Definition for Hesitation:

• A pause due to uncertainty; doubt; a stopping to consider; indecision; a faltering in speech; a halting movement in a dance. Also, hesitancy.

Synonyms for Hesitation:

• n.

  •
  • reservation,
  • reserve,
  • doubt yourself,
  • scepticism,
  • a question mark over something.
  •
  • timidity,
  • decide,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •ambivalence (noun)
  • in conclusivenesses,
  • in-decision,
  • iffinesses,
  • in decisions,
  • in-conclusiveness,
  • in decision,
  • inconclusivenesses,
  • in-decisions,
  • in conclusiveness,
  • confusion dilemmas,
  • in-conclusivenesses.
  •cognition (noun)
  • vacillation,
  • hesitation,
  • wavering.
  •delay (noun)
  • delay,
  • oscillation.
  •diffidence (noun)
  • sheepishness,
  • shyness,
  • in security,
  • mousiness,
  • unassertiveness,
  • self-consciousness,
  • timorousness,
  • insecurity.
  •disinclination (noun)
  • disinclination.
  •doubt (noun)
  • agnosticism,
  • demurral,
  • waverings,
  • skepticism,
  • lack of confidence.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • ambivalence.
  •falter (noun)
  • falter.
  •faltering (noun)
  • faltering.
  •hesitancy (noun)
  • procrastination,
  • procrastinations.
  •hesitation (noun)
  • indisposition,
  • waver.
  •pause (noun)
  • dis-continuance,
  • interregna,
  • dis-continuances,
  • inter ludes,
  • re spite,
  • inter-lude,
  • break offs,
  • dis continuance,
  • re spites,
  • breakoffs,
  • pausations,
  • inter-ludes,
  • re cesses,
  • breathing spells,
  • inter lude,
  • dis continuances,
  • break-offs,
  • re-cess,
  • inter missions,
  • rest periods,
  • re-spites.
  •precariousness (noun)
  • pre cariousnesses,
  • pre cariousness,
  • pre-cariousnesses,
  • pre-cariousness.
  •procrastination (noun)
  • stalling.
  •qualm (noun)
  • re morses,
  • un-easinesses,
  • mis-doubt,
  • re-morses,
  • un easiness,
  • re-morse,
  • mis-doubts,
  • mis doubts,
  • re morse,
  • mis doubt,
  • un-easiness.
  •ricketiness (noun)
  • wobblinesses.
  •scruple (noun)
  • scruples,
  • squeamishness,
  • reconsiderations,
  • Superegos,
  • Reluctancy,
  • scruple,
  • superego,
  • reconsideration.
  •shakiness (noun)
  • shakiness.
  •silence (noun)
  • reticence.
  •stammer (noun)
  • stammering,
  • stuttering.
  •stammering (noun)
  • stutter,
  • sputterings.
  •suspense (noun)
  • page turner,
  • page-turners,
  • in decisiveness,
  • in-decisivenesses,
  • pageturner,
  • in-decisiveness,
  • cloak daggers,
  • page turners,
  • cliff-hangers,
  • cloak and daggers,
  • cliff hanger,
  • cloak dagger,
  • pageturners,
  • cliff hangers,
  • in decisivenesses.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • Questionableness,
  • Uncertainties.
  •unstableness (noun)
  • unsteadiness.
  •unsteadiness (noun)
  • un steadinesses,
  • un steadiness,
  • un-steadiness,
  • un-steadinesses.
  •unsureness (noun)
  • un-surenesses,
  • un sureness,
  • un-sureness,
  • un surenesses.
  •vacillation (noun)
  • in constancy,
  • in constancies,
  • in-constancy,
  • in-constancies.
  •waiting; uncertainty (noun)
  • fluctuation,
  • mistrust,
  • indecision,
  • unwillingness,
  • dawdling,
  • dubiety,
  • irresolution,
  • equivocation,
  • stumbling,
  • fumbling,
  • hemming and hawing,
  • Delaying,
  • Averseness.

• v.

  •doubt (verb)
  • misgiving.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • irresoluteness,
  • indecisiveness,
  • tentativeness,
  • waltz.
  •
  • fear,
  • compunction,
  • to and fro,
  • timidness.

Paraphrases for Hesitation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hesitancy, vacillation, reluctance, indecisiveness.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    volatility, resistance, restraint, objection, ambiguity, caution.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    indecision, procrastination, doubt, equivocation, reticence, reservation, apprehension, timidity, delay, compunction, uncertainty, diffidence, unwillingness, embarrassment, confusion, question, concern.

Antonyms for Hesitation:

• n.

  • waiting; uncertainty
    eagerness, faith, trust, sureness, perseverance, confidence, go, certainty.
  • Other antonyms:
    assurance, resolve, decision, belief, conviction, persuasion.

Hesitation Sentence Examples:

• There was a certain hesitation in it as though he were not altogether sure of his ground.

• My thought was different - and he began to speak with hesitation for the first time in the course of that evening.

Hyponym for Hesitation:

• n.

  • cognition
    indecisiveness, indecision, irresolution.