What is another word for wavering?
1044 synonyms found
Why do i feel so weak?
What could make me feel so shaken?
Why does my belief waver?
Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡ɪvəɹɪŋ], [ wˈeɪvəɹɪŋ], [ w_ˈeɪ_v_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]
Wavering is a word that is used to describe someone or something that is uncertain or indecisive. Synonyms for wavering include faltering, hesitating, vacillating, fluctuating, swaying, oscillating, and wobbling. These words all suggest a lack of confidence or a lack of commitment to a particular course of action. Other synonyms for wavering include dithering, shilly-shallying, dilly-dallying, and pussyfooting. These words all suggest a lack of decisiveness or a tendency to procrastinate when faced with a difficult decision. In the end, the choice of which synonym to use for wavering will depend on the context in which it is being used and the specific connotations that the writer wishes to convey.
Related words: weaken, shaking, questioning, unstable, question, wavering belief
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Synonyms for Wavering:
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adj.
• changeable- Permutable ,
- Transposable ,
- Vicissitudinous ,
- adaptable ,
- adjustable ,
- alterable ,
- changeful ,
- commutative ,
- convertible ,
- ever-changing ,
- fickle ,
- flexible ,
- flighty ,
- fluid ,
- inconstant ,
- mercurial ,
- modifiable ,
- movable ,
- mutable ,
- precarious ,
- protean ,
- reformable ,
- restless ,
- reversible ,
- revocable ,
- shifting ,
- transformable ,
- transitional ,
- unsteady ,
- vacillating ,
- versatile ,
- volatile .
- blinking ,
- flickering ,
- fluttering ,
- glimmering ,
- glinting ,
- quivering ,
- shimmering ,
- sparkling ,
- twinkling .
- hanging by thread ,
- on thin ice ,
- up for grabs ,
- hanging by a thread ,
- irresoluteoscillating ,
- unconfirmed ,
- waffling .
- in conclusive ,
- in-conclusive ,
- more clashing ,
- more fluctuating ,
- most clashing ,
- most fluctuating ,
- most opposed ,
- un resolved ,
- un-resolved .
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis-inclined ,
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- more uneager ,
- most uneager ,
- re served ,
- re tiring ,
- re-served ,
- re-tiring ,
- un eager ,
- un willing ,
- un-eager ,
- un-willing .
- dis composed ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis trustful ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-trustful ,
- doubting ,
- in quandary ,
- more agnostic ,
- more baffled ,
- more discomposed ,
- more faltering ,
- more flustered ,
- more questioning ,
- more unconvinced ,
- most agnostic ,
- most baffled ,
- most discomposed ,
- most faltering ,
- most flustered ,
- most questioning ,
- most unconvinced ,
- questioning ,
- un convinced ,
- un-convinced .
- Mootable ,
- dubitable ,
- far fetched ,
- fly by night ,
- iffy ,
- more trustless ,
- more unassured ,
- most trustless ,
- most unassured ,
- touch go ,
- un assured ,
- un clear ,
- un clearer ,
- un clearest ,
- un dependable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un trustier ,
- un trustiest ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un trusty ,
- un-assured ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearer ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely ,
- un-trustier ,
- un-trustiest ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- un-trusty ,
- untrustier ,
- untrustiest .
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- doubledealing ,
- more cheating ,
- more double crossing ,
- more double-crossing ,
- more doublecrossing ,
- more two timing ,
- more two-timing ,
- more twotiming ,
- more unconverted ,
- more unloyal ,
- most cheating ,
- most double crossing ,
- most double-crossing ,
- most doublecrossing ,
- most two timing ,
- most two-timing ,
- most twotiming ,
- most unconverted ,
- most unloyal ,
- perfidious ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un believing ,
- un converted ,
- un faithful ,
- un loyal ,
- un true ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un truthful ,
- un-believing ,
- un-converted ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-loyal ,
- un-true ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest ,
- un-truthful ,
- untruthful .
- more claudicant ,
- more limping ,
- more stammering ,
- more stumbling ,
- more stuttering ,
- most claudicant ,
- most limping ,
- most stammering ,
- most stumbling ,
- most stuttering ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handiest ,
- un-handy ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest .
- hot cold ,
- in decisive ,
- in determinate ,
- in-decisive ,
- more astraddle ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- most astraddle ,
- most weak kneed ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- un eventful ,
- un-eventful ,
- weak kneed ,
- weakkneed .
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in-firm ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- more anile ,
- more enfeebled ,
- more sensile ,
- most anile ,
- most enfeebled ,
- most sensile ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un substantial ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-substantial .
- ex posed ,
- ex-posed ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- in-substantial ,
- more fluctuant ,
- more rootless ,
- more unshielded ,
- most fluctuant ,
- most rootless ,
- most unshielded ,
- open attack ,
- un guarded ,
- un protected ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un shielded ,
- un-guarded ,
- un-protected ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- un-shielded ,
- unguarded ,
- unprotected .
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- jerry built ,
- jerrybuilt ,
- more rachitic ,
- more tumble down ,
- more tumble-down ,
- most rachitic ,
- most tumble down ,
- most tumble-down ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- tumble down ,
- tumble-down .
- co wed ,
- co-wed ,
- having cold feet ,
- more badgered ,
- more browbeaten ,
- more bullied ,
- more cowed ,
- more cowering ,
- more daunted ,
- more milquetoast ,
- more trembling ,
- more unassertive ,
- more unnerved ,
- most badgered ,
- most browbeaten ,
- most bullied ,
- most cowed ,
- most cowering ,
- most daunted ,
- most milquetoast ,
- most trembling ,
- most unnerved ,
- sub missive ,
- un assertive ,
- un nerved ,
- un-assertive ,
- un-nerved ,
- unnerved .
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- more aspen ,
- more palpitating ,
- more quavering ,
- most aspen ,
- most palpitating ,
- most quavering .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- in accurate ,
- mis taken ,
- pre-tended ,
- un convincing ,
- un reliable ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-reliable ,
- under hand ,
- under handed ,
- under-hand ,
- under-handed .
- dis orderly ,
- dis-orderly ,
- ex plosive ,
- ex-plosive ,
- more rattled ,
- more unpeaceful ,
- more unrestful ,
- most rattled ,
- most unpeaceful ,
- most unrestful ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un peaceful ,
- un quiet ,
- un quieter ,
- un quietest ,
- un restful ,
- un settled ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-peaceful ,
- un-quiet ,
- un-quieter ,
- un-quietest ,
- un-restful ,
- un-settled .
- more teetering ,
- more weaving ,
- most teetering ,
- most weaving ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest ,
- unsteadiest ,
- wigglier ,
- wiggliest .
- mis trustful ,
- mis-trustful ,
- more unconfident ,
- most unconfident ,
- un confident ,
- un sure ,
- un-confident ,
- un-sure .
- more unequable ,
- more yo yo ,
- more yo-yo ,
- more yoyo ,
- most unequable ,
- most yo yo ,
- most yo-yo ,
- most yoyo ,
- un equable ,
- un-equable ,
- yo yo .
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n.
• attribute • doubt • fluctuation • hesitation- dawdlings ,
- de lay ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-lays ,
- delayings ,
- hemming and hawings ,
- hemming hawing ,
- hemming hawings ,
- in disposition ,
- in dispositions ,
- in-disposition ,
- in-dispositions ,
- un willingness ,
- un willingnesses ,
- un-willingness ,
- un-willingnesses .
- Unfixedness ,
- disequilibrium ,
- fitfulness ,
- fluidity ,
- impermanence ,
- in security ,
- insecureness ,
- insecurity ,
- mutabilities ,
- precariousness ,
- transience ,
- unpredictabilities ,
- unpredictability ,
- unreliability ,
- unsureness ,
- variabilities .
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v.
• doubting • flickering Other synonyms:
- change ,
- hazy ,
- irregular ,
- unreliable .
Other relevant words:
- Boggling ,
- Careening ,
- Demurring ,
- Deviating ,
- Deviatory ,
- Diversiform ,
- Flitting ,
- Fluctuant ,
- Half-hearted ,
- Heteroclite ,
- Hovering ,
- Immethodical ,
- Inconsonant ,
- Indemonstrable ,
- Intermitting ,
- Libratory ,
- Pausing ,
- Pendular ,
- Reeling ,
- Seesawing ,
- Shilly-shally ,
- Spasmatic ,
- Teetering ,
- Unconformity ,
- Undulating ,
- Unequable ,
- Unstaid ,
- Unsteadfast ,
- Vacillatory ,
- Vibratile ,
- Vibratility ,
- Vicissitudinary ,
- Waggling ,
- Weak-minded ,
- Wigwagging ,
- Zigzagging ,
- a-tremble ,
- adrift ,
- aflicker ,
- afloat ,
- agitated ,
- agnostic ,
- alteration ,
- alternating ,
- alternation ,
- ambiguous ,
- ambivalence ,
- ambivalent ,
- amorphous ,
- arguable ,
- awkward ,
- backward ,
- balanced ,
- bashful ,
- become aware of ,
- bickering ,
- blurred ,
- blurry ,
- break ,
- broken ,
- capricious ,
- capriciousness ,
- catchy ,
- chameleon-like ,
- chameleonic ,
- chancy ,
- changeability ,
- changeableness ,
- chaotic ,
- choppiness ,
- choppy ,
- coming and going ,
- dancing ,
- debatable ,
- debilitated ,
- delay ,
- desultory ,
- deviation ,
- deviative ,
- devious ,
- dicey ,
- dickey ,
- difference ,
- different ,
- differentiation ,
- diffident ,
- dim ,
- disconnected ,
- discontinuous ,
- disinclination ,
- disloyal ,
- disorder ,
- disordered ,
- disorderly ,
- disorganized ,
- dithering ,
- divaricate ,
- divarication ,
- divergence ,
- divergent ,
- diversification ,
- diversified ,
- dizzy ,
- doddering ,
- dubious ,
- dull ,
- eccentric ,
- equivocal ,
- equivocation ,
- erose ,
- erratic ,
- exhausted ,
- faded ,
- faint ,
- faithless ,
- falter ,
- faltering ,
- fanciful ,
- faulty ,
- feeble ,
- fence-sitting ,
- fickleness ,
- fitful ,
- flap ,
- flapping ,
- flashing ,
- fleeting ,
- flexuous ,
- flickery ,
- flimsy ,
- flittering ,
- flourish ,
- flourishing ,
- fluctuating ,
- fluctuations ,
- fluttery ,
- flux ,
- foolish ,
- frail ,
- freakish ,
- frequency ,
- frequency band ,
- frequency spectrum ,
- frivolous ,
- giddy ,
- gone ,
- guttering ,
- gyration ,
- halting ,
- haphazard ,
- harmonic ,
- harmonic motion ,
- havering ,
- herky-jerky ,
- hesitance ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitating ,
- hesitation ,
- hushed ,
- ill-defined ,
- imperceptible ,
- impetuous ,
- impulsive ,
- in two minds ,
- inaudible ,
- incalculable ,
- inconsistency ,
- inconsistent ,
- inconstancy ,
- indecision ,
- indecisive ,
- indecisiveness ,
- indefinite ,
- indiscernible ,
- indisposition ,
- indistinct ,
- inequality ,
- infirm ,
- insecure ,
- intermittent ,
- irregularity ,
- irresolution ,
- irresponsible ,
- jagged ,
- jerkiness ,
- jerky ,
- jiggle ,
- jittery ,
- joggle ,
- jumpy ,
- lambent ,
- libration ,
- loath ,
- low ,
- lubricious ,
- lurching ,
- mazy ,
- mind ,
- mobile ,
- modification ,
- moody ,
- moot ,
- motion ,
- motley ,
- movement ,
- muffled ,
- mutability ,
- mutation ,
- muted ,
- muzzy ,
- namby-pamby ,
- nebulous ,
- nervous ,
- nonconformism ,
- nonconformist ,
- nonconformity ,
- nonstandard ,
- nonuniform ,
- nonuniformity ,
- nutation ,
- occasional ,
- of two minds ,
- on the fence ,
- open ,
- open to question ,
- oscillating ,
- oscillation ,
- oscillatory ,
- pale ,
- palpitating ,
- paltering ,
- patchy ,
- pause ,
- pending ,
- pendulating ,
- pendulous ,
- periodic ,
- periodicity ,
- plastic ,
- playing ,
- pliant ,
- pluralism ,
- pluralistic ,
- poised ,
- polysemous ,
- poor ,
- problematic ,
- quake ,
- quaking ,
- quaver ,
- quavering ,
- questionable ,
- quiver ,
- quivery ,
- ragged ,
- raggedness ,
- rambling ,
- random ,
- rarely vacillant ,
- reluctance ,
- resonance ,
- resonance frequency ,
- resonant ,
- ricketiness ,
- rickety ,
- roll ,
- rootless ,
- rough ,
- roving ,
- scatterbrained ,
- sceptical ,
- scrappy ,
- scrupling ,
- shake ,
- shakiness ,
- shaking ,
- shaky ,
- shapeless ,
- shifty ,
- shilly-shallying ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- shudder ,
- shuddering ,
- shuffling ,
- shy ,
- sickly ,
- skeptical ,
- slight ,
- small ,
- snatchy ,
- soft ,
- spasmodic ,
- spastic ,
- spineless ,
- spiritless ,
- spluttering ,
- sporadic ,
- spotty ,
- sputtering ,
- staggering ,
- stammering ,
- stifled ,
- stroboscopic ,
- stroke ,
- stumbling ,
- stuttering ,
- subdued ,
- suspended ,
- suspense ,
- swaying ,
- swimming ,
- swing ,
- swinging ,
- teeter-tottering ,
- tergiversating ,
- tergiversation ,
- timid ,
- to and fro ,
- toing and froing ,
- torn ,
- totter ,
- tottering ,
- tottery ,
- touch-and-go ,
- transient ,
- tremble ,
- tremor ,
- tremulous ,
- trimming ,
- twitch ,
- unaccountable ,
- unanswered ,
- uncertain ,
- uncertainty ,
- unclear ,
- uncontrolled ,
- unconvinced ,
- undecided ,
- undependable ,
- undetermined ,
- undisciplined ,
- undulation ,
- unequal ,
- uneven ,
- unevenness ,
- unfaithful ,
- unfixed ,
- unforeseeable ,
- unmethodical ,
- unorganized ,
- unorthodox ,
- unorthodoxy ,
- unpersuaded ,
- unpredictable ,
- unprovable ,
- unresolved ,
- unrest ,
- unrestrained ,
- unrhythmical ,
- unsolved ,
- unsteadiness ,
- unsure ,
- unsystematic ,
- untrustworthy ,
- unverifiable ,
- ups and downs ,
- vacillant ,
- vacillate ,
- vacillation ,
- vagrant ,
- vague ,
- variability ,
- variation ,
- variegated ,
- variegation ,
- variety ,
- variform ,
- various ,
- variousness ,
- veering ,
- versatility ,
- vibrancy ,
- vibrating ,
- vibration ,
- vibratory ,
- vicissitude ,
- waggle ,
- wandering ,
- wanton ,
- waver ,
- wavery ,
- wavy ,
- wayward ,
- weak ,
- weak-kneed ,
- whimsical ,
- wiggle ,
- wigwag ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wobble ,
- wobbling ,
- wobbly ,
- wriggle ,
- zigzag .
- Claudicant ,
- Double dealing ,
- Trustless ,
- Unhandy ,
- Wabbly ,
- YOYO ,
- anile ,
- aspen ,
- astraddle ,
- changeable ,
- hot and cold ,
- in a quandary ,
- in clouds ,
- in dilemma ,
- in firm ,
- irresolute ,
- lacking confidence ,
- laid low ,
- not fixed ,
- not following ,
- open to attack ,
- pendent ,
- rachitic ,
- sensile ,
- tippy ,
- touch and go ,
- unassertive ,
- unassured ,
- unconfident ,
- unconverted ,
- uneager ,
- unloyal ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unrestful ,
- unsettled ,
- unshielded ,
- unstable ,
- untrusty ,
- variable ,
- varying ,
- weakly ,
- wiggly ,
- without belief ,
- without guts ,
- yellow-bellied ,
- yo-yo .
- chillers ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- cloak and dagger ,
- fumbling ,
- fumblings ,
- grabber ,
- grabbers ,
- hemming and hawing ,
- irresoluteness ,
- judder ,
- judders ,
- page-turner ,
- potboiler ,
- potboilers ,
- procrastination ,
- procrastinations ,
- shillyshally ,
- stumblings ,
- tentativeness ,
- thriller ,
- thrillers ,
- timidness ,
- to-and-fro ,
- tremblings ,
- unstableness ,
- wobbliness .
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How to use "Wavering" in context?
When it comes to your personal and professional life, it is important to have a well-defined set of priorities. However, sometimes life throws us curveballs that challenge our established goals. These unexpected challenges can be frustrating and make us want to give up. This is often called wobbling or wavering.
Wavering can take many different forms, but all of them stem from a lack of resolve. When we wobble, we start to doubt ourselves and our ability to achieve our goals. This creates a cycle of inaction and discouragement. Trying to power through this cycle by force or willpower only makes it worse.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
waver.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
unwavering.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
dithering, faltering, unswerving, weakening, Hovering, undermining, destabilizing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
vacillation.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
shaking.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Wavering:
n.
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attribute
unregularity, irregularity.
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attribute
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