What is another word for vacillate?
1113 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ vˈasɪlˌe͡ɪt], [ vˈasɪlˌeɪt], [ v_ˈa_s_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for vacillate:- alternate (verb)
- blow hot and cold (verb)
- change (verb)
- demur (verb)
- dilly-dally (verb)
- doubt (verb)
- falter (verb)
- go back and forth (verb)
- halt (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- lick (verb)
- linger (verb)
- misdoubt (verb)
- oscillate (verb)
- procrastinate (verb)
- reciprocate (verb)
- scruple (verb)
- shift (verb)
- shilly-shally (verb)
- stagger (verb)
- waffle (verb)
- wave (verb)
- waver (verb)
- other synonyms
- change
- doubt
- hesitate
- lick
- oscillate
- other relevant words
- scruple
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Vacillate:
n.
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- move on,
- renounce,
- see reason/sense,
- change your mind,
- backpedal,
- capitulate,
- revise,
- move with the times.
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- pause.
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- repetition.
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- swing.
v.
•alternate (verb)- ex-changing,
- re-lieve,
- following in turn,
- follows in turn,
- yo-yoed,
- came go,
- inter changing,
- following turn,
- inter-changing,
- acted reciprocally,
- come go,
- inter-changes,
- follow turn,
- ex-change,
- inter-changed,
- coming go,
- followed turn,
- coming and go,
- acting reciprocally,
- filled for,
- inter change,
- ex change,
- filling for,
- yo-yoing,
- fill for,
- came and go,
- inter changes,
- re lieve,
- fills in for,
- yo yoing,
- ex changes,
- yo yos,
- inter changed,
- followed in turn,
- yoyos,
- filled in for,
- ex changing,
- yo yo,
- acts reciprocally,
- yoyoed,
- ex changed,
- yoyoing,
- ex-changes,
- comes go,
- ex-changed,
- follows turn,
- fills for,
- filling in for,
- comes and go,
- yo yoed.
- being the fence,
- was fence,
- were on fence,
- are on the fence,
- blow hot cold,
- was on fence,
- is on the fence,
- wast on the fence,
- art the fence,
- would will not,
- were fence,
- chopped change,
- wobbling about,
- is on fence,
- were the fence,
- willed and will not,
- wert on fence,
- am on the fence,
- will will not,
- wert fence,
- were on the fence,
- chop change,
- am the fence,
- being on the fence,
- are fence,
- willing and will not,
- wast on fence,
- wouldst will not,
- wert on the fence,
- was the fence,
- wert the fence,
- chops change,
- be fence,
- are the fence,
- is fence,
- wilt will not,
- being on fence,
- chopping and change,
- be the fence,
- are on fence,
- willing will not,
- wast the fence,
- is the fence,
- would and will not,
- wast fence,
- chops and change,
- wilt and will not,
- chopping change,
- wouldst and will not,
- wobbled about,
- art fence,
- chopped and change,
- wobbles about,
- willed will not,
- am on fence,
- being fence,
- was on the fence,
- be on fence.
- diversify,
- transform,
- deviate,
- reform,
- vary,
- convert,
- mutate,
- adapt,
- transfigure,
- transpose,
- set,
- transit,
- fluctuate,
- modify,
- alter,
- modulate,
- adjust.
- dis-approves,
- hem haw,
- re fuses,
- re fused,
- takes exception,
- dis approving,
- dis-approved,
- wait see,
- dis-approve,
- took exception,
- re-fused,
- re fuse,
- dis approves,
- pro-tested,
- dis approved,
- dis-approving,
- pro-testing,
- re-fuses,
- re fusing,
- pro testing,
- dis approve,
- pro tested,
- re-fuse.
- speaking haltingly,
- are undecided,
- wast undecided,
- being undecided,
- was undecided,
- dropt ball,
- drops ball,
- speaks haltingly,
- am undecided,
- top-pled,
- trips up,
- stubbed toe,
- tripping up,
- drops the ball,
- stubbing toe,
- dropped ball,
- wert undecided,
- were undecided,
- spoke haltingly,
- spake haltingly,
- dropping ball,
- drop ball,
- is undecided,
- dropt the ball,
- stubs toe,
- whiffles,
- art undecided,
- top pled.
- was defective,
- wigglewaggled,
- is defective,
- art defective,
- wiggle waggling,
- wiggle waggle,
- wiggle-waggles,
- are defective,
- wigglewaggles,
- wiggle-waggled,
- were defective,
- wiggle-waggling,
- wert defective,
- am defective,
- wiggle waggled,
- wigglewaggling,
- wiggle waggles,
- wast defective,
- being defective,
- wigglewaggle.
- de bates,
- thinks twice,
- sat on fence,
- sate on fence,
- wast irresolute,
- are reluctant,
- sits fence,
- sate fence,
- sitting fence,
- am irresolute,
- are unwilling,
- sits on fence,
- is reluctant,
- wert irresolute,
- wert unwilling,
- being irresolute,
- sat fence,
- art unwilling,
- am reluctant,
- de-bate,
- shies away,
- being reluctant,
- de-bates,
- wast reluctant,
- de bating,
- are irresolute,
- sit fence,
- sitting on fence,
- is irresolute,
- was reluctant,
- being unwilling,
- was unwilling,
- shying away,
- is unwilling,
- were reluctant,
- de-bated,
- de bate,
- thought twice,
- am unwilling,
- wast unwilling,
- were unwilling,
- were irresolute,
- wert reluctant,
- art reluctant,
- de bated,
- shied away,
- holds off,
- de-bating,
- art irresolute,
- was irresolute.
- re mained,
- art dilatory,
- took time,
- re maining,
- re main,
- wert long,
- are long,
- sticking around,
- taking time,
- was long,
- take ones time,
- are dilatory,
- takes one's time,
- waiting around,
- waited around,
- art long,
- wert dilatory,
- taking ones time,
- re-mains,
- was dilatory,
- sticks around,
- sits around,
- am tardy,
- am dilatory,
- were tardy,
- re-main,
- took one time,
- being dilatory,
- are tardy,
- was tardy,
- sate around,
- taking one time,
- is dilatory,
- art tardy,
- were long,
- waits around,
- were dilatory,
- wert tardy,
- am long,
- is tardy,
- took ones time,
- is long,
- wast tardy,
- being long,
- re mains,
- sat around,
- wast long,
- take one time,
- sitting around,
- being tardy,
- stuck around,
- takes one time,
- sticked around,
- took one's time,
- takes time,
- takes ones time,
- wast dilatory.
- mis-doubted,
- having one doubts,
- haddest one doubts,
- having ones doubts,
- hadst doubts,
- have ones doubts,
- hath ones doubts,
- mis doubting,
- mis-doubting,
- hadst ones doubts,
- has doubts,
- hath one's doubts,
- mis-doubt,
- hast one doubts,
- hadst one doubts,
- has one's doubts,
- mis doubt,
- hast ones doubts,
- hast doubts,
- having doubts,
- hast one's doubts,
- haddest ones doubts,
- mis doubts,
- hath doubts,
- had doubts,
- has ones doubts,
- hadst one's doubts,
- mis doubted,
- having one's doubts,
- had one's doubts,
- haddest one's doubts,
- has one doubts,
- haddest doubts,
- had ones doubts,
- mis-doubts,
- hath one doubts,
- have one doubts,
- had one doubts.
- paying dues,
- pays one dues,
- payed ones dues,
- feels return,
- re-pay,
- felt in return,
- is equivalent,
- re paid,
- re-turned,
- re plied,
- re turning,
- pays dues,
- scratching back,
- makes for,
- feeling return,
- felt return,
- wast equivalent,
- return compliment,
- re-tort,
- re-quite,
- pays one's dues,
- scratching ones back,
- returning compliment,
- paying one's dues,
- re tort,
- paying ones dues,
- re pay,
- re-turns,
- feel return,
- re torts,
- titting for tat,
- returned the compliment,
- returning the compliment,
- re-pays,
- pays ones dues,
- re-turning,
- am equivalent,
- payed one's dues,
- returns compliment,
- re-paid,
- scratched ones back,
- are equivalent,
- scratch ones back,
- scratching one back,
- payed one dues,
- scratch back,
- serving out,
- re paying,
- returns the compliment,
- scratched one back,
- feeling in return,
- pay ones dues,
- re-paying,
- Re-turn,
- paying one dues,
- scratches back,
- pay one dues,
- scratches one back,
- payed dues,
- re quite,
- re turn,
- scratched back,
- scratching one's back,
- tits for tat,
- wert equivalent,
- was equivalent,
- scratch one back,
- re plying,
- being equivalent,
- returned compliment,
- paid dues,
- paid ones dues,
- re pays,
- re turns,
- serves out,
- re-plying,
- makes up for,
- were equivalent,
- feels in return,
- titted for tat,
- paid one dues,
- re-plied,
- re-torts,
- scratches one's back,
- scratches ones back,
- scratched one's back.
- being loath,
- were loath,
- wert loath,
- am loath,
- thinking twice about,
- are loath,
- was loath,
- thought twice about,
- wast loath,
- thinks twice about,
- art loath,
- is loath.
- dis-place,
- re-calibrating,
- re calibrate,
- re-locates,
- changing gears,
- re-arranged,
- dis placing,
- re positions,
- dis-located,
- re-locating,
- turns corner,
- dialed back,
- flip flopped,
- re arranged,
- moves over,
- dials back,
- turn corner,
- re locates,
- moved over,
- turning tables,
- switching over,
- re-positions,
- re-locate,
- turned the corner,
- re calibrating,
- dis-places,
- re-move,
- turn tables,
- flip-flopped,
- re-moves,
- turning corner,
- re-positioned,
- turns the tables,
- swaps places,
- re-arranges,
- dis located,
- swapping places,
- re calibrated,
- re-arranging,
- re-position,
- dis-locating,
- dis-placing,
- switches over,
- re locate,
- re moved,
- switched over,
- re moving,
- re locating,
- turns the corner,
- dis-placed,
- re-calibrate,
- dialled back,
- about faced,
- re-located,
- turning the corner,
- dis place,
- re-arrange,
- dis-locates,
- bottoms out,
- dis locates,
- dialling back,
- about face,
- co oking,
- re positioning,
- swapped places,
- dis locating,
- about facing,
- dis places,
- flipflopped,
- re-calibrated,
- flip flopping,
- moves around,
- flipflopping,
- re arranging,
- re located,
- re-positioning,
- moving around,
- dis placed,
- re positioned,
- re-calibrates,
- co-oking,
- turns around,
- turns tables,
- re-moving,
- dis locate,
- re calibrates,
- turned corner,
- moving over,
- dis-locate,
- changed gears,
- re arrange,
- bottomed out,
- re arranges,
- co-oked,
- re position,
- re move,
- changes gears,
- recalibrates,
- turned tables,
- dialing back,
- co oked.
- over-lap,
- titubates,
- over-laps,
- over-lapped,
- over-lapping,
- over lapped,
- over lapping,
- over lap,
- titubating,
- titubated,
- over laps.
- changed one's mind,
- changes mind,
- change ones mind,
- change one mind,
- changing mind,
- changed ones mind,
- changed mind,
- changing one mind,
- changing ones mind,
- changing one's mind,
- changed one mind,
- changes ones mind,
- changes one mind,
- changes one's mind.
- moved to fro,
- move and fro,
- moves fro,
- moved to and fro,
- moving to fro,
- moving to and fro,
- move to fro,
- moves to fro,
- moved fro,
- moving fro,
- move fro,
- moved and fro,
- moving and fro,
- wigwags,
- moves and fro,
- moves to and fro.
- de liberated,
- de-liberate,
- pussyfoots around,
- de-liberates,
- were unable decide,
- wast unable to decide,
- wert unable to decide,
- am unable to decide,
- was unable to decide,
- ran hot and cold,
- being unable to decide,
- runs hot and cold,
- are unable to decide,
- de liberates,
- wert unable decide,
- pussyfooted around,
- is unable to decide,
- are unable decide,
- wast unable decide,
- ran hot cold,
- am unable decide,
- art unable decide,
- running hot cold,
- was unable decide,
- de liberate,
- de-liberated,
- runs hot cold,
- being unable decide,
- de liberating,
- run hot cold,
- is unable decide,
- art unable to decide,
- be unable decide,
- de-liberating,
- were unable to decide,
- pussyfooting around.
Other synonyms:
•change- re-formed,
- tampered with,
- remakes,
- tampering with,
- restyled,
- make over,
- warp,
- metamorphose,
- tamper with,
- Evolved,
- restyle,
- remake,
- tampers with,
- made over,
- remaking,
- make innovations,
- Revolutionizing,
- Metamorphosed,
- Re-form,
- restyling,
- transformed.
- Skepticize,
- Misdoubt,
- read differently,
- be uncertain,
- be apprehensive of,
- be curious,
- Feared,
- be dubious,
- be undetermined,
- Misgave,
- call in question,
- give no credence,
- doubting,
- smelling a rat,
- take dim view of,
- be puzzled,
- be in a quandary,
- not buy,
- have qualms,
- Misgiven,
- harbor suspicion,
- wonder at,
- misgives,
- misgive,
- smell a rat,
- Fearing.
- Hesitated,
- pulled back,
- think twice,
- be reluctant,
- thinking twice,
- think about,
- shy away,
- hold off,
- be unwilling,
- sit on fence,
- pulling back,
- pulls back,
- thought about,
- thinking about,
- stutter,
- thinks about,
- pull back.
- Waltzed,
- teetertotter,
- Librating,
- fishtails,
- pendulating,
- Librated,
- teeter-tottering,
- fishtail,
- fishtailed,
- librates,
- fishtailing,
- be unsteady,
- Waltzing,
- teeter-tottered,
- wiggle,
- teeter-totters,
- switching.
- scruple,
- turning around,
- indetermination,
- hesitancy,
- waffle,
- Zigzagging,
- shifting,
- bobble,
- stagger,
- variance,
- turned around,
- turn around,
- hesitation,
- fluctuation,
- taking exception,
- Paused,
- recalibrated,
- change gears,
- fill in for,
- tossing,
- chop,
- overlapping,
- poise,
- shift,
- making for,
- swishing,
- be equivalent,
- wobble about,
- rock,
- act reciprocally,
- pendulum,
- traded,
- idles,
- running hot and cold,
- doubt,
- recalibrate,
- dilly-dally,
- paid one's dues,
- zigzags,
- yo-yo,
- reel off,
- Wigwagging,
- Stickling,
- hang out,
- Teetering,
- taking one's time,
- reel,
- variation,
- hesitance,
- reciprocate,
- Faulted,
- bottom out,
- Titubate,
- thrill,
- indecision,
- goofing off,
- blow hot and cold,
- tooling,
- return the compliment,
- qualms,
- served out,
- shillyshally,
- take time,
- inter-change,
- rocker,
- looseness,
- roll,
- turned the tables,
- libration,
- bobbled,
- tilt,
- demur,
- falter,
- Trifled,
- waver,
- halt,
- Faulting,
- teeter-totter,
- stick around,
- bobbles,
- vibration,
- flip-flopping,
- YOYO,
- repositioning,
- Shied,
- Whiffled,
- be long,
- recalibrating,
- tremoring,
- teeterboard,
- Wigwagged,
- Exchanging,
- willy-nilly,
- to-and-fro,
- sit around,
- move to and fro,
- wobble,
- convulsion,
- idling,
- totter,
- feel in return,
- shies,
- stickles,
- bottoming out,
- swished,
- Limped,
- oscillating,
- waving,
- repositioned,
- Stammered,
- swishes,
- come and go,
- pitching,
- remonstrate,
- irresolution,
- wait around,
- pay dues,
- wigwag,
- lurching,
- hobble,
- made up for,
- turn the corner,
- vacillation,
- oscillate,
- hesitate,
- teeter,
- Motions,
- move over,
- Idled,
- stub toe,
- speak haltingly,
- Dusting,
- run hot and cold,
- take exception,
- repositions,
- limp,
- trip up,
- alternate,
- scratch one's back,
- Zigzagged,
- Whiffle,
- dropping the ball,
- dillydally,
- reposition,
- seesaw,
- oscillation,
- serve out,
- bobbling,
- move slowly,
- tooled,
- linger,
- balance,
- Stickled,
- dropped the ball,
- be tardy,
- change mind,
- stickle,
- staggering,
- wave,
- make for,
- dubiety,
- pussyfoot around,
- pay one's dues,
- be unable to decide,
- have one's doubts,
- dithered,
- jarring,
- take one's time,
- fly,
- move around,
- swell,
- switch over,
- drop the ball,
- Floundered,
- chop and change,
- beat,
- Shilly-shally,
- swinging,
- follow in turn,
- turn the tables,
- lick,
- yo-yos,
- tremored,
- be defective,
- change one's mind,
- bob,
- fluffed,
- change,
- reeler,
- quaver,
- Sauntered,
- Whiffling,
- lurch,
- swap places,
- be on the fence,
- tripped up,
- ticker,
- substitute,
- dithering,
- Wabble,
- pussyfoot,
- wiggle-waggle,
- goof off,
- Shying,
- make up for,
- fluffing,
- labouring,
- moving slowly,
- ripple,
- dial back,
- have doubts,
- be dilatory,
- moved around,
- be undecided,
- Strolled,
- will and will not,
- Loitered.
- halting,
- quiver,
- evade,
- be doubtful,
- weave,
- doubtful,
- flitter,
- unstable,
- changeable,
- palter,
- in two minds,
- fickle,
- fiddle-faddle,
- dangle,
- delay,
- relinquish,
- loom,
- Vacillatory,
- sidestep,
- toss,
- Haver,
- resonate,
- tarry,
- prevaricate,
- hang,
- timid,
- flop,
- unsteady,
- pitch,
- shake,
- levitate,
- veer,
- dillydallying,
- quake,
- flounder,
- waggle,
- tentative,
- ebb and flow,
- qualify,
- quibble,
- parry,
- See-saw,
- loiter,
- stumble,
- indecisive,
- hang fire,
- tickle,
- curvet,
- trim,
- knit,
- poke,
- drag one's feet,
- be obstructive,
- volatile,
- inconstant,
- double-minded,
- stick at,
- unresolved,
- fumble,
- tergiversate,
- drag,
- wriggle,
- turn,
- insecure,
- flap,
- back and fill,
- hesitating,
- weak-kneed,
- fence,
- avoid,
- Pendulate,
- weak,
- Demurring,
- shift one's ground,
- shilly-shallying,
- flicker,
- stop to consider,
- nutate,
- be loath,
- caprice,
- blow,
- dickey,
- uncertain,
- toggle,
- vacillating,
- brood,
- swag,
- switch,
- flutter,
- wax and wane,
- shuffle,
- wavering,
- swerve,
- unsure,
- hang back,
- lag,
- entwine,
- mark time,
- shuttle,
- wamble,
- waste time,
- toddle,
- careen,
- shaky,
- withdraw from,
- irresolute,
- mercurial,
- stonewall,
- pendulous,
- be loth,
- temporize,
- zigzag,
- cavil,
- boggle,
- eccentric,
- wobbly,
- faltering,
- rootless,
- dodge,
- play for time,
- swither,
- balk,
- retract,
- equivocate,
- erratic,
- wait,
- Dallying,
- coggle,
- dance,
- give the run-around,
- unsettled,
- fend off,
- hum and haw,
- flit,
- hesitant,
- shrink from,
- Fluctuant,
- bulk large,
- fluctuating,
- abjure.