What is another word for hesitation?
Pronunciation:
[ hˌɛsɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], [ hˌɛsɪtˈeɪʃən], [ h_ˌɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Synonyms for Hesitation:
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n.
• ambivalence- confusion dilemmas ,
- iffinesses ,
- in conclusiveness ,
- in conclusivenesses ,
- in decision ,
- in decisions ,
- in-conclusiveness ,
- in-conclusivenesses ,
- in-decision ,
- in-decisions ,
- inconclusivenesses .
- Unfixedness ,
- changeability ,
- disequilibrium ,
- fitfulness ,
- fluidity ,
- impermanence ,
- insecureness ,
- mutabilities ,
- mutability ,
- precariousness ,
- transience ,
- unpredictabilities ,
- unreliability ,
- variabilities ,
- variability .
- apprehensivenesses ,
- fore boding ,
- fore bodings ,
- fore-boding ,
- mis giving ,
- mis-giving ,
- pre monition ,
- pre monitions ,
- pre notion ,
- pre notions ,
- pre sage ,
- pre sages ,
- pre sentiments ,
- pre-monition ,
- pre-notion ,
- pre-notions ,
- pre-sage ,
- pre-sages ,
- pre-sentiment ,
- pre-sentiments ,
- prenotions ,
- un belief ,
- un beliefs ,
- un ease ,
- un eases ,
- un-belief ,
- un-beliefs ,
- un-ease ,
- un-eases .
- counter argument ,
- counter arguments ,
- counter-arguments ,
- counterarguments ,
- demurrings ,
- dis approbation ,
- dis approbations ,
- dis approval ,
- dis approvals ,
- dis content ,
- dis contents ,
- dis esteem ,
- dis esteems ,
- dis inclination ,
- dis inclinations ,
- dis pleasure ,
- dis pleasures ,
- dis satisfaction ,
- dis satisfactions ,
- dis-approbation ,
- dis-approbations ,
- dis-approval ,
- dis-approvals ,
- dis-content ,
- dis-contents ,
- dis-esteem ,
- dis-esteems ,
- dis-inclination ,
- dis-inclinations ,
- dis-pleasure ,
- dis-pleasures ,
- dis-satisfaction ,
- dis-satisfactions ,
- re monstrance ,
- re monstrances ,
- re-monstrance ,
- re-monstrances ,
- shrinkings ,
- un willingness ,
- un willingnesses ,
- un-willingness ,
- un-willingnesses .
- break offs ,
- break-offs ,
- breakoffs ,
- breathing spells ,
- dis continuance ,
- dis continuances ,
- dis-continuance ,
- dis-continuances ,
- inter lude ,
- inter ludes ,
- inter missions ,
- inter-lude ,
- inter-ludes ,
- interregna ,
- pausations ,
- re cesses ,
- re spite ,
- re spites ,
- re-cess ,
- re-spites ,
- rest periods .
- mis doubt ,
- mis doubts ,
- mis-doubt ,
- mis-doubts ,
- re morse ,
- re morses ,
- re-morse ,
- re-morses ,
- un easiness ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses .
Other synonyms:
- compunction ,
- fear ,
- timidness ,
- to and fro .
- timidity .
Other relevant words:
- Averseness ,
- Balbuties ,
- Boggling ,
- Canniness ,
- Ceasing ,
- Delaying ,
- Demirep ,
- Feeze ,
- Fudging ,
- Hetaera ,
- Inarticulateness ,
- Incalculability ,
- Incredulousness ,
- Indemonstrability ,
- Involuntariness ,
- Misdoubt ,
- Pausing ,
- Remonstration ,
- Scrupulosity ,
- Shilly-shally ,
- Stickling ,
- Temporization ,
- Traulism ,
- Unaccountability ,
- Undetermination ,
- Unsettlement ,
- abatement ,
- abeyance ,
- alarm ,
- alternation ,
- ambiguity ,
- ambivalence ,
- anguish ,
- anxiety ,
- apparently ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- apprehensive ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- arrest ,
- assuredly ,
- avoidance ,
- backwardness ,
- bad vibes ,
- balk ,
- bashfulness ,
- baulk ,
- bewilderment ,
- boggle ,
- break ,
- breather ,
- breathing space ,
- broken voice ,
- caesura ,
- calculation ,
- caprice ,
- capriciousness ,
- care ,
- carefulness ,
- caution ,
- cautiousness ,
- cease ,
- cease-fire ,
- certainly ,
- cessation ,
- chance ,
- chanciness ,
- changeableness ,
- check ,
- circumspection ,
- clearly ,
- concern ,
- conscience ,
- consternation ,
- contriteness ,
- contrition ,
- courtesan ,
- cowardice ,
- cravenness ,
- dawdling ,
- day off ,
- decide ,
- decidedly ,
- decisively ,
- definitely ,
- deliberateness ,
- deliberation ,
- delicacy ,
- demimondaine ,
- demimonde ,
- demur ,
- demurral ,
- determinedly ,
- diffidence ,
- dilatoriness ,
- dilemma ,
- diminution ,
- directly ,
- disbelief ,
- disbelieving ,
- discomfort ,
- discontinuance ,
- discontinuation ,
- discontinuity ,
- discretion ,
- disinclination ,
- disinclined ,
- dismay ,
- disquiet ,
- distinctly ,
- distrust ,
- distrustful ,
- distrustfulness ,
- dodging ,
- doubt ,
- doubtful ,
- doubtfulness ,
- doubting ,
- drawl ,
- dread ,
- drop ,
- dubiety ,
- dubious ,
- dubiousness ,
- dysphemia ,
- easily ,
- embarrassment ,
- equivocation ,
- erratic ,
- erraticism ,
- evasion ,
- evidently ,
- falsetto ,
- falter ,
- faltering ,
- fancy woman ,
- fastidiousness ,
- fault ,
- fearful ,
- fearfulness ,
- feebleness ,
- fickleness ,
- firmly ,
- fixedly ,
- flicker ,
- fluctuating ,
- fluctuation ,
- flutter ,
- foreboding ,
- fright ,
- fumbling ,
- funny feeling ,
- gap ,
- gingerliness ,
- guardedness ,
- guilt ,
- halt ,
- halting ,
- hazy ,
- hedge ,
- hedging ,
- heed ,
- heedfulness ,
- hemming and hawing ,
- hesitance ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitant ,
- hesitate ,
- hesitating ,
- hiatus ,
- hold off ,
- hold up ,
- holding back ,
- holiday ,
- horror ,
- hover ,
- immediately ,
- implicitly ,
- improbability ,
- in abeyance ,
- in doubt ,
- inarticulate ,
- incertitude ,
- inconclusiveness ,
- inconsistent ,
- inconstant ,
- incredulity ,
- incredulous ,
- indecision ,
- indecisive ,
- indeterminacy ,
- indeterminate ,
- indetermination ,
- indeterminism ,
- indisposition ,
- infirm ,
- infirmity ,
- insecurity ,
- instantly ,
- interim ,
- interlude ,
- intermezzo ,
- intermission ,
- intermittence ,
- interruption ,
- interval ,
- irregularity ,
- irresolution ,
- judiciousness ,
- keeping back ,
- kept ,
- lacuna ,
- lapse ,
- laxness ,
- layoff ,
- leeriness ,
- lessening ,
- let-up ,
- letup ,
- lightly ,
- limit ,
- limitation ,
- linger ,
- lisp ,
- luck ,
- lull ,
- malaise ,
- manifestly ,
- mindfulness ,
- misgiving ,
- mistrust ,
- mistrustfulness ,
- moderation ,
- modesty ,
- moratorium ,
- mortification ,
- mugwump ,
- need ,
- obviously ,
- openly ,
- oscillate ,
- palilalia ,
- pang ,
- panic ,
- pendulous ,
- perplexity ,
- plainly ,
- premonition ,
- procrastination ,
- promptly ,
- protest ,
- protestation ,
- prudence ,
- qualm ,
- qualmishness ,
- qualms ,
- queasiness ,
- question ,
- quickly ,
- randomness ,
- readily ,
- recess ,
- recoil ,
- regardfulness ,
- regret ,
- relaxation ,
- relief ,
- reluctance ,
- remission ,
- remissness ,
- remorse ,
- require ,
- reservation ,
- reserve ,
- resolutely ,
- respite ,
- rest ,
- restraint ,
- restriction ,
- reticence ,
- ricketiness ,
- safeness ,
- scepticism ,
- scruple ,
- scrupulousness ,
- second thought ,
- second thoughts ,
- self-reproach ,
- shakiness ,
- shilly-shallying ,
- shrinking ,
- shyness ,
- sinking feeling ,
- skepticism ,
- slackness ,
- sloth ,
- slowness ,
- smoothly ,
- solicitude ,
- speech impediment ,
- squeamishness ,
- stall ,
- stammer ,
- stammering ,
- stand-down ,
- stay ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- stumbling ,
- stutter ,
- stuttering ,
- surcease ,
- surely ,
- suspect ,
- suspend ,
- suspense ,
- suspension ,
- suspicion ,
- swing ,
- swinging ,
- tergiversation ,
- terror ,
- think twice ,
- thoroughness ,
- time off ,
- trembling ,
- trepidation ,
- truce ,
- truely ,
- twang ,
- twinge ,
- unbelief ,
- uncertain ,
- uncertainness ,
- uncertainty ,
- uncertainty principle ,
- uncommunicativeness ,
- undecided ,
- undoubtedly ,
- unease ,
- uneasiness ,
- unevenness ,
- unhesitatingly ,
- unpredictability ,
- unreservedly ,
- unsettled ,
- unsteadiness ,
- unsureness ,
- unwillingness ,
- vacation ,
- vacillating ,
- vague ,
- wait ,
- want ,
- wariness ,
- waver ,
- wavering ,
- whimsicality ,
- whisper ,
- whore ,
- withholding ,
- worry .
- Interregnums ,
- Prenotion ,
- break-off ,
- breakoff ,
- breathing spell ,
- chillers ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- cloak and dagger ,
- confusion dilemma ,
- counter-argument ,
- counterargument ,
- cutoff ,
- grabber ,
- grabbers ,
- gridlock ,
- iffiness ,
- inconstancies ,
- inconstancy ,
- interregnum ,
- negativity ,
- niggle ,
- page-turner ,
- pausation ,
- potboiler ,
- potboilers ,
- quandary ,
- rest period ,
- thriller ,
- thrillers ,
- time out ,
- unstableness ,
- wobbliness .
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How to use "Hesitation" in context?
When it comes to making decisions, most of us hesitate. Whether it's something as small as picking up a pen off of the desk to begin a document, or something as big as the big question of whether or not to move to a new city, it seems like we all have a little hesitation in us.
And while some might argue that hesitation is a bad thing, it can actually be an incredibly helpful quality when dealing with difficult situations. Hesitation allows us to take a moment to think things through and to come up with a response that is careful, measured, and thought-out.
Paraphrases for Hesitation:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
hesitancy, indecisiveness, reluctance, vacillation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
ambiguity, caution, objection, resistance, restraint, volatility.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
apprehension, compunction, concern, confusion, delay, diffidence, doubt, embarrassment, equivocation, indecision, procrastination, question, reservation, reticence, timidity, uncertainty, unwillingness.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Hesitation:
n.
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cognition
indecisiveness, indecision, irresolution.
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cognition
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