What is another word for hesitate?
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Pronunciation:
[ hˈɛsɪtˌe͡ɪt], [ hˈɛsɪtˌeɪt], [ h_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]
Hesitation is a common emotion that we all experience from time to time. It can occur in various situations where we are unsure about the next steps to take or are hesitant because of fear or doubt. However, there are several synonyms for the word hesitate that can help us convey our feelings more accurately. Words such as falter, waver, pause, vacillate, procrastinate, and hesitate to suggest a temporary reluctance or uncertainty. In contrast, words like dither, stammer, and fumble imply indecisiveness or insecurity. These synonyms can come in handy when expressing oneself both in spoken and written language.
Related words: withdraw, retract, back out, back down, recant, surrender
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Synonyms for Hesitate:
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- decide .
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• balk- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- re-fusing ,
- shrank from ,
- shrinking from ,
- shrinks from ,
- shrunk from ,
- upsets apple cart ,
- upsetting apple cart .
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- hem haw ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- takes exception ,
- took exception ,
- wait see .
- am a quandary ,
- am apprehensive of ,
- am curious ,
- am dubious ,
- am in a quandary ,
- am puzzled ,
- am quandary ,
- am uncertain ,
- am undetermined ,
- are a quandary ,
- are apprehensive of ,
- are curious ,
- are dubious ,
- are in a quandary ,
- are in quandary ,
- are puzzled ,
- are quandary ,
- are uncertain ,
- are undetermined ,
- art a quandary ,
- art apprehensive of ,
- art curious ,
- art in a quandary ,
- art in quandary ,
- art puzzled ,
- art quandary ,
- art uncertain ,
- art undetermined ,
- be a quandary ,
- be in quandary ,
- be quandary ,
- being a quandary ,
- being apprehensive of ,
- being curious ,
- being dubious ,
- being in a quandary ,
- being in quandary ,
- being puzzled ,
- being quandary ,
- being uncertain ,
- being undetermined ,
- call question ,
- called in question ,
- called question ,
- calling in question ,
- calling question ,
- calls in question ,
- calls question ,
- dis believe ,
- dis believed ,
- dis believes ,
- dis believing ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis trust ,
- dis trusted ,
- dis trusting ,
- dis trusts ,
- dis-believe ,
- dis-believed ,
- dis-believes ,
- dis-believing ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-trust ,
- dis-trusted ,
- dis-trusting ,
- dis-trusts ,
- gave no credence ,
- gives no credence ,
- giving no credence ,
- had qualms ,
- haddest qualms ,
- hadst qualms ,
- harbored suspicion ,
- harboring suspicion ,
- harbors suspicion ,
- has qualms ,
- hast qualms ,
- hath qualms ,
- having qualms ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuated ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating ,
- is a quandary ,
- is apprehensive of ,
- is curious ,
- is dubious ,
- is in a quandary ,
- is in quandary ,
- is puzzled ,
- is quandary ,
- is uncertain ,
- is undetermined ,
- mis gave ,
- mis give ,
- mis given ,
- mis gives ,
- mis giving ,
- mis trust ,
- mis trusted ,
- mis trusting ,
- mis trusts ,
- mis-gave ,
- mis-give ,
- mis-given ,
- mis-gives ,
- mis-giving ,
- mis-trust ,
- mis-trusted ,
- mis-trusting ,
- not bought ,
- not buying ,
- not buys ,
- reading differently ,
- reads differently ,
- skepticized ,
- skepticizes ,
- skepticizing ,
- smell rat ,
- smelled a rat ,
- smelled rat ,
- smelling rat ,
- smells a rat ,
- smells rat ,
- smelt a rat ,
- smelt rat ,
- sur mise ,
- sur mises ,
- sur-mise ,
- sur-mises ,
- takes dim view of ,
- taking dim view of ,
- took dim view of ,
- was a quandary ,
- was apprehensive of ,
- was curious ,
- was dubious ,
- was in a quandary ,
- was in quandary ,
- was puzzled ,
- was quandary ,
- was uncertain ,
- was undetermined ,
- wast a quandary ,
- wast apprehensive of ,
- wast curious ,
- wast dubious ,
- wast in a quandary ,
- wast in quandary ,
- wast puzzled ,
- wast quandary ,
- wast uncertain ,
- wast undetermined ,
- were a quandary ,
- were apprehensive of ,
- were curious ,
- were dubious ,
- were in a quandary ,
- were in quandary ,
- were puzzled ,
- were quandary ,
- were uncertain ,
- were undetermined ,
- wert a quandary ,
- wert apprehensive of ,
- wert curious ,
- wert dubious ,
- wert in a quandary ,
- wert in quandary ,
- wert puzzled ,
- wert quandary ,
- wert uncertain ,
- wert undetermined ,
- wondered at ,
- wondering at ,
- wonders at .
- am undecided ,
- are undecided ,
- art undecided ,
- being undecided ,
- drop ball ,
- dropped ball ,
- dropping ball ,
- drops ball ,
- drops the ball ,
- dropt ball ,
- dropt the ball ,
- is undecided ,
- spake haltingly ,
- speaking haltingly ,
- speaks haltingly ,
- spoke haltingly ,
- stubbed toe ,
- stubbing toe ,
- stubs toe ,
- top pled ,
- top-pled ,
- tripping up ,
- trips up ,
- was undecided ,
- wast undecided ,
- were undecided ,
- wert undecided ,
- whiffles .
- blow hot cold ,
- ebb flow ,
- ebbed and flow ,
- ebbed flow ,
- ebbing and flow ,
- ebbing flow ,
- ebbs and flow ,
- ebbs flow ,
- go and down ,
- go up down ,
- goes and down ,
- goes up and down ,
- goes up down ,
- going and down ,
- going up and down ,
- going up down ,
- rise fall ,
- rises and fall ,
- rises fall ,
- rising and fall ,
- rising fall ,
- rose and fall ,
- rose fall ,
- went and down ,
- went up and down ,
- went up down ,
- yo yo ,
- yo yoed ,
- yo yoing ,
- yo yos ,
- yo-yoed ,
- yo-yoing ,
- yoyoed ,
- yoyoing ,
- yoyos .
- am dilatory ,
- am long ,
- am tardy ,
- are dilatory ,
- are long ,
- are tardy ,
- art dilatory ,
- art long ,
- art tardy ,
- being dilatory ,
- being long ,
- being tardy ,
- is dilatory ,
- is long ,
- is tardy ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- sat around ,
- sate around ,
- sits around ,
- sitting around ,
- sticked around ,
- sticking around ,
- sticks around ,
- stuck around ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time ,
- waited around ,
- waiting around ,
- waits around ,
- was dilatory ,
- was long ,
- was tardy ,
- wast dilatory ,
- wast long ,
- wast tardy ,
- were dilatory ,
- were long ,
- were tardy ,
- wert dilatory ,
- wert long ,
- wert tardy .
- had doubts ,
- had one doubts ,
- had one's doubts ,
- had ones doubts ,
- haddest doubts ,
- haddest one doubts ,
- haddest one's doubts ,
- haddest ones doubts ,
- hadst doubts ,
- hadst one doubts ,
- hadst one's doubts ,
- hadst ones doubts ,
- has doubts ,
- has one doubts ,
- has one's doubts ,
- has ones doubts ,
- hast doubts ,
- hast one doubts ,
- hast one's doubts ,
- hast ones doubts ,
- hath doubts ,
- hath one doubts ,
- hath one's doubts ,
- hath ones doubts ,
- have one doubts ,
- have ones doubts ,
- having doubts ,
- having one doubts ,
- having one's doubts ,
- having ones doubts ,
- mis doubt ,
- mis doubted ,
- mis doubting ,
- mis doubts ,
- mis-doubt ,
- mis-doubted ,
- mis-doubting ,
- mis-doubts .
- brake it up ,
- breaking it up ,
- breaks it up ,
- broke it up ,
- called time ,
- calls time ,
- came standstill ,
- came to standstill ,
- catch breath ,
- catch one breath ,
- catch ones breath ,
- come standstill ,
- comes standstill ,
- comes to standstill ,
- coming standstill ,
- coming to standstill ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- put hold ,
- puts hold ,
- puts on hold ,
- putting hold ,
- re sting ,
- re-sting ,
- sidelining ,
- stopping briefly ,
- stopt briefly ,
- take break ,
- take breather ,
- takes a break ,
- takes break ,
- takes breather ,
- takes five ,
- takes ten ,
- taking a breather ,
- taking break ,
- taking breather ,
- taking five ,
- taking ten ,
- thinks twice ,
- thought twice ,
- took a break ,
- took a breather ,
- took break ,
- took breather ,
- took five ,
- took ten .
- dally ,
- dawdle ,
- filibuster ,
- stall .
- call in to question ,
- cast doubt up on ,
- casting doubt up on ,
- casting doubt upon ,
- casts doubt up on ,
- casts doubt upon ,
- puzzled over ,
- puzzles over ,
- puzzling over ,
- wondered about ,
- wondering about ,
- wonders about .
- Resiled ,
- Resiling ,
- re acted ,
- re acting ,
- re bound ,
- re bounded ,
- re bounding ,
- re bounds ,
- re coil ,
- re coiled ,
- re coiling ,
- re coils ,
- re-acted ,
- re-acting ,
- re-bound ,
- re-bounded ,
- re-bounding ,
- re-bounds ,
- re-coil ,
- re-coiled ,
- re-coiling ,
- re-coils ,
- resiles ,
- shied away ,
- shies away ,
- shying away ,
- stepped back ,
- stepping back ,
- steps back ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- chokes off ,
- closes off ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- retardated ,
- retardating ,
- slowing down ,
- slowing up ,
- slows down ,
- slows up .
- am loath ,
- am reluctant ,
- am unwilling ,
- are loath ,
- are reluctant ,
- are unwilling ,
- art loath ,
- art reluctant ,
- art unwilling ,
- being loath ,
- being reluctant ,
- being unwilling ,
- is loath ,
- is reluctant ,
- is unwilling ,
- thinking twice about ,
- thinks twice about ,
- thought twice about ,
- was loath ,
- was reluctant ,
- was unwilling ,
- wast loath ,
- wast reluctant ,
- wast unwilling ,
- were loath ,
- were reluctant ,
- were unwilling ,
- wert loath ,
- wert reluctant ,
- wert unwilling .
- over lap ,
- over lapped ,
- over lapping ,
- over laps ,
- over-lap ,
- over-lapped ,
- over-lapping ,
- over-laps ,
- titubated ,
- titubates ,
- titubating .
- am irresolute ,
- are indecisive ,
- are irresolute ,
- art indecisive ,
- art irresolute ,
- being indecisive ,
- being irresolute ,
- changed mind ,
- changes mind ,
- changing mind ,
- fence straddle ,
- fence straddled ,
- fence straddles ,
- fence straddling ,
- fence-straddled ,
- fence-straddles ,
- fencestraddle ,
- fencestraddled ,
- fencestraddles ,
- fencestraddling ,
- is indecisive ,
- is irresolute ,
- pussyfooted around ,
- pussyfooting around ,
- pussyfoots around ,
- ran hot and cold ,
- ran hot cold ,
- run hot cold ,
- running hot cold ,
- runs hot and cold ,
- runs hot cold ,
- was indecisive ,
- was irresolute ,
- wast indecisive ,
- wast irresolute ,
- were indecisive ,
- were irresolute ,
- wert indecisive ,
- wert irresolute .
- am unable decide ,
- am unable to decide ,
- are unable decide ,
- are unable to decide ,
- art unable decide ,
- art unable to decide ,
- be unable decide ,
- being unable decide ,
- being unable to decide ,
- is unable decide ,
- is unable to decide ,
- was unable decide ,
- was unable to decide ,
- wast unable decide ,
- wast unable to decide ,
- were unable decide ,
- were unable to decide ,
- wert unable decide ,
- wert unable to decide .
Other synonyms:
- await ,
- count down ,
- forbear ,
- hang around ,
- hang on ,
- loiter ,
- lurk ,
- prevaricate ,
- sit on ,
- skulk .
- hold back .
Other relevant words:
- Bogged ,
- Bogging ,
- Downs ,
- Flinched ,
- Floundered ,
- Hesitated ,
- Idled ,
- Loitered ,
- Paused ,
- Refusing ,
- Sauntered ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- Stickled ,
- Stickling ,
- Strolled ,
- Teetering ,
- Titubate ,
- Trifled ,
- Whiffle ,
- Whiffled ,
- Whiffling ,
- YOYO ,
- Zigzagged ,
- Zigzagging ,
- balk ,
- be dilatory ,
- be indecisive ,
- be irresolute ,
- be long ,
- be tardy ,
- be unable to decide ,
- be undecided ,
- bobble ,
- bobbled ,
- bobbles ,
- bobbling ,
- break it up ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- call time ,
- change mind ,
- choke off ,
- choked off ,
- choking off ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- come to standstill ,
- dilly-dally ,
- dithered ,
- dithering ,
- doubt ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- drop the ball ,
- dropped the ball ,
- dropping the ball ,
- ebb and flow ,
- falter ,
- fence-straddle ,
- fence-straddling ,
- fluctuate ,
- fluffed ,
- fluffing ,
- go up and down ,
- goof off ,
- goofing off ,
- hang out ,
- hang up ,
- have doubts ,
- have one's doubts ,
- idles ,
- idling ,
- linger ,
- lurch ,
- lurching ,
- move slowly ,
- moving slowly ,
- overlapping ,
- pause ,
- procrastinate ,
- pussyfoot ,
- pussyfoot around ,
- put on hold ,
- putting on hold ,
- recoil ,
- remonstrate ,
- retard ,
- retardate ,
- retardates ,
- rise and fall ,
- run hot and cold ,
- running hot and cold ,
- shies ,
- shillyshally ,
- shrink from ,
- sideline ,
- sidelined ,
- sit around ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowed down ,
- slowed up ,
- speak haltingly ,
- stagger ,
- staggering ,
- stammer ,
- stick around ,
- stickle ,
- stickles ,
- stop briefly ,
- stopped briefly ,
- stops briefly ,
- stub toe ,
- stutter ,
- take a break ,
- take a breather ,
- take exception ,
- take five ,
- take one's time ,
- take ten ,
- take time ,
- takes a breather ,
- taking a break ,
- taking exception ,
- taking one's time ,
- temporize ,
- think twice ,
- thinking twice ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- totter ,
- trip up ,
- tripped up ,
- turn down ,
- upset apple cart ,
- vacillate ,
- wait around ,
- walk unsteadily ,
- walking unsteadily ,
- walks unsteadily ,
- waver ,
- wobble ,
- yo-yo ,
- yo-yos ,
- zigzags .
- Feared ,
- Fearing ,
- Misdoubt ,
- Misgave ,
- Misgiven ,
- Skepticize ,
- be apprehensive of ,
- be curious ,
- be dubious ,
- be in a quandary ,
- be puzzled ,
- be uncertain ,
- be undetermined ,
- call in question ,
- doubting ,
- give no credence ,
- harbor suspicion ,
- have qualms ,
- misgive ,
- misgives ,
- not buy ,
- question ,
- read differently ,
- smell a rat ,
- smelling a rat ,
- take dim view of ,
- wonder at .
- Balbucinate ,
- Balbutiate ,
- Boggler ,
- Haver ,
- Mammer ,
- See-saw ,
- Strain at ,
- ahead ,
- alternate ,
- animadvert upon ,
- as you please ,
- assailable ,
- assent ,
- avoid ,
- back down ,
- balance ,
- be afraid ,
- be at ease ,
- be doubtful ,
- be evasive ,
- be in doubt ,
- be it so ,
- be loath ,
- be lost ,
- be loth ,
- be noncommittal ,
- be obstructive ,
- be reluctant ,
- be unwilling ,
- beforehand ,
- bewilderment ,
- blatant ,
- blench ,
- blow ,
- blow hot and cold ,
- blunder ,
- boggle ,
- boggle at ,
- break ,
- by all means ,
- candid ,
- cease ,
- cessation ,
- clear ,
- comfortable ,
- compromise ,
- cowardice ,
- cower ,
- crouch ,
- dally with ,
- debate ,
- defer ,
- deliberate ,
- delighted ,
- demure ,
- diffidence ,
- discontinue ,
- dissolute ,
- dither ,
- doubtful ,
- drag ,
- drag along ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag out ,
- draw up ,
- dubious ,
- equivocate ,
- fail ,
- fear ,
- fight shy of ,
- flinch ,
- flitter ,
- flounder ,
- fly ,
- fumble ,
- funk ,
- gain time ,
- give the run-around ,
- glance at ,
- go halfway ,
- grope ,
- hammer ,
- hang ,
- hang about ,
- hang back ,
- hang fire ,
- hang in suspense ,
- hang off ,
- happy ,
- haw ,
- hedge ,
- hem ,
- hem and haw ,
- hesitance ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitant ,
- hesitantly ,
- hesitating ,
- hesitatingly ,
- hesitation ,
- hold up ,
- hover ,
- hum ,
- hum and haw ,
- inactivity ,
- indecision ,
- indecisive ,
- infringe ,
- insinuate ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- irresolute ,
- jib ,
- lag ,
- lie about ,
- lounge about ,
- lug ,
- make bones about ,
- make time ,
- mark time ,
- misgiving ,
- mooch ,
- muddle ,
- no problem ,
- object ,
- of course ,
- onwards ,
- oscillate ,
- osprey ,
- perplexity ,
- play ,
- play for time ,
- pleased ,
- poke ,
- ponder ,
- previously ,
- promptly ,
- pull back ,
- put-off ,
- quail ,
- qualm ,
- quarryman ,
- quaver ,
- recess ,
- reflect ,
- reflect upon ,
- reserve ,
- rest ,
- retreat ,
- scruple ,
- seesaw ,
- shift ,
- shy ,
- shy at ,
- shy away ,
- sit on fence ,
- slip ,
- splutter ,
- sputter ,
- stall for time ,
- start ,
- stay away ,
- stick at ,
- stonewall ,
- stop ,
- stop to consider ,
- straddle ,
- straddle the fence ,
- straggle ,
- strain ,
- stumble ,
- suspend ,
- suspension ,
- swerve ,
- swither ,
- take fright ,
- tarry ,
- teeter-totter ,
- tergiversate ,
- think about ,
- think twice about ,
- tremble ,
- trip ,
- uncertain ,
- undecided ,
- undo ,
- unhesitatingly ,
- unresolved ,
- unsettle ,
- unsettled ,
- vacillating ,
- vacillation ,
- vertigo ,
- waffle ,
- waste time ,
- weave ,
- weigh ,
- willingly ,
- wince ,
- withdraw ,
- yes ,
- yield .
- drag feet ,
- give run around ,
- give the run around ,
- hanging fire ,
- hangs fire ,
- let slide ,
- play a waiting game ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time .
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How to use "Hesitate" in context?
People often hesitate because they don't know what to do. They may be lost, or they may be uncomfortable with what they're about to do. They may also be afraid. If you're having trouble making a decision, or you're afraid of what might happen if you don't choose one course of action, it's important to remind yourself that you can always change your mind. If you wait too long, the opportunity will probably be gone and you'll regret not taking it.
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