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.
  •vacillant (adjective)
  • uneager,
  • lacking confidence.

• n.

  •
  • temporize,
  • wait,
  • wait around,
  • put off,
  • delay,
  • play for time,
  • hold off,
  • sit on.
  •
  • hesitate,
  • stagger,
  • waver,
  • wobble,
  • dither,
  • decide,
  • pause.
  •falter (noun)
  • fluctuate.
  •indecisiveness (noun)
  • 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.
  •doubt (verb)
  • 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.
  •halt (verb)
  • 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.
  •hedge (verb)
  • 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.
  •hem and haw (verb)
  • 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.
  •misdoubt (verb)
  • 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.
  •vacillate (verb)
  • 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.
  •vary (verb)
  • 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.
  •waste time (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • linger.
  •
  • hesitancy,
  • indecision,
  • to and fro,
  • vacillation,
  • halting,
  • falter,
  • hesitation.
  •
  • timidity,
  • pendulous,
  • timid.
  •change
  • vary.
  •doubt
  • 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.
  •hedge
  • 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.
  •hesitate
  • hem and haw.
  •linger
  • loiter.
  •procrastinate
  • drag feet,
  • hangs fire,
  • be dilatory,
  • hanging fire,
  • play a waiting game,
  • hang fire,
  • plays for time,
  • playing for time,
  • let slide.
  •vary
  • inflected,
  • permutate,
  • be unlike,
  • take turns,
  • Divaricated,
  • Divaricating,
  • Inflecting,
  • inflects,
  • divaricate,
  • inflect.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.