95 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ fˈɛnssˈɪtɪŋ], [ fˈɛnssˈɪtɪŋ], [ f_ˈɛ_n_s_s_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]

Similar words for fence-sitting:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• uncommitted (adjective)
• abstain (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Synonyms for Fence-sitting:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • uncommitted.
  • uncommitted (adjective)
  • nonaligned,
  • unaffiliated,
  • laid-back,
  • neutral,
  • nonpartisan,
  • uninvolved,
  • unattached,
  • laid back,
  • on the fence,
  • restrained,
  • non-aligned,
  • middle of the road,
  • middle ground,
  • non-partisan,
  • free spirited,
  • free-spirited,
  • unpledged,
  • don't care,
  • floating,
  • cut loose.

• v.

  • abstain (verb)
  • constrain,
  • abnegate,
  • abjure,
  • curb,
  • eschew,
  • spurn,
  • renounce,
  • sit on the fence,
  • deny oneself,
  • pass,
  • shun,
  • sit on one's hands,
  • decline,
  • evade,
  • avoid,
  • withhold,
  • cease,
  • do without,
  • fence-sit,
  • sit out,
  • give up,
  • stop,
  • give the go by,
  • refuse,
  • refrain,
  • take the pledge,
  • forbear,
  • quit,
  • take the cure,
  • fast,
  • forgo,
  • go on the wagon,
  • starve,
  • pass up,
  • keep from.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • change of mind,
  • noninvolvement,
  • irresolute,
  • ambivalence,
  • undecided,
  • irresolution,
  • uncertain,
  • indecisiveness,
  • uncertainty,
  • faltering,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • cop out,
  • impartiality,
  • evasion,
  • unsettled,
  • indecisive,
  • pause,
  • wavering,
  • ambivalent,
  • fickle,
  • undetermined,
  • second thoughts,
  • unresolved,
  • vacillation,
  • abstention,
  • independence,
  • dubious,
  • inconstancy,
  • capricious,
  • indecision,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • wobbling,
  • hesitance,
  • instability,
  • hesitancy,
  • mutable,
  • changeable,
  • Mugwumpery,
  • mercurial.