,
- ex tends,
- poked along,
- followed scent,
- pokes along,
- bring up rear,
- bedogging,
- be-dog,
- following scent,
- took out after,
- dropt back,
- brought rear,
- bringing rear,
- falls behind,
- taking out after,
- followed a scent,
- nosed out,
- ex tending,
- brings up rear,
- hangs down,
- bring rear,
- ex-tended,
- bring the rear,
- be dogged,
- follow scent,
- bedogs,
- ex-tends,
- takes out after,
- follows scent,
- dropped back,
- following a scent,
- noses out,
- hanged down,
- ex tended,
- spoored,
- nosing out,
- brings the rear,
- poking along,
- brought up rear,
- follows a scent,
- brings rear,
- hung down,
- tagging along,
- tagged along,
- be-dogs,
- drops back,
- be dogging,
- dropping back.
- wigwags,
- moves to fro,
- moved fro,
- moved to and fro,
- moving to fro,
- moving to and fro,
- moved and fro,
- move and fro,
- moving fro,
- moves to and fro,
- moving and fro,
- moves and fro,
- moved to fro,
- move fro,
- move to fro,
- moves fro.
- dilly dally,
- yo yoing,
- runs hot and cold,
- yoyos,
- yoyoing,
- de liberates,
- yo-yoed,
- de-liberate,
- de liberate,
- yo yo,
- being unable decide,
- runs hot cold,
- was unable to decide,
- am unable decide,
- pussyfoots around,
- wast unable decide,
- were unable decide,
- yoyoed,
- is unable decide,
- am unable to decide,
- are unable decide,
- wast unable to decide,
- running hot cold,
- wert unable decide,
- wert unable to decide,
- ran hot cold,
- art unable to decide,
- run hot cold,
- yo-yoing,
- art unable decide,
- were unable to decide,
- ran hot and cold,
- pussyfooted around,
- de liberating,
- be unable decide,
- being unable to decide,
- de-liberates,
- de-liberated,
- are unable to decide,
- pussyfooting around,
- yo yos,
- yo yoed,
- is unable to decide,
- de-liberating,
- was unable decide,
- de liberated.
Other synonyms:
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- lose out,
- toddle,
- turn over to,
- dodder.
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- break down,
- shut up,
- harden.
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- tighten.
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- turn over.
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- express.
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- stall.
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- cross.
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- flash.
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- spread.
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- touch.
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- drop.
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- set.
- bob.
- be anxious,
- is afraid,
- be afraid,
- have butterflies,
- Fearing,
- be frightened,
- shies,
- Feared,
- be disquieted,
- Flinched,
- dare not,
- have qualms,
- feel concern,
- be apprehensive,
- be in awe,
- lose courage,
- Shying,
- break out in a sweat.
- thinking about,
- thinking twice,
- thought about,
- pulls back,
- pussyfoot,
- be reluctant,
- Floundered,
- pull back,
- shy away,
- think about,
- be unwilling,
- sit on fence,
- pulled back,
- thinks about,
- be irresolute,
- Hesitated,
- think twice,
- pulling back.
- Sauntered,
- poke along,
- topple,
- take a header,
- waver,
- nose dive,
- yo-yo,
- drag one's feet,
- falling behind,
- dithering,
- slow down,
- be long,
- Idled,
- Loitered,
- take out after,
- stutter,
- nose-dive,
- bringing up rear,
- stammer,
- sit around,
- overlapping,
- do a pratfall,
- hanging down,
- drag feet,
- be defective,
- overbalancing,
- quaver,
- went around,
- tremored,
- fall behind,
- hang down,
- walk unsteadily,
- wobble,
- slowed up,
- close off,
- be unsteady,
- Whiffle,
- Inched,
- Jellying,
- go around,
- YOYO,
- overbalances,
- drop back,
- overbalanced,
- choking off,
- goofing off,
- tooled,
- taking one's time,
- Inching,
- swished,
- tooling,
- choke off,
- swishes,
- walks unsteadily,
- slow up,
- teeter,
- linger,
- run hot and cold,
- lose strength,
- wiggle-waggle,
- wigwag,
- bedog,
- be behind,
- quail,
- bring to screeching halt,
- swishing,
- shillyshally,
- nose-dived,
- halt,
- Bogging,
- bring up the rear,
- closed off,
- fear,
- Downs,
- retardate,
- walk lamely,
- goof off,
- get no place fast,
- choke up,
- dithered,
- brought up the rear,
- lose it,
- waving,
- shags,
- fall back,
- idles,
- closing off,
- rock,
- Trifled,
- Whiffling,
- wait around,
- tip over,
- Limped,
- take time,
- downing,
- shag,
- stagger,
- going belly up,
- tipped over,
- hit the dirt,
- feel giddy,
- slowed down,
- felt giddy,
- reel,
- be dilatory,
- knocks down,
- nose-diving,
- bringing up the rear,
- inch along,
- Strolled,
- Trailed,
- take one's time,
- move to and fro,
- nosedived,
- spooring,
- follow a scent,
- running hot and cold,
- hobble,
- idling,
- Wigwagged,
- up set,
- stick around,
- choked off,
- hang out,
- lag,
- tag along,
- be unable to decide,
- retardates,
- Bogged,
- knocking down,
- wheeled,
- shagged,
- yo-yos,
- zigzags,
- lost it,
- over turn,
- nose-dives,
- downed,
- staggering,
- go belly up,
- hang up,
- Zigzagging,
- Wigwagging,
- trail,
- wave,
- overbalance,
- recoil,
- retard,
- knock down,
- nose out,
- being behind,
- walking unsteadily,
- jellied,
- be tardy,
- Zigzagged,
- totter,
- Titubate,
- knocked down,
- shagging,
- Whiffled,
- tremoring,
- going around,
- hesitate,
- pussyfoot around.
How to use "Falter" in context?
Falter can be defined as a momentary decline or loss in strength or speed. Faltering can be the result of a physical or emotional challenge and often signals the end of an individual's success. Faltering is a common occurrence in life and can be caused by many factors, both internal and external.
Faltering can be caused by fatigue, stress, or a lack of motivation. External factors that can falter an individual's progress include obstacles in their path or negative feedback from others. Internal factors can include fear, doubt, and self-doubt.
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Homophones for Falter:
- flatter, flatware, flitter, field theory, flouter, flat tire, fallow deer, floater, folder, filter, flatterer, flutter, fielder, filature, flattery.
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