What is another word for hem and haw?
918 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈɛm and hˈɔː], [ hˈɛm and hˈɔː], [ h_ˈɛ_m a_n_d h_ˈɔː]Table of Contents
Similar words for hem and haw:- other relevant words (noun)
- avoid, dodge (verb)
- avoid, evade (verb)
- avoid; escape (verb)
- avoid an issue (verb)
- communication (verb)
- demur (verb)
- dilly-dally (verb)
- elude (verb)
- equivocate (verb)
- falter (verb)
- fluctuate (verb)
- go back and forth (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- move back and forth (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pettifog (verb)
- pussyfoot (verb)
- quibble (verb)
- shift (verb)
- stammer (verb)
- sway (verb)
- vacillate (verb)
- vary (verb)
- waver (verb)
- weasel (verb)
- other synonyms
- change
- disagree
- equivocate
- falter
- fluctuate
- hedge
- hesitate
- mutter
- pettifog
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- stammer
- stutter
- vary
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Hem and haw:
n.
•Other relevant words: (noun)v.
•avoid, dodge (verb) •avoid, evade (verb) •avoid; escape (verb) •avoid an issue (verb) •communication (verb) •demur (verb)- take exception,
- dis approves,
- dis approve,
- takes exception,
- Shied,
- Shying,
- dis-approve,
- re-fuses,
- re-fused,
- scruples,
- pro-testing,
- re fuses,
- dis-approving,
- stickle,
- scruple,
- re fuse,
- remonstrate,
- pro tested,
- dis approved,
- re fused,
- re fusing,
- dis approving,
- stickles,
- shies,
- Stickling,
- hem haw,
- pro testing,
- re-fuse,
- pro-tested,
- Stickled,
- dis-approved,
- Paused,
- dis-approves,
- wait see,
- took exception,
- taking exception.
- Loitered,
- de lay,
- de-laying,
- de lays,
- moving slowly,
- de-lays,
- move slowly,
- de laying,
- de-lay,
- moves slowly,
- dilly dally,
- moved slowly.
- ran around,
- give the runaround,
- out-witting,
- passes up,
- gave the runaround,
- giving the runaround,
- out run,
- runs around,
- stay shy of,
- passed up,
- are beyond someone,
- gave wide berth to,
- got away from,
- beats around bush,
- out-runs,
- staid shy of,
- gat away from,
- were beyond someone,
- pass up,
- wast beyond someone,
- gets away from,
- out wits,
- not touching,
- out runs,
- gotten away from,
- get away from,
- giving runaround,
- beating around bush,
- get around,
- out-run,
- give the slip,
- is beyond someone,
- giving slip,
- give wide berth to,
- stays shy of,
- was beyond someone,
- out-running,
- give slip,
- wert beyond someone,
- gives wide berth to,
- out-wit,
- getting away from,
- gives slip,
- beating around the bush,
- out running,
- be beyond someone,
- not touch,
- out wit,
- not touches,
- beat around the bush,
- gives the slip,
- give runaround,
- passing up,
- gave runaround,
- gives the runaround,
- not touched,
- gat around,
- gets around,
- out-wits,
- out witted,
- out witting,
- pass buck,
- gotten around,
- run around,
- giving the slip,
- steer clear of,
- beats around the bush,
- being beyond someone,
- staying shy of,
- out-witted,
- got around,
- giving wide berth to,
- art beyond someone,
- gave the slip,
- getting around,
- steered clear of,
- beat around bush,
- gave slip,
- steers clear of,
- stayed shy of,
- running around,
- am beyond someone,
- steering clear of,
- gives runaround.
- sits on the fence,
- sate on the fence,
- told white lie,
- gives run around,
- sat the fence,
- flip flopped,
- flipflopping,
- sate fence,
- clouds the issue,
- sit fence,
- blow hot cold,
- sat on the fence,
- clouds issue,
- doubletalking,
- clouding the issue,
- gave run around,
- sat fence,
- telling white lie,
- begged question,
- sits on fence,
- giving run around,
- sits the fence,
- flip-flopped,
- sate the fence,
- begged the question,
- sat on fence,
- mincing words,
- tergiversed,
- flipflopped,
- sit the fence,
- tergiversing,
- double talked,
- begs question,
- clouding issue,
- double talking,
- sate on fence,
- sitting on the fence,
- minces words,
- doubletalked,
- cop plea,
- sitting on fence,
- double-talking,
- begging question,
- sitting fence,
- doubletalk,
- beg question,
- tergiverses,
- sitting the fence,
- tells white lie,
- sits fence,
- clouded the issue,
- cloud issue,
- begs the question,
- flip flop,
- clouded issue,
- double-talked,
- flip flopping.
- stubs toe,
- dropt the ball,
- trip up,
- Teetering,
- dropping ball,
- bobbles,
- are undecided,
- were undecided,
- Whiffled,
- drops the ball,
- wast undecided,
- drop ball,
- top pled,
- am undecided,
- drop the ball,
- dropt ball,
- top-pled,
- wobble,
- spake haltingly,
- bobbled,
- trips up,
- art undecided,
- stubbing toe,
- Floundered,
- tripping up,
- drops ball,
- is undecided,
- fluffed,
- dropping the ball,
- dropped ball,
- dropped the ball,
- being undecided,
- tripped up,
- lurching,
- wert undecided,
- speaking haltingly,
- spoke haltingly,
- speaks haltingly,
- was undecided,
- lurch,
- bobbling,
- whiffles,
- stub toe,
- stubbed toe,
- Whiffling,
- fluffing,
- be undecided,
- Whiffle,
- speak haltingly,
- bobble.
- yo yoing,
- going up and down,
- ebbs flow,
- yoyoing,
- ebbing flow,
- goes and down,
- yo yoed,
- ebb and flow,
- rise fall,
- yo-yoing,
- rising fall,
- yo yo,
- go up down,
- going and down,
- yo-yoed,
- goes up and down,
- YOYO,
- went up down,
- goes up down,
- yoyos,
- go and down,
- yoyoed,
- yo-yos,
- rose fall,
- ebbed flow,
- went and down,
- ebbs and flow,
- go up and down,
- rises and fall,
- yo-yo,
- went up and down,
- ebbing and flow,
- rise and fall,
- ebb flow,
- rises fall,
- going up down,
- ebbed and flow,
- rising and fall,
- rose and fall,
- yo yos.
- am noncommittal,
- art noncommittal,
- giving the run around,
- gave the run around,
- were noncommittal,
- is noncommittal,
- was noncommittal,
- being noncommittal,
- gives the run around,
- wert noncommittal,
- shilly shally,
- wast noncommittal.
- sway.
- picks to pieces,
- picking to pieces,
- picks pieces,
- pick pieces,
- picking pieces,
- picked to pieces,
- picked pieces.
- watch step,
- watches ones step,
- played it close to the vest,
- playing close to the vest,
- play it close the vest,
- watched one's step,
- played it close vest,
- play close to the vest,
- playing it close to vest,
- played it close to vest,
- watching one step,
- ducking issues,
- plays it close the vest,
- played close the vest,
- playing it close vest,
- treads warily,
- plays close to the vest,
- watching step,
- watched step,
- ducking the issues,
- plays close vest,
- ducked the issues,
- playing close to vest,
- play close to vest,
- play close vest,
- watches one step,
- played close vest,
- watches step,
- playing it close to the vest,
- plays it close to the vest,
- ducks the issues,
- watched ones step,
- ducked issues,
- trod warily,
- watches one's step,
- playing close the vest,
- plays it close vest,
- watching ones step,
- play it close to vest,
- playing it close the vest,
- plays close to vest,
- duck issues,
- ducks issues,
- plays close the vest,
- play close the vest,
- played close to vest,
- playing close vest,
- plays it close to vest,
- played close to the vest,
- played it close the vest,
- watched one step,
- watch one step,
- treading warily,
- watch ones step,
- play it close vest.
- pre-tending,
- putting up argument,
- caught at straws,
- catches at straws,
- catch straws,
- catching straws,
- argufies,
- pre-tends,
- hyper-criticize,
- hath it,
- makes big thing about,
- hyper-criticizes,
- paralogizes,
- makes a big thing about,
- hypercriticizes,
- catching at straws,
- hyper criticized,
- having at it,
- nit-picks,
- hyper criticizes,
- nit-picked,
- making big thing about,
- hypercriticized,
- talked back,
- hyper-criticizing,
- talks back,
- haddest at it,
- argufied,
- hast at it,
- nit picked,
- hyper-criticized,
- nit picking,
- put an argument,
- argued over,
- putting up an argument,
- hast it,
- hath at it,
- sets to,
- had at it,
- hypercriticizing,
- has at it,
- caught straws,
- pre tend,
- puts up an argument,
- nit pick,
- puts an argument,
- Paralogized,
- setting to,
- Paralogizing,
- pre tends,
- has it,
- hyper criticizing,
- argues over,
- putting an argument,
- catches straws,
- make big thing about,
- puts argument,
- pre tending,
- having it,
- putting argument,
- nit picks,
- made a big thing about,
- haddest it,
- hyper criticize,
- made big thing about,
- hadst it,
- put argument,
- puts up argument,
- hadst at it,
- pre-tended,
- making a big thing about.
- dis placed,
- turning around,
- shifting,
- swapped places,
- re moved,
- re-locate,
- changed gears,
- dis located,
- re-moving,
- dis-located,
- re placed,
- turned the tables,
- re positions,
- moving around,
- repositioning,
- co-oked,
- switched over,
- dis-place,
- re-placed,
- re arranging,
- bottoms out,
- switching over,
- re located,
- switch over,
- turn around,
- recalibrated,
- Faulted,
- Faulting,
- trans-posing,
- dialed back,
- re calibrates,
- turn the corner,
- dis-placing,
- re-calibrated,
- ex changing,
- re locate,
- turning tables,
- recalibrates,
- recalibrating,
- moves over,
- re-arrange,
- moved around,
- dialing back,
- re locates,
- turns the corner,
- dis places,
- dialling back,
- dialled back,
- re arranged,
- re move,
- trans pose,
- repositioned,
- turning corner,
- re-places,
- moving over,
- recalibrate,
- co-oking,
- switches over,
- moves around,
- re-located,
- trans posed,
- re-position,
- re-positioned,
- dis locating,
- re moving,
- ex change,
- re-calibrating,
- swaps places,
- re-calibrates,
- turned around,
- re-positions,
- dial back,
- re calibrating,
- about face,
- re-arranges,
- turning the corner,
- re placing,
- about facing,
- ex changes,
- about faced,
- re-arranging,
- dis-placed,
- ex-changing,
- ex-changed,
- turns around,
- re-calibrate,
- re-moves,
- trans-pose,
- turn corner,
- re calibrated,
- dis locates,
- re arranges,
- reposition,
- bottom out,
- moved over,
- dis place,
- re-positioning,
- dis-places,
- dials back,
- co oked,
- turned corner,
- turns corner,
- dis-locates,
- turn tables,
- re-locates,
- re-move,
- change gears,
- co oking,
- move around,
- turned tables,
- re-arranged,
- dis locate,
- bottomed out,
- re calibrate,
- re locating,
- re positioning,
- re place,
- turns tables,
- re positioned,
- re places,
- swapping places,
- dis placing,
- bottoming out,
- move over,
- repositions,
- re-locating,
- re position,
- changes gears,
- changing gears,
- turned the corner,
- turns the tables,
- dis-locating,
- re arrange,
- dis-locate.
- run hot cold,
- being indecisive,
- fence straddle,
- is indecisive,
- were indecisive,
- fencestraddles,
- pussyfoots around,
- wert indecisive,
- fence-straddling,
- was indecisive,
- fence-straddled,
- art indecisive,
- runs hot cold,
- fence-straddles,
- pussyfooted around,
- fence straddles,
- pussyfoot around,
- wast indecisive,
- fencestraddle,
- running hot cold,
- fence straddling,
- fencestraddling,
- change mind,
- fencestraddled,
- changes mind,
- runs hot and cold,
- run hot and cold,
- pussyfooting around,
- are indecisive,
- fence-straddle,
- running hot and cold,
- be indecisive,
- fence straddled,
- changing mind,
- ran hot cold,
- ran hot and cold,
- changed mind.
- trans form,
- inter changes,
- trans forms,
- de part,
- dis-sent,
- de-parts,
- dis agrees,
- wast unlike,
- de parted,
- inter change,
- was unlike,
- dis-agreeing,
- trans formed,
- dis agreeing,
- dis agree,
- inter changed,
- trans forming,
- art unlike,
- inter-changes,
- dis-agreed,
- trans-forming,
- dis sent,
- took turns,
- being unlike,
- trans-formed,
- divaricates,
- inter changing,
- de-part,
- dis-sents,
- dis agreed,
- dis-agrees,
- dis-agree,
- trans-form,
- are unlike,
- were unlike,
- is unlike,
- permutating,
- permutates,
- trans-forms,
- am unlike,
- de-parting,
- wert unlike,
- takes turns,
- taking turns,
- de parting,
- de-parted,
- dis sents,
- de parts,
- inter-changing,
- permutated.
- am unable to decide,
- being unable decide,
- art unable decide,
- were unable to decide,
- wast unable to decide,
- is unable to decide,
- de liberates,
- de liberating,
- are unable decide,
- is unable decide,
- de liberated,
- de-liberate,
- be unable decide,
- art unable to decide,
- wert unable to decide,
- am unable decide,
- being unable to decide,
- were unable decide,
- wast unable decide,
- was unable to decide,
- wert unable decide,
- de liberate,
- de-liberates,
- be unable to decide,
- are unable to decide,
- de-liberated,
- was unable decide,
- de-liberating.
- wormed way out of,
- dancing around issue,
- dance around issue,
- lay low,
- slipping out,
- slips out,
- worming ones way out of,
- sneaked away,
- lays low,
- tap dancing,
- slipped out,
- wormed ones way out of,
- danced around an issue,
- snuck away,
- worms way out of,
- dance around an issue,
- welsh,
- dances around issue,
- worm ones way out of,
- tap danced,
- worms one way out of,
- worms one's way out of,
- sneak away,
- wormed one's way out of,
- worm one way out of,
- worming one way out of,
- worms ones way out of,
- dancing around an issue,
- sneaks away,
- worm one's way out of,
- wormed one way out of,
- danced around issue,
- worming one's way out of,
- worm way out of,
- sneaking away,
- laid low,
- worming way out of,
- slipt out,
- dances around an issue,
- laying low,
- slip out.
Other synonyms:
•change- vary.
- covers up,
- flip-flopping,
- cloud the issue,
- fibbing,
- jive,
- tell white lie,
- jiving,
- jived,
- jives,
- sit on the fence,
- covered up,
- tergiverse,
- lied,
- flipflop,
- covering up,
- begging the question,
- mince words,
- cover up,
- minced words,
- Parried,
- give run around,
- beg the question.
- dithered,
- thought about,
- hold off,
- thinks about,
- be reluctant,
- thinking twice,
- pulls back,
- thinking about,
- shy away,
- think twice,
- pulling back,
- sit on fence,
- pulled back,
- stutter,
- pull back,
- Hesitated,
- be unwilling,
- dithering,
- be irresolute,
- think about.
- tread warily,
- tiptoed,
- play it close to the vest,
- watching one's step,
- duck the issues,
- slinks,
- Slank,
- snuck,
- tiptoeing,
- watch one's step,
- Tiptoes.
- make a big thing about,
- set to,
- Paralogize,
- chicaned,
- chicane,
- hypercriticize,
- nit-pick,
- have at it,
- chicanes,
- talk back,
- catch at straws,
- altercates,
- chicaning,
- had it,
- altercate,
- nitpick,
- nit-picking,
- Altercating,
- Altercated,
- talking back,
- argue over,
- put up argument,
- have it,
- put up an argument.
- be unlike,
- take turns,
- permutate,
- inter-change,
- Inflecting,
- inflected,
- divaricate,
- Divaricated,
- Divaricating,
- inflects,
- inflect.
- dilly-dally,
- seesaw,
- Strain at,
- quibble,
- dillydally,
- stick at,
- bumble,
- stall,
- niggle,
- Haver,
- fence,
- hum,
- debate,
- swing,
- split hairs,
- about the bush,
- teeter,
- pull away,
- halt,
- stop to consider,
- hang back,
- withdraw,
- alternate,
- recoil,
- jib,
- shrink,
- duck,
- back down,
- totter,
- shuffle,
- falter,
- cavil,
- tergiversate,
- strain,
- swerve,
- See-saw,
- hover,
- will and will not,
- swither,
- dawdle,
- fluctuate,
- toss and turn,
- ward off,
- think twice about,
- hem,
- prevaricate,
- fear,
- deliberate,
- step aside,
- sidestep,
- stumble,
- yield,
- shift,
- vibrate,
- pussyfoot,
- shy,
- sheer off,
- dither,
- straddle the fence,
- waffle,
- haw,
- Mammer,
- balance,
- be evasive,
- ponder,
- parry,
- teeter-totter,
- be shifty,
- retreat,
- delay,
- palter,
- fudge,
- oscillate,
- pettifog,
- beat around,
- dodge.