What is another word for hesitant?
649 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɛsɪtənt], [ hˈɛsɪtənt], [ h_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]
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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)
- other relevant words (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 relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- distant
- insistent
- other relevant words (noun)
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.
- dubious,
- dummied up,
- dithering,
- undecided,
- chary,
- afraid,
- unrestful,
- pendent,
- weak,
- balky,
- ill at ease,
- negativistic,
- over-wrought,
- loath,
- doubtful,
- backward,
- astraddle,
- unresolved,
- on the fence,
- uneager,
- unsolved,
- untrusty,
- of two minds,
- unsure,
- incredulous,
- having no use for,
- rootless,
- open to question,
- reticent,
- hanging by thread,
- without guts,
- Fluctuant,
- shy,
- in dilemma,
- irresolute,
- uneffusive,
- unassertive,
- ashamed,
- tentative,
- in a quandary,
- lukewarm,
- inarticulate,
- dried up,
- hot and cold,
- yellow-bellied,
- uncertain,
- unconfident,
- broken,
- indecisive,
- unsocial,
- clammed up,
- hemming and hawing,
- unassured,
- on thin ice,
- unconcluded,
- reluctant,
- ill-disposed,
- not following,
- touch and go,
- insecure,
- Trustless,
- in clouds,
- unconvinced,
- unspeaking,
- humble,
- without belief,
- uninclined,
- up set,
- nervous,
- fearful.
- 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 relevant words: (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.
How to use "Hesitant" in context?
The word hesitant is often defined as a person who is not sure about doing something, especially because it may be considered risky. In some cases, the person may be apprehensive about the potential consequences of acting in a certain way. Generally speaking, the term is used to describe somebody who is not keen on moving forward with something. In some cases, the person may be indecisive, while in others, they may be fearful. Regardless of the underlying reason, the hesitation can be a barrier to progress. For some people, it can be a sign that they are not up for the challenge or that they do not have the necessary conviction.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
irresolute, reluctant.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
afraid, averse, careful, cautious, dilatory, doubtful, dubious, halting, insecure, precarious, questionable, resistant, restrained, shaky, shy, unwilling, wary, Half-hearted.
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