What is another word for Shilly-shally?
805 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʃˈɪliʃˈali], [ ʃˈɪliʃˈali], [ ʃ_ˈɪ_l_i_ʃ_ˈa_l_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for Shilly-shally:- irresolute (adjective)
- vacillant (adjective)
- falter (noun)
- indecisiveness (noun)
- alternate (verb)
- doubt (verb)
- halt (verb)
- hedge (verb)
- hem and haw (verb)
- misdoubt (verb)
- vacillate (verb)
- vary (verb)
- waste time (verb)
- other synonyms
- change
- doubt
- hedge
- hesitate
- linger
- procrastinate
- vary
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Shilly-shally:
adj.
•irresolute (adjective)- halfhearted,
- shrinking,
- vacillating,
- irresolute,
- shifty,
- unwilling,
- tentative,
- ambivalent,
- shy,
- irresponsible,
- erratic,
- indecisive,
- undecided,
- undependable,
- fly-by-night,
- unresolved,
- changeable,
- inconsistent,
- double-minded,
- impulsive,
- fickle,
- infirm,
- spineless,
- weak,
- uncertain,
- watery,
- hesitant,
- Flitting,
- insipid,
- dillydallying,
- volatile,
- capricious,
- yellow,
- unsure.
n.
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- temporize,
- wait,
- wait around,
- put off,
- delay,
- play for time,
- hold off,
- sit on.
- hemming hawing,
- in decision,
- un willingnesses,
- un-willingness,
- demurrals,
- in-decision,
- delayings,
- dawdlings,
- in disposition,
- hemming and hawings,
- mis-giving,
- in-decisivenesses,
- in decisivenesses,
- mis giving,
- de-laying,
- falterings,
- in decisiveness,
- in-disposition,
- un-willingnesses,
- in-decisions,
- in-decisiveness,
- in decisions,
- un willingness,
- in-dispositions,
- hemming hawings,
- de laying,
- in dispositions.
v.
•alternate (verb)- ex changing,
- inter-changing,
- came go,
- filled for,
- acting reciprocally,
- filled in for,
- ex-change,
- filling in for,
- follow turn,
- ex change,
- following turn,
- inter-changes,
- ex changes,
- inter-changed,
- ex-changing,
- acts reciprocally,
- filling for,
- coming go,
- ex-changed,
- fill for,
- blow hot cold,
- coming and go,
- fills in for,
- comes and go,
- fills for,
- follows turn,
- yoyoed,
- yo-yoed,
- re lieve,
- re-lieve,
- comes go,
- inter changed,
- followed turn,
- shilly shally,
- yo-yoing,
- yo yo,
- came and go,
- inter change,
- inter changing,
- yo yoing,
- yo yos,
- ex changed,
- yoyos,
- ex-changes,
- acted reciprocally,
- following in turn,
- yoyoing,
- followed in turn,
- inter changes,
- follows in turn,
- come go,
- yo yoed.
- calls in question,
- smell rat,
- am dubious,
- be a quandary,
- art apprehensive of,
- dis believes,
- sur-mises,
- mis gives,
- in sinuates,
- calls question,
- being undetermined,
- mis trusts,
- mis given,
- being puzzled,
- haddest qualms,
- were dubious,
- were in a quandary,
- dis trusted,
- are dubious,
- dis-trust,
- art in a quandary,
- not buys,
- are uncertain,
- dis believing,
- being curious,
- are a quandary,
- wast apprehensive of,
- be quandary,
- art uncertain,
- dis crediting,
- wondered at,
- was apprehensive of,
- dis-trusted,
- wert a quandary,
- in sinuated,
- mis trust,
- dis-believed,
- in-sinuates,
- wert undetermined,
- dis-credits,
- not bought,
- are undetermined,
- wonders at,
- art in quandary,
- being a quandary,
- dis credits,
- harbored suspicion,
- mis trusting,
- dis-credit,
- was in quandary,
- in-sinuating,
- dis-credited,
- has qualms,
- am a quandary,
- gives no credence,
- wast in quandary,
- dis believe,
- am apprehensive of,
- was quandary,
- gave no credence,
- is in a quandary,
- hath qualms,
- dis-believing,
- were apprehensive of,
- had qualms,
- wondering at,
- being in a quandary,
- was in a quandary,
- are curious,
- giving no credence,
- art undetermined,
- mis give,
- smells rat,
- smelt a rat,
- mis-trusted,
- dis-crediting,
- being dubious,
- smelt rat,
- am puzzled,
- harbors suspicion,
- wert quandary,
- takes dim view of,
- am in a quandary,
- mis-given,
- mis-gives,
- wast puzzled,
- in sinuating,
- is quandary,
- wert puzzled,
- being in quandary,
- is in quandary,
- am undetermined,
- art a quandary,
- wast dubious,
- wert dubious,
- calling question,
- was puzzled,
- not buying,
- dis believed,
- smelled a rat,
- dis-trusting,
- reading differently,
- wast a quandary,
- was uncertain,
- dis credited,
- wast uncertain,
- skepticizing,
- dis-believes,
- are in quandary,
- were quandary,
- sur-mise,
- dis-believe,
- skepticized,
- is undetermined,
- dis-trusts,
- is puzzled,
- in sinuate,
- harboring suspicion,
- hast qualms,
- taking dim view of,
- is a quandary,
- were undetermined,
- being quandary,
- wast curious,
- are quandary,
- skepticizes,
- smelled rat,
- having qualms,
- were in quandary,
- mis-give,
- wert curious,
- in-sinuate,
- called question,
- were puzzled,
- were uncertain,
- is curious,
- dis trusts,
- is dubious,
- wast in a quandary,
- is uncertain,
- am uncertain,
- wert apprehensive of,
- called in question,
- mis-trusting,
- were curious,
- being uncertain,
- mis-gave,
- are puzzled,
- art puzzled,
- mis trusted,
- dis trust,
- mis gave,
- art quandary,
- dis trusting,
- in-sinuated,
- dis credit,
- art curious,
- are apprehensive of,
- smelling rat,
- am curious,
- wert in a quandary,
- is apprehensive of,
- be in quandary,
- was undetermined,
- calling in question,
- wert in quandary,
- call question,
- mis-trust,
- sur mise,
- sur mises,
- am quandary,
- wast undetermined,
- took dim view of,
- are in a quandary,
- was curious,
- were a quandary,
- was dubious,
- smells a rat,
- hadst qualms,
- wert uncertain,
- was a quandary,
- reads differently,
- being apprehensive of,
- wast quandary.
- was defective,
- wiggle-waggles,
- wigglewaggle,
- wast defective,
- am defective,
- wiggle waggled,
- art defective,
- being defective,
- wiggle-waggling,
- whiffles,
- wiggle waggle,
- are defective,
- wigglewaggling,
- wiggle waggling,
- wiggle-waggled,
- wert defective,
- were defective,
- wiggle waggles,
- is defective,
- wigglewaggles,
- wigglewaggled.
- runs around,
- gave the run around,
- beats around the bush,
- beats around bush,
- flipflopping,
- giving run around,
- ran around,
- am noncommittal,
- being noncommittal,
- sate the fence,
- sitting the fence,
- sat the fence,
- sate on the fence,
- sits on the fence,
- flip flopped,
- sat fence,
- running around,
- sits fence,
- giving the run around,
- tergiversed,
- sat on fence,
- flip flop,
- sit fence,
- sits on fence,
- sits the fence,
- gives the run around,
- tergiversing,
- sate on fence,
- beating around bush,
- tergiverses,
- flip flopping,
- sitting on fence,
- cop plea,
- was noncommittal,
- pass buck,
- sitting on the fence,
- sitting fence,
- gives run around,
- wast noncommittal,
- art noncommittal,
- is noncommittal,
- sat on the fence,
- flipflopped,
- wert noncommittal,
- were noncommittal,
- sate fence,
- flip-flopped,
- gave run around,
- sit the fence.
- fudges mudge,
- backing and fill,
- backed and fill,
- tapdanced,
- tapdancing,
- backs fill,
- backing fill,
- mincing words,
- dances around,
- humming haw,
- minces words,
- fudged and mudge,
- backs and fill,
- fudging and mudge,
- fudges and mudge,
- begs question,
- hum haw,
- danced around,
- hums and haw,
- hummed and haw,
- back fill,
- humming and haw,
- fudge mudge,
- hummed haw,
- Euphemized,
- begged question,
- tapdances,
- fudged mudge,
- fudging mudge,
- hem haw,
- Euphemizing,
- beg question,
- begged the question,
- euphemizes,
- hums haw,
- begs the question,
- backed fill,
- begging question,
- dancing around.
- hath doubts,
- hast ones doubts,
- mis-doubt,
- have ones doubts,
- hast one's doubts,
- hadst one's doubts,
- haddest ones doubts,
- has ones doubts,
- hath ones doubts,
- has one doubts,
- haddest one doubts,
- mis doubt,
- mis-doubted,
- hast doubts,
- hast one doubts,
- having ones doubts,
- having one's doubts,
- had doubts,
- has doubts,
- haddest doubts,
- having doubts,
- mis-doubts,
- hath one's doubts,
- haddest one's doubts,
- mis-doubting,
- had one's doubts,
- had one doubts,
- has one's doubts,
- hath one doubts,
- hadst ones doubts,
- had ones doubts,
- hadst doubts,
- mis doubts,
- mis doubted,
- have one doubts,
- hadst one doubts,
- mis doubting,
- having one doubts.
- ran hot cold,
- fencestraddles,
- fencestraddle,
- were irresolute,
- wert irresolute,
- is irresolute,
- fencestraddling,
- fence-straddled,
- changing mind,
- wast indecisive,
- fence straddling,
- pussyfooting around,
- is indecisive,
- run hot cold,
- ran hot and cold,
- being irresolute,
- runs hot and cold,
- changes mind,
- wast irresolute,
- runs hot cold,
- fence-straddles,
- was irresolute,
- pussyfooted around,
- was indecisive,
- am irresolute,
- art indecisive,
- wert indecisive,
- pussyfoots around,
- running hot cold,
- fence straddles,
- are indecisive,
- are irresolute,
- art irresolute,
- fence straddled,
- were indecisive,
- changed mind,
- fencestraddled,
- being indecisive,
- fence straddle.
- dis agree,
- permutates,
- de part,
- dis place,
- am unlike,
- dis placed,
- wast unlike,
- dis placing,
- dis-agree,
- de-parting,
- dis-place,
- is unlike,
- de-parts,
- wert unlike,
- dis agreeing,
- are unlike,
- dis places,
- de-parted,
- dis agreed,
- dis agrees,
- art unlike,
- de-part,
- dis sents,
- de parting,
- dis sent,
- dis-places,
- trans-formed,
- trans forms,
- permutating,
- takes turns,
- de parts,
- dis-sent,
- dis-agreeing,
- taking turns,
- trans-form,
- took turns,
- being unlike,
- dis-placing,
- divaricates,
- trans formed,
- trans forming,
- was unlike,
- trans-forms,
- were unlike,
- permutated,
- dis-agrees,
- trans-forming,
- dis-agreed,
- dis-sents,
- dis-placed,
- de parted,
- trans form.
- took ones time,
- passing time,
- takes own sweet time,
- lollygagged,
- takes one sweet time,
- passes time,
- whiles away the time,
- take one own sweet time,
- passes the time,
- whiled away time,
- taking one's own sweet time,
- taking one own sweet time,
- took one time,
- whiling away time,
- frittered away time,
- frittering away time,
- take one's sweet time,
- take sweet time,
- taking one's sweet time,
- took one's own sweet time,
- takes ones time,
- took one own sweet time,
- de lays,
- fiddling about,
- burned daylight,
- take ones own sweet time,
- takes one time,
- fiddled about,
- takes one's time,
- lost time,
- took sweet time,
- burns daylight,
- takes one own sweet time,
- passed the time,
- took time,
- de-lay,
- takes ones own sweet time,
- de-lays,
- taking sweet time,
- burnt daylight,
- takes one's sweet time,
- whiling away the time,
- fritters away time,
- took one's time,
- burning daylight,
- takes ones sweet time,
- took ones sweet time,
- taking one sweet time,
- takes one's own sweet time,
- whiles away time,
- loses time,
- losing time,
- taking one time,
- taking own sweet time,
- passing the time,
- passed time,
- take one time,
- take own sweet time,
- takes sweet time,
- de lay,
- took ones own sweet time,
- take ones time,
- took one's sweet time,
- take one sweet time,
- take ones sweet time,
- taking ones time,
- took one sweet time,
- fiddles about,
- took own sweet time,
- takes time,
- taking ones own sweet time,
- whiled away the time,
- taking ones sweet time,
- taking time.
Other synonyms:
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•
- linger.
- vary.
- be uncertain,
- smelling a rat,
- Fearing,
- be puzzled,
- Misdoubt,
- be dubious,
- be in a quandary,
- Misgave,
- call in question,
- not buy,
- Hesitated,
- scruple,
- be curious,
- be apprehensive of,
- read differently,
- Skepticize,
- be undetermined,
- harbor suspicion,
- misgive,
- wonder at,
- Misgiven,
- smell a rat,
- have qualms,
- give no credence,
- take dim view of,
- scruples,
- doubting,
- Feared,
- misgives.
- jiving,
- run around,
- beat around the bush,
- flipflop,
- give the run around,
- jive,
- pussyfoot,
- flip-flopping,
- jives,
- be noncommittal,
- sit on the fence,
- tergiverse,
- beat around bush,
- give run around,
- sit on fence,
- beating around the bush.
- drag feet,
- hangs fire,
- be dilatory,
- hanging fire,
- play a waiting game,
- hang fire,
- plays for time,
- playing for time,
- let slide.
- inflected,
- permutate,
- be unlike,
- take turns,
- Divaricated,
- Divaricating,
- Inflecting,
- inflects,
- divaricate,
- inflect.
- dilly-dally,
- mutable,
- strain,
- evade,
- fumble,
- shift,
- caution,
- sidestep,
- oscillation,
- lie about,
- fluctuation,
- mark time,
- quibble,
- mope,
- time,
- avoid,
- oscillatory,
- fear,
- withdraw,
- drag,
- cavil,
- pull back,
- think twice about,
- laze,
- parry,
- stop to consider,
- flag,
- change,
- ponder,
- tergiversate,
- jib,
- dillydally,
- poke,
- milquetoast,
- dodge,
- uncertainty,
- yield,
- swither,
- equivocation,
- teeter-totter,
- jellyfish,
- tergiversation,
- Strain at,
- wavering,
- lounge,
- stickle,
- blow,
- think twice,
- oscillate,
- idle,
- totter,
- debate,
- diddle,
- prevaricate,
- straddle the fence,
- fence,
- crawl,
- lallygag,
- dawdle,
- stonewall,
- sway,
- weakling,
- Haver,
- alteration,
- See-saw,
- demur,
- mugwump,
- diffidence,
- oscillating,
- be undecided,
- Pendulate,
- ambivalence,
- teeter,
- trail,
- qualify,
- fluctuating,
- fend off,
- fence-sitting,
- blow hot and cold,
- vibrate,
- balance,
- wobbly,
- swing,
- tarry,
- shilly-shallying,
- trifle,
- retreat,
- palter,
- stall,
- deliberate,
- equivocate,
- drag one's feet,
- dally,
- waffle,
- lag,
- straggle,
- stick at,
- back down,
- hover,
- hang back.