What is another word for hesitant?
574 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈɛsɪtənt], [ hˈɛsɪtənt], [ h_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for hesitant:- afraid (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambivalent (adjective)
- averse (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- balky (adjective)
- broken (adjective)
- changing (adjective)
- chary (adjective)
- conflicting (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- doubtful (adjective)
- dubious (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- gingerly (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- inarticulate (adjective)
- incredulous (adjective)
- indecisive (adjective)
- indisposed (adjective)
- insecure (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- lukewarm (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- on the fence (adjective)
- opposing (adjective)
- recreant (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- reticent (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- uncertain (adjective)
- uncertain, waiting (adjective)
- undecided (adjective)
- unresolved (adjective)
- unsure (adjective)
- unwilling (adjective)
- vacillating (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- weak-minded (adjective)
- hesitant (noun)
- other synonyms
- distant
- insistent
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Hesitant:
adj.
•afraid (adjective)- un eager,
- un-happier,
- un willing,
- un happiest,
- un-willing,
- un happier,
- un-eager,
- more uneager,
- dis inclined,
- dis-inclined,
- unhappy,
- un happy,
- un-happiest,
- most uneager,
- un-happy.
- more clashing,
- more fluctuating,
- most opposed,
- most fluctuating,
- in-conclusive,
- in conclusive,
- most clashing.
- illdisposed,
- un friendlier,
- more ill disposed,
- ill disposed,
- un friendly,
- most ill-disposed,
- un-friendlier,
- most disliking,
- un-friendliest,
- anti-pathetic,
- dis-liking,
- un-friendly,
- most ill disposed,
- anti pathetic,
- un-favorable,
- dis liking,
- un friendliest,
- most illdisposed,
- un favorable,
- more ill-disposed,
- more disliking,
- more illdisposed.
- in-flexible,
- un predictable,
- un bending,
- more negativistic,
- un-predictable,
- in-tractable,
- un manageable,
- in flexible,
- obstinate,
- stubborn,
- immovable,
- most negativistic,
- un-bending,
- in tractable,
- un-manageable.
- in coherent,
- dis jointed,
- un-intelligible,
- more muttered,
- most mumbled,
- more mumbled,
- most muttered,
- in-coherent,
- un intelligible,
- dis-jointed.
- questioning,
- doubting,
- most agnostic,
- dis trustful,
- in quandary,
- more unconvinced,
- un settled,
- un convinced,
- more discomposed,
- dis-composed,
- dis composed,
- most baffled,
- more questioning,
- dis-trustful,
- most questioning,
- un-convinced,
- more agnostic,
- most faltering,
- more baffled,
- most discomposed,
- most unconvinced,
- more faltering,
- un-settled.
- un trustworthy,
- more unassured,
- un-reliable,
- un trustier,
- un dependable,
- un clearer,
- un-assured,
- touch go,
- un clearest,
- un likely,
- most trustless,
- un-trustier,
- un-likely,
- fly by night,
- un likeliest,
- un-trustworthy,
- un reliable,
- un trustiest,
- un-clearest,
- Mootable,
- un-dependable,
- un trusty,
- most unassured,
- dubitable,
- untrustiest,
- un-likelier,
- un likelier,
- far fetched,
- iffy,
- un-clear,
- un-trusty,
- un assured,
- un-likeliest,
- un-trustiest,
- more trustless,
- un clear,
- un-clearer,
- untrustier.
- shaky,
- aflutter,
- have cold feet,
- running scared,
- shrinking,
- rabbity,
- in a dither,
- goose-bumpy,
- weak-kneed.
- ill.
- in-decisive,
- un-determined,
- more waffling,
- in determinate,
- un-stable,
- un stable,
- un-stablest,
- un determined,
- wishy washy,
- hemming hawing,
- in decisive,
- wishywashy,
- un eventful,
- wishy-washy,
- un-stabler,
- hot cold,
- un-eventful,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- most astraddle,
- more astraddle,
- most waffling.
- more uninclined,
- un-inclined,
- un caring,
- in disposed,
- un inclined,
- most uninclined,
- un-caring,
- in-disposed.
- in secure,
- most unpoised,
- up the air,
- more unpoised,
- un poised,
- more choked,
- up tight,
- in securest,
- most unconfident,
- in-securest,
- up-tight,
- up in air,
- most delphic,
- in-securer,
- un-poised,
- in securer,
- more unconfident,
- Unpoised,
- up air,
- in-secure,
- un confident,
- more delphic,
- most choked,
- un-confident.
- Shilly-shally,
- volatile,
- in firm,
- infirm,
- watery,
- inconsistent,
- Half-hearted,
- on-the-fence,
- capricious,
- spineless,
- unwilling,
- double-minded,
- shifty,
- halfhearted,
- erratic,
- undependable,
- dillydallying,
- insipid,
- Flitting,
- yellow,
- impulsive,
- fickle,
- fly-by-night,
- wimpy,
- hot-and-cold,
- changeable,
- irresponsible.
- uninterested,
- un responsive,
- un interested,
- un-responsive,
- un committed,
- un-interested,
- un-committed,
- un-concerned,
- un concerned.
- un strung,
- unstrung,
- most spooked,
- more ruffled,
- more unrestful,
- most ruffled,
- high strung,
- taut,
- ex-citable,
- un-strung,
- highstrung,
- un-restful,
- most unrestful,
- un restful,
- more nervous,
- up-set,
- ex citable,
- more spooked.
- laggard,
- more disheartened,
- more demurring,
- most disheartened,
- most grudging,
- more grudging,
- in-voluntary,
- more laggard,
- most demurring,
- dis heartened,
- most laggard,
- dis-heartened,
- in voluntary.
- more unforthcoming,
- close mouthed,
- more unspeaking,
- most unspeaking,
- un-speaking,
- un forthcoming,
- un-forthcoming,
- tight lipped,
- unforthcoming,
- most unforthcoming,
- un-communicative,
- un speaking.
- more unsocial,
- un social,
- un assertive,
- most uneffusive,
- un-social,
- most introvert,
- un effusive,
- more unassertive,
- recessive,
- more introvert,
- introvert,
- most unsocial,
- un-assertive,
- more uneffusive,
- un-effusive.
- un concluded,
- in complete,
- un resolved,
- un solved,
- un-resolved,
- un-concluded,
- most pussyfooting,
- more unconcluded,
- un-solved,
- most unsolved,
- more pussyfooting,
- in-complete,
- un-answered,
- un answered,
- more unsolved,
- most unconcluded.
- recalcitrant,
- non-consenting,
- unyielding,
- uncooperative,
- unconsenting,
- squeamish,
- Resisting,
- irreconcilable,
- defiant,
- indisposed,
- contrary,
- unhelpful,
- noncooperative,
- opposed,
- uncomplying.
n.
•hesitant (noun)Other synonyms:
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- Vacillatory,
- emphatic,
- vacillant.
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- slow.
- circumlocutory,
- hypocritical,
- wobbly,
- shaking,
- touch-and-go,
- intimidated,
- modest,
- unready,
- timorous,
- variable,
- be dilatory,
- dicey,
- undetermined,
- impeach,
- cynical,
- mealy-mouthed,
- disbelieving,
- uncommunicative,
- sheepish,
- jumpy,
- deceitful,
- apathetic,
- politic,
- circumspect,
- careful,
- stumbling,
- unadventurous,
- puzzled,
- affected,
- polysemous,
- scrupling,
- undaring,
- leery,
- artful,
- pawky,
- tremulous,
- shy of,
- cowardly,
- hanging back,
- unaccountable,
- scrupulous,
- agnostic,
- Boggling,
- untrusting,
- faulty,
- loth,
- shivering,
- skeptical,
- apprehensive,
- prudent,
- mealymouthed,
- quaking,
- uneven,
- reserved,
- quavering,
- stammering,
- balking,
- periphrastic,
- cautious,
- havering,
- palpitating,
- dawdling,
- whimsical,
- safe,
- restive,
- quivering,
- Demurring,
- sceptical,
- guarded,
- regardful,
- stuttering,
- retiring,
- unclear,
- judicious,
- on guard,
- coy,
- Weak-minded,
- incalculable,
- mindful,
- Equivocating,
- equivocal,
- mumbling,
- queasy,
- tottery,
- changing,
- resistant,
- suspicious,
- unenterprising,
- vacillate,
- indirect,
- thorough,
- Qualmish,
- unobtrusive,
- halt,
- unpredictable,
- jittery,
- unctuous,
- chancy,
- unverifiable,
- unforeseeable,
- namby-pamby,
- embarrassed,
- oily,
- noncommittal,
- trembling,
- panicky,
- unenthusiastic,
- pusillanimous,
- antagonistic,
- Jibbing,
- Distrusting,
- roundabout,
- unbelieving,
- shuddering,
- inconstant,
- sticking,
- edgy,
- canny,
- distrustful,
- inconclusive,
- Stickling,
- discreet,
- straining,
- tergiversating,
- self-effacing,
- euphemistic,
- a-tremble,
- slick,
- mincing,
- Indemonstrable,
- unprovable,
- shifting,
- deliberate,
- problematic,
- enigmatic,
- faltering,
- lazy,
- discomfited,
- at loose ends,
- muttering,
- uncomfortable,
- unpersuaded,
- Delaying,
- heedful,
- wary,
- vague,
- fluctuating,
- bashful,
- lacking confidence,
- indefinite,
- obscure,
- shilly-shallying,
- awkward,
- ambiguous,
- pause,
- unsteady,
- unsettled.
Paraphrases for Hesitant:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
reluctant, irresolute.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
cautious, unwilling, doubtful, Half-hearted, shy, questionable, shaky, restrained, dubious, wary, halting, insecure, resistant, precarious, dilatory, averse, careful, afraid.
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Adjective
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Antonyms for Hesitant:
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adj.