918 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ hˈɛm and hˈɔː], [ hˈɛm and hˈɔː], [ h_ˈɛ_m a_n_d h_ˈɔː]

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)

Hyponyms for hem and haw

Synonyms for Hem and haw:

• n.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • evade.

• v.

  • avoid, dodge (verb)
  • hedge.
  • avoid, evade (verb)
  • weasel.
  • avoid; escape (verb)
  • elude.
  • avoid an issue (verb)
  • equivocate.
  • communication (verb)
  • hem and haw.
  • 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.
  • dilly-dally (verb)
  • Loitered,
  • de lay,
  • de-laying,
  • de lays,
  • moving slowly,
  • de-lays,
  • move slowly,
  • de laying,
  • de-lay,
  • moves slowly,
  • dilly dally,
  • moved slowly.
  • elude (verb)
  • 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.
  • equivocate (verb)
  • 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.
  • falter (verb)
  • 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.
  • fluctuate (verb)
  • 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.
  • go back and forth (verb)
  • vacillate.
  • hedge (verb)
  • 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.
  • hesitate (verb)
  • fudge and mudge,
  • back and fill,
  • dance around,
  • euphemize,
  • hum and haw,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • tapdance.
  • move back and forth (verb)
  • sway.
  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • hesitate,
  • pause.
  • pettifog (verb)
  • picks to pieces,
  • picking to pieces,
  • picks pieces,
  • pick pieces,
  • picking pieces,
  • picked to pieces,
  • picked pieces.
  • pussyfoot (verb)
  • 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.
  • quibble (verb)
  • 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.
  • shift (verb)
  • 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.
  • stammer (verb)
  • re-peat,
  • re peats,
  • re peat,
  • re-peats.
  • sway (verb)
  • pendulated,
  • in clines,
  • pendulating,
  • in cline,
  • in-clines,
  • Pendulate,
  • in-cline,
  • pendulates.
  • vacillate (verb)
  • 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.
  • vary (verb)
  • 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.
  • waver (verb)
  • 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.
  • weasel (verb)
  • 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.
  • disagree
  • demur.
  • equivocate
  • 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.
  • falter
  • stammer.
  • fluctuate
  • waver.
  • hedge
  • be noncommittal,
  • shillyshally,
  • give the run around.
  • hesitate
  • 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.
  • mutter
  • mumble.
  • pettifog
  • pick to pieces.
  • pussyfoot
  • 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.
  • quibble
  • 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.
  • stammer
  • Stammered.
  • stutter
  • hesitate in speech.
  • vary
  • be unlike,
  • take turns,
  • permutate,
  • inter-change,
  • Inflecting,
  • inflected,
  • divaricate,
  • Divaricated,
  • Divaricating,
  • inflects,
  • inflect.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.

Hyponym for Hem and haw:

• v.

  • communication
    hesitate, pause.