What is another word for hesitation?
599 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˌɛsɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], [ hˌɛsɪtˈeɪʃən], [ h_ˌɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Hesitation is a feeling of reluctance or uncertainty when making a decision or taking action. There are various synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably such as indecision, doubt, pausing, faltering, vacillation, wavering, reluctance, procrastination, and reservation. Indecision refers to an inability to make a choice, while doubt signifies a feeling of uncertainty or lack of confidence. Pausing refers to a brief interruption before taking action, while faltering indicates a wavering or unsteady movement. Vacillation means to waver between options, while reluctance denotes a hesitation due to opposition or fear. Procrastination signifies delaying or putting off a decision, while reservation implies uncertainty or doubt about the suitability of a choice.
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:
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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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