Synonyms for Hesitate:

• n.

  •
  • play for time,
  • put off.
  •
  • decide,
  • dither,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •falter (noun)
  • think about,
  • defer,
  • shift,
  • hover,
  • alternate,
  • straddle the fence,
  • hem and haw,
  • deliberate,
  • scruple,
  • flounder,
  • straddle,
  • tergiversate,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • balance,
  • debate,
  • leave up in the air,
  • do figure eights,
  • think it over,
  • hang in the air,
  • weigh and consider,
  • not know what to do,
  • stop,
  • hang off,
  • trim,
  • make bones about,
  • equivocate,
  • pull back,
  • shy at,
  • saw back and forth,
  • hang back,
  • ponder.
  •hesitate (noun)
  • waffle.

• v.

  •balk (verb)
  • re fused,
  • re fusing,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • re-fuse,
  • shrinking from,
  • re fuse,
  • shrinks from,
  • shrunk from,
  • re-fuses,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • re-fused,
  • re fuses,
  • re-fusing,
  • shrank from.
  •demur (verb)
  • dis approves,
  • dis-approving,
  • took exception,
  • takes exception,
  • pro testing,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis approve,
  • dis approved,
  • pro-tested,
  • dis approving,
  • hem haw,
  • pro tested,
  • dis-approved,
  • pro-testing,
  • wait see,
  • dis-approves.
  •dilly-dally (verb)
  • dilly dally,
  • de lays,
  • moved slowly,
  • de-laying,
  • de-lays,
  • de-lay,
  • de laying,
  • moves slowly,
  • de lay.
  •doubt (verb)
  • be a quandary,
  • in sinuating,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis-credit,
  • wast in a quandary,
  • wert dubious,
  • art in quandary,
  • is a quandary,
  • be quandary,
  • not buys,
  • are uncertain,
  • were quandary,
  • call question,
  • was uncertain,
  • wert quandary,
  • in sinuated,
  • mis trust,
  • mis give,
  • in-sinuating,
  • was dubious,
  • dis trust,
  • were curious,
  • art puzzled,
  • being in quandary,
  • dis believing,
  • smells a rat,
  • calling in question,
  • sur-mise,
  • being curious,
  • wast dubious,
  • wert puzzled,
  • art curious,
  • art quandary,
  • took dim view of,
  • mis-giving,
  • wast puzzled,
  • were in quandary,
  • wert in a quandary,
  • is puzzled,
  • called in question,
  • harbored suspicion,
  • was in a quandary,
  • were undetermined,
  • smelling rat,
  • calls in question,
  • dis trusted,
  • art apprehensive of,
  • mis trusting,
  • calls question,
  • mis given,
  • dis-credits,
  • takes dim view of,
  • are curious,
  • is apprehensive of,
  • wert curious,
  • were a quandary,
  • was puzzled,
  • not bought,
  • skepticizes,
  • in-sinuated,
  • is curious,
  • dis-believing,
  • reading differently,
  • in sinuates,
  • art a quandary,
  • are apprehensive of,
  • hadst qualms,
  • are in quandary,
  • am apprehensive of,
  • art undetermined,
  • has qualms,
  • skepticizing,
  • in-sinuates,
  • smelled a rat,
  • wert apprehensive of,
  • calling question,
  • mis-gives,
  • art in a quandary,
  • being a quandary,
  • are a quandary,
  • not buying,
  • were puzzled,
  • taking dim view of,
  • mis-give,
  • sur mise,
  • being dubious,
  • art uncertain,
  • is undetermined,
  • was undetermined,
  • dis credit,
  • wast curious,
  • dis believes,
  • are puzzled,
  • wast in quandary,
  • dis believed,
  • am curious,
  • mis giving,
  • in-sinuate,
  • sur-mises,
  • mis trusts,
  • were uncertain,
  • wast a quandary,
  • had qualms,
  • wert undetermined,
  • haddest qualms,
  • were in a quandary,
  • is uncertain,
  • was apprehensive of,
  • mis-given,
  • dis believe,
  • wert uncertain,
  • reads differently,
  • dis-trusted,
  • were dubious,
  • mis-trusted,
  • dis-believed,
  • hath qualms,
  • hast qualms,
  • was quandary,
  • being puzzled,
  • wast quandary,
  • being quandary,
  • smelt rat,
  • mis-trust,
  • is in quandary,
  • dis-believe,
  • am in a quandary,
  • mis-trusting,
  • am a quandary,
  • wonders at,
  • wondered at,
  • am puzzled,
  • are undetermined,
  • are quandary,
  • having qualms,
  • dis trusting,
  • called question,
  • smelt a rat,
  • is in a quandary,
  • gives no credence,
  • being apprehensive of,
  • mis gave,
  • dis credits,
  • mis gives,
  • wondering at,
  • is quandary,
  • being in a quandary,
  • are in a quandary,
  • smells rat,
  • wast apprehensive of,
  • dis-believes,
  • giving no credence,
  • be in quandary,
  • am undetermined,
  • wast undetermined,
  • being undetermined,
  • dis-trusts,
  • skepticized,
  • was a quandary,
  • dis crediting,
  • were apprehensive of,
  • dis-trust,
  • is dubious,
  • harbors suspicion,
  • in sinuate,
  • mis trusted,
  • am quandary,
  • wert a quandary,
  • dis trusts,
  • sur mises,
  • wert in quandary,
  • was in quandary,
  • gave no credence,
  • dis-credited,
  • was curious,
  • are dubious,
  • harboring suspicion,
  • am dubious,
  • am uncertain,
  • dis credited,
  • dis-trusting,
  • smell rat,
  • mis-gave,
  • wast uncertain,
  • being uncertain,
  • smelled rat.
  •falter (verb)
  • being undecided,
  • wast undecided,
  • art undecided,
  • am undecided,
  • speaking haltingly,
  • dropt ball,
  • spake haltingly,
  • drop ball,
  • speaks haltingly,
  • whiffles,
  • dropping ball,
  • drops ball,
  • tripping up,
  • drops the ball,
  • stubbed toe,
  • dropt the ball,
  • top-pled,
  • wert undecided,
  • was undecided,
  • trips up,
  • stubs toe,
  • top pled,
  • dropped ball,
  • are undecided,
  • were undecided,
  • spoke haltingly,
  • is undecided,
  • stubbing toe.
  •fluctuate (verb)
  • yoyoed,
  • goes up down,
  • yoyos,
  • ebbing and flow,
  • went and down,
  • ebb flow,
  • rising fall,
  • ebbed and flow,
  • going up and down,
  • going up down,
  • rise fall,
  • rising and fall,
  • rises fall,
  • ebbs flow,
  • yo yoed,
  • went up and down,
  • blow hot cold,
  • rose and fall,
  • yo yos,
  • rises and fall,
  • yo yoing,
  • goes and down,
  • goes up and down,
  • yoyoing,
  • go and down,
  • rose fall,
  • ebbed flow,
  • yo yo,
  • went up down,
  • yo-yoed,
  • ebbs and flow,
  • yo-yoing,
  • ebbing flow,
  • going and down,
  • go up down.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • delay,
  • wait,
  • shrink,
  • halt.
  •linger (verb)
  • are tardy,
  • are dilatory,
  • sticks around,
  • takes one's time,
  • art long,
  • being long,
  • is dilatory,
  • wert tardy,
  • is tardy,
  • was dilatory,
  • take ones time,
  • take one time,
  • wert dilatory,
  • am long,
  • re mained,
  • sat around,
  • taking one time,
  • took time,
  • waited around,
  • waiting around,
  • re mains,
  • takes time,
  • taking time,
  • were long,
  • takes one time,
  • wast tardy,
  • sits around,
  • waits around,
  • wast long,
  • art tardy,
  • sticked around,
  • wert long,
  • art dilatory,
  • taking ones time,
  • were tardy,
  • were dilatory,
  • sate around,
  • took one time,
  • was long,
  • sticking around,
  • is long,
  • takes ones time,
  • being dilatory,
  • am dilatory,
  • re maining,
  • took one's time,
  • was tardy,
  • took ones time,
  • am tardy,
  • are long,
  • being tardy,
  • stuck around,
  • re-main,
  • wast dilatory,
  • re-mains,
  • sitting around,
  • re main.
  •misdoubt (verb)
  • hath one doubts,
  • hadst one doubts,
  • had one's doubts,
  • having ones doubts,
  • had doubts,
  • have one doubts,
  • haddest one doubts,
  • mis-doubting,
  • hadst ones doubts,
  • had one doubts,
  • have ones doubts,
  • having one's doubts,
  • mis-doubt,
  • has one's doubts,
  • having one doubts,
  • hast doubts,
  • hadst one's doubts,
  • mis doubt,
  • hast one doubts,
  • mis doubting,
  • hath doubts,
  • hadst doubts,
  • hast one's doubts,
  • hast ones doubts,
  • has doubts,
  • had ones doubts,
  • hath one's doubts,
  • mis-doubts,
  • hath ones doubts,
  • has ones doubts,
  • having doubts,
  • mis-doubted,
  • haddest one's doubts,
  • mis doubted,
  • haddest ones doubts,
  • mis doubts,
  • haddest doubts,
  • has one doubts.
  •pause (verb)
  • catch one breath,
  • re-sting,
  • take break,
  • breaking it up,
  • takes ten,
  • takes a break,
  • takes break,
  • comes to standstill,
  • puts on hold,
  • de-liberates,
  • took breather,
  • dis continues,
  • dis continuing,
  • called time,
  • breaks it up,
  • de-liberate,
  • taking ten,
  • takes five,
  • take breather,
  • took a breather,
  • stopping briefly,
  • de liberated,
  • comes standstill,
  • puts hold,
  • thought twice,
  • took five,
  • dis continued,
  • taking a breather,
  • re sting,
  • coming to standstill,
  • sidelining,
  • taking breather,
  • dis-continuing,
  • takes breather,
  • took ten,
  • de-liberating,
  • de liberates,
  • catch ones breath,
  • coming standstill,
  • dis-continue,
  • came to standstill,
  • de liberate,
  • de liberating,
  • taking break,
  • stopt briefly,
  • put hold,
  • thinks twice,
  • dis-continued,
  • took break,
  • catch breath,
  • de-liberated,
  • dis-continues,
  • come standstill,
  • putting hold,
  • brake it up,
  • dis continue,
  • came standstill,
  • calls time,
  • broke it up,
  • took a break,
  • taking five.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • dally,
  • stall,
  • filibuster,
  • dawdle.
  •question (verb)
  • call in to question,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • puzzling over,
  • casting doubt upon,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • wondered about,
  • puzzles over,
  • puzzled over,
  • wonders about,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • wondering about.
  •recoil (verb)
  • with draw,
  • re-coiling,
  • re-bounded,
  • with-drawn,
  • Resiled,
  • with draws,
  • re-bounds,
  • re-acted,
  • resiles,
  • re-bound,
  • with drew,
  • with-drawing,
  • re coiling,
  • shies away,
  • with-draw,
  • re bound,
  • re-coils,
  • re bounds,
  • stepped back,
  • re coiled,
  • re bounded,
  • re acted,
  • stepping back,
  • steps back,
  • re acting,
  • re-bounding,
  • with drawing,
  • re-acting,
  • with drawn,
  • shying away,
  • re bounding,
  • re coils,
  • re-coil,
  • re coil,
  • re-coiled,
  • with-drew,
  • Resiling,
  • shied away.
  •retard (verb)
  • de creased,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • re-duces,
  • de-tains,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • de tains,
  • de-creased,
  • de-creasing,
  • de creases,
  • slowing down,
  • slows up,
  • slows down,
  • hanged up,
  • closes off,
  • re duces,
  • retardated,
  • re-duce,
  • chokes off,
  • de creasing,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • de-creases,
  • de-crease,
  • de crease,
  • de tain,
  • de-tain,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • slowing up,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • re duce,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • retardating,
  • hanging up.
  •scruple (verb)
  • was reluctant,
  • was loath,
  • thinks twice about,
  • wast reluctant,
  • art reluctant,
  • is unwilling,
  • are unwilling,
  • thought twice about,
  • were loath,
  • wast unwilling,
  • were reluctant,
  • am loath,
  • wast loath,
  • wert loath,
  • were unwilling,
  • are loath,
  • being loath,
  • am reluctant,
  • was unwilling,
  • art unwilling,
  • wert unwilling,
  • being unwilling,
  • art loath,
  • wert reluctant,
  • are reluctant,
  • am unwilling,
  • thinking twice about,
  • is reluctant,
  • being reluctant,
  • is loath.
  •shilly-shally (verb)
  • shilly shally.
  •stagger (verb)
  • over lap,
  • over-lapping,
  • over-laps,
  • titubates,
  • over-lapped,
  • over-lap,
  • titubating,
  • over laps,
  • over lapping,
  • titubated,
  • over lapped.
  •stammer (verb)
  • re peat,
  • re-peats,
  • re-peat,
  • re peats.
  •stative (verb)
  • hesitate.
  •stumble (verb)
  • loses balance,
  • losing balance,
  • lost balance.
  •temporize (verb)
  • stalled for time,
  • stalling for time,
  • stalls for time.
  •totter (verb)
  • walked unsteadily.
  •vacillate (verb)
  • are indecisive,
  • fence straddles,
  • being indecisive,
  • wast indecisive,
  • art irresolute,
  • fencestraddling,
  • fencestraddle,
  • fence straddling,
  • fence straddle,
  • ran hot cold,
  • pussyfooting around,
  • art indecisive,
  • ran hot and cold,
  • wert indecisive,
  • am irresolute,
  • changes mind,
  • wast irresolute,
  • runs hot and cold,
  • fencestraddles,
  • fence-straddles,
  • wert irresolute,
  • is indecisive,
  • is irresolute,
  • are irresolute,
  • being irresolute,
  • pussyfoots around,
  • changing mind,
  • were indecisive,
  • fence-straddled,
  • were irresolute,
  • run hot cold,
  • changed mind,
  • was indecisive,
  • runs hot cold,
  • fence straddled,
  • fencestraddled,
  • pussyfooted around,
  • running hot cold,
  • was irresolute.
  •waver (verb)
  • are unable to decide,
  • is unable to decide,
  • wast unable to decide,
  • is unable decide,
  • wert unable to decide,
  • were unable to decide,
  • be unable decide,
  • was unable to decide,
  • were unable decide,
  • am unable decide,
  • art unable to decide,
  • wert unable decide,
  • art unable decide,
  • being unable to decide,
  • am unable to decide,
  • was unable decide,
  • are unable decide,
  • wast unable decide,
  • being unable decide.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • count down,
  • forbear,
  • prevaricate,
  • hang around,
  • skulk,
  • loiter,
  • await,
  • sit on,
  • lurk,
  • hang on.
  •
  • expect,
  • wait on,
  • hold on,
  • hold off.
  •
  • hold back.
  •
  • park.
  •dawdle
  • dillydally.
  •disagree
  • demur.
  •doubt
  • Fearing,
  • be curious,
  • Misgiven,
  • smell a rat,
  • Misdoubt,
  • call in question,
  • take dim view of,
  • Feared,
  • misgive,
  • read differently,
  • not buy,
  • Misgave,
  • be puzzled,
  • harbor suspicion,
  • be dubious,
  • be uncertain,
  • question,
  • be undetermined,
  • give no credence,
  • smelling a rat,
  • doubting,
  • wonder at,
  • be in a quandary,
  • have qualms,
  • Skepticize,
  • be apprehensive of,
  • misgives.
  •falter
  • mispronounce.
  •loiter
  • get behind.
  •procrastinate
  • play a waiting game,
  • give the run around,
  • playing for time,
  • hangs fire,
  • let slide,
  • hanging fire,
  • give run around,
  • plays for time,
  • drag feet.
  •question
  • questioning,
  • suspicioned,
  • wonder about,
  • questions,
  • cast doubt upon,
  • puzzle over,
  • suspicioning.
  •recoil
  • react,
  • pulling back,
  • pulled back,
  • turned away,
  • step back,
  • Winced,
  • turns away,
  • turning away,
  • turn away,
  • pulls back,
  • resile.
  •scruple
  • scruples.
  •stammer
  • Stammered.
  •stumble
  • stumbling,
  • falls down,
  • lose balance,
  • Limped,
  • fell down,
  • fall down,
  • falling down.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hold up,
  • be in doubt,
  • lag,
  • be loth,
  • of course,
  • go halfway,
  • funk,
  • beforehand,
  • be reluctant,
  • fail,
  • swither,
  • undo,
  • blench,
  • teeter-totter,
  • drag out,
  • hang,
  • slip,
  • indecisive,
  • hang fire,
  • compromise,
  • be unwilling,
  • demure,
  • intermit,
  • retreat,
  • stop to consider,
  • stumble,
  • diffidence,
  • waste time,
  • quail,
  • put-off,
  • Haver,
  • hesitancy,
  • interruption,
  • boggle at,
  • promptly,
  • straggle,
  • vertigo,
  • hum,
  • fear,
  • indecision,
  • qualm,
  • quaver,
  • tremble,
  • hesitance,
  • irresolute,
  • object,
  • strain,
  • shy,
  • hammer,
  • fight shy of,
  • muddle,
  • be at ease,
  • hum and haw,
  • cowardice,
  • drag along,
  • discontinue,
  • tarry,
  • sit on fence,
  • yes,
  • hesitantly,
  • Mammer,
  • weigh,
  • drag one's feet,
  • Boggler,
  • unresolved,
  • hang about,
  • osprey,
  • hem,
  • lug,
  • insinuate,
  • mark time,
  • assailable,
  • pleased,
  • play,
  • inactivity,
  • dally with,
  • blow,
  • reflect,
  • be loath,
  • as you please,
  • vacillating,
  • Balbucinate,
  • stall for time,
  • give the run-around,
  • hedge,
  • splutter,
  • oscillate,
  • yield,
  • make time,
  • interrupt,
  • hesitation,
  • bewilderment,
  • blatant,
  • stick at,
  • by all means,
  • crouch,
  • reflect upon,
  • uncertain,
  • flinch,
  • undecided,
  • See-saw,
  • be lost,
  • hang in suspense,
  • fly,
  • Strain at,
  • jib,
  • unsettled,
  • recess,
  • seesaw,
  • grope,
  • doubtful,
  • rest,
  • be noncommittal,
  • think twice about,
  • dubious,
  • break,
  • gain time,
  • avoid,
  • be evasive,
  • mooch,
  • lounge about,
  • previously,
  • cessation,
  • drag,
  • cease,
  • be afraid,
  • hesitant,
  • withdraw,
  • flitter,
  • animadvert upon,
  • start,
  • onwards,
  • be it so,
  • happy,
  • clear,
  • lie about,
  • draw up,
  • wince,
  • assent,
  • be doubtful,
  • candid,
  • suspension,
  • stonewall,
  • sputter,
  • delighted,
  • infringe,
  • cower,
  • blunder,
  • take fright,
  • ahead,
  • glance at,
  • misgiving,
  • no problem,
  • perplexity,
  • dissolute,
  • back down,
  • haw,
  • willingly,
  • swerve,
  • fumble,
  • hesitatingly,
  • reserve,
  • trip,
  • stay away,
  • comfortable,
  • hesitating,
  • Balbutiate,
  • unhesitatingly,
  • shy away,
  • boggle,
  • poke,
  • suspend,
  • weave,
  • quarryman,
  • be obstructive,
  • vacillation,
  • unsettle.

Paraphrases for Hesitate:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    doubt.
  • Verb, base form
    waver, falter, shrink, doubt, shy.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    dither.

Antonyms for Hesitate:

• v.

  • wait; be uncertain
    carry on, hasten, persevere, go along, rush, remain, expedite, hurry, persist, advance, do well, resolve, continue, go, agree, go ahead, attack, meet, face.

• v. i.

  • Other antonyms:
    stand fast, hold fast, adhere, stay, abide, stick.

Hypernym for Hesitate:

• v.

  • stative
    dwell on, falter, vacillate, hover, vibrate, linger over, boggle, waver, oscillate, linger.