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What is another word for
vacillate
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▲
To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another
To hesitate on a course of action or decision
To sway unsteadily from one side to the other
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
To change or vary irregularly in number or amount
To hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
To move or act at a slow speed
To range or occur within a continuous spectrum
To have doubts or suspicions about
To show an inclination for, or against, something
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▲
Verb
▲
To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another
waver
dither
fluctuate
falter
teeter
haver
swither
change
stagger
swing
halt
scruple
alternate
wabble
equivocate
temporise
UK
temporize
US
seesaw
balance
hover
shillyshally
dillydally
hedge
boggle
waffle
straddle
whiffle
shilly-shally
be indecisive
dilly-dally
be undecided
hum and haw
yo-yo
be irresolute
hang back
be unsure
be uncertain
blow hot and cold
pussyfoot around
be doubtful
hem and haw
chop and change
change mind
sit on the fence
run hot and cold
be unable to decide
fence-straddle
keep changing your mind
be unable to make up your mind
flip-flop
be cagey
hesitate
oscillate
stall
be ambivalent
delay
be in two minds
procrastinate
wobble
dawdle
think twice
be hesitant
get cold feet
faff about
second-guessing yourself
have doubts
dally
sway
pause
prevaricate
see-saw
tergiversate
demur
waste time
faff around
mess about
wobble about
have misgivings
doubt yourself
tarry
be on the fence
will and will not
dodge
trifle
go from one extreme to the other
hang about
hang around
mess around
be on the horns of a dilemma
flicker
um and ah
vary
tremble
quiver
palter
trim
shudder
deliberate
whiffle waffle
be tentative
doubt
be divided
feel uncertain
wonder about
lack conviction
be sceptical
think something unlikely
be dubious
harbour reservations about
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
express suspicions about
have doubts about
have reservations about
feel uneasy about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
more ❯
“When you're under too much emotional stress, you
vacillate
and procrastinate, especially when it has something to do with money.”
Verb
▲
To hesitate on a course of action or decision
hesitate
waver
pause
demur
pussyfoot
balk
US
baulk
UK
be reluctant
hang back
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
wait and see
drag your heels
dither
scruple
doubt
think twice
hold back
hem and haw
dawdle
equivocate
be indecisive
dilly-dally
hum and haw
be unsure
be uncertain
be doubtful
be hesitant
sit on fence
teeter
falter
stagger
wobble
halt
wabble
linger
temporize
US
hover
temporise
UK
shilly-shally
be unwilling
shy away
hold off
hesitate over
jib
shy
refuse
lag
straggle
procrastinate
be cagey
hang fire
stay back
drag your feet
stay in the background
shrink back
be reluctant to come forward
stall
delay
fluctuate
haver
swither
oscillate
dally
wait
hedge
alternate
shillyshally
tergiversate
dillydally
seesaw
stumble
defer
deliberate
stop
boggle
flounder
ponder
debate
weigh
hang
mammer
pull back
think about
more ❯
“I tend to
vacillate
before deciding on a course of action, and once that course is chosen, the logic that lies beneath it is often convoluted.”
Verb
▲
To sway unsteadily from one side to the other
quiver
flutter
shake
sway
oscillate
wave
tremble
undulate
vibrate
waver
stir
flap
wag
wobble
move
swing
pulsate
palpitate
rock
ripple
flail
flit
thresh
waggle
sweep
thrash
whirl
reel
wiggle
swish
motion
lurch
pitch
roll
swing back and forth
swing backwards and forwards
swing from side to side
swing to and fro
move to and fro
rise and fall
fluctuate
quaver
shudder
heave
twirl
shiver
quake
surge
swell
flow
wigwag
tremor
trill
billow
flourish
warble
wield
brandish
thrill
waft
swirl
curl
judder
blow
twist
ruffle
flick
flicker
twitter
falter
coil
raise
dangle
convulse
jiggle
seesaw
stream
fly
pulse
jerk
jolt
jar
agitate
move back and forth
move backwards and forwards
wabble
bucket
joggle
jounce
flinch
note
quail
beat
whip
flop
twitch
move up and down
flaunt
move from side to side
shimmy
float
display
vaunt
pendulate
swipe
bat
swivel
handle
drift
hang
swing around
wave rapidly
be pendent
windmill
hold aloft
wave around
be suspended
totter
flitter
bump
churn
stagger
commove
dither
succuss
jog
dodder
stir up
ebb and flow
set in motion
put in motion
catch the wind
lash
beat about
flap about
thrash about
move erratically
fish-tail
wave to and fro
move side to side
more ❯
“The boy, half sleeping, permitted his torch to
vacillate
from side to side.”
Verb
▲
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
hedge
equivocate
prevaricate
tergiversate
fudge
pussyfoot
dodge
flannel
waffle
quibble
evade
sidestep
weasel
duck
stall
avoid
temporise
UK
temporize
US
stonewall
tergiverse
hesitate
shuck
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
evade the issue
fudge the issue
hum and haw
pussyfoot around
sidestep the issue
beat about the bush
be vague
duck the question
sit on the fence
cop out
hem and haw
flip-flop
be noncommittal
blow hot and cold
beat around the bush
be indecisive
shuffle around
cop a plea
pass the buck
give the run around
hedge your bets
mince words
fence
duck the issue
shuffle
palter
cavil
shift
falsify
misrepresent
skirt
blather
parry
lie
shirk
waver
shuffle about
shift ground about
avoid the issue
play it close to the vest
skirt the issue
fast-talk
deceive
fabricate
fib
be ambiguous
con
dither
misstate
exaggerate
jive
invent
dissemble
distort
garble
misspeak
belie
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
dodge the question
put off
beg the question
phony up
put on
stretch the truth
stall for time
give a false colour to
circumvent
balk
US
bypass
elude
baulk
UK
get around
give the runaround
dance around an issue
skirt round
worm one's way out of
get out of
find a way round
ramble
fend off
avoid answering
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
not pay
not give a straight answer to
cop out of
beat around bush
beat about the bush about
escape
eschew
skip
beat
shortcut
welsh
renege
flee
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
dance around
shake
ditch
give a wide berth to
juke
give the slip
put the move on
go around
shake off
sneak away
tap dance
lay low
slip out
adumbrate
subtilize
tell white lie
mince matters
run around
cover up
give run around
straddle the fence
cloud the issue
double-talk
more ❯
Verb
▲
To change or vary irregularly in number or amount
fluctuate
change
shift
waver
swing
vary
oscillate
alternate
veer
alter
sway
teeter
mutate
wobble
seesaw
snap
undulate
differ
totter
flutter
vibrate
wave
see-saw
yo-yo
rise and fall
go up and down
be unsteady
come and go
be unstable
ebb and flow
switch
evolve
transform
turn
metamorphose
convert
morph
pivot
deviate
progress
interchange
substitute
swap
modulate
blow hot and cold
go from one extreme to the other
digress
drift
slip
diverge
move
transmogrify
segue
transition
shilly-shally
flip-flop
exchange
hover
rotate
stagger
intersperse
recast
adapt
adjust
grow
develop
metastasize
metamorphize
amend
modify
reverse
retract
take turns
act in sequence
work in sequence
recalibrate
transmute
transfigure
take it in turns
follow with
be staggered
be interspersed
realign
transmutate
occur in turn
occur in rotation
take in turn
act reciprocally
take in rotation
move between
follow one another
fill in for
give turns to
chop and change
follow in turn
yo-yo on
replace
revise
transpose
swerve
back
hesitate
equivocate
pass
affect
transit
change direction
mold
US
remodel
mould
UK
move backward and forward
move to and fro
move back and forth
hum and haw
hem and haw
flip-flop on
make adjustments to
change gears on
supplant
move around
change over
go back and forth
transmit
switch around
displace
bandy
rearrange
reorder
trade places
pass from one to another in rotation
follow in sequence
invert
swap round
change round
trade
swop
commute
use instead of
use in place of
replace with
use as an alternative to
use as a replacement
use in preference to
swap over
use instead
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
scruple
waver
hesitate
dither
falter
teeter
stagger
halt
wabble
wobble
balance
demur
doubt
boggle
disrelish
fret
shy
stickle
worry
shilly-shally
hang back
be reluctant
have misgivings about
have qualms about
baulk at
think twice about
demur from
shrink from
boggle at
be unwilling
hang back from
have scruples about
vacillate about
shy away from
waver about
be loath
have qualms
stick at
balk at
demur about
flinch from
have reservations about
mind doing something
recoil from
drag one's feet over
drag one's heels over
jib
baulk
UK
shrink
be shy about
be chary of
be reluctant about
balk
US
be coy about
be cagey about
hesitate to
scruple about
Verb
▲
To move or act at a slow speed
delay
linger
loiter
dally
dawdle
hesitate
lag
stall
tarry
dither
idle
wait
while away time
dillydally
procrastinate
stonewall
straggle
temporise
UK
temporize
US
amble
diddle
drag
pause
plod
stagger
crawl
creep
filibuster
lollygag
mope
poke
putter
totter
lallygag
dilly-dally
buy time
hold back
kill time
mark time
shilly-shally
stay put
take your time
wait around
waste time
be slow
drag your feet
fall behind
hang about
hang around
hang fire
hang on
hum and haw
lag behind
take one's time
play for time
potter about
potter around
potter round
be indecisive
horse around
not keep pace
put off doing something
goof off
play a waiting game
use delaying tactics
let the grass grow under one's feet
trifle
loll
waver
haver
falter
swither
put off
be dilatory
drag your heels
slouch
potter
fluctuate
be long
sit around
fool around
be tardy
hang back
stop
discontinue
halt
cease
hold on
pussyfoot around
hem and haw
blow hot and cold
move slowly
sit tight
adjourn
prolong
retard
postpone
defer
protract
cool
goldbrick
stay
adopt Fabian tactics
hold off
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
postpone action
suspend action
kick the can down the road
be undecided
loaf
footle
lazy
laze
bum
chill
lounge
drone
kick back
hack around
veg out
kick around
hang out
fritter
saunter
take too long
go at a snail's pace
mooch
get no place fast
wander
meander
ramble
stroll
traipse
drift
trail
mosey
fritter away
take time
go slowly
inch
roam
limp
rove
shuffle
bring up the rear
fall off
slow up
trudge
inch along
tail
trail behind
drop behind
be behind
drop back
fall back
drop
slow down
drag behind
range
fiddle about
piddle
take one's own sweet time
lose time
gallivant
trifle with
boondoggle
fool with
play games
fool about
while away
cruise
galavant
float
bat
stray
knock about
stroll along
gad about
take it easy
take a stroll
walk slowly
deviate
maunder
twiddle
fribble
play
goof around
monkey around
futz around
putter around
fiddle around
doodle
mess around
toddle
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
bum around
shlep along
scrounge around
warm a chair
sit on one's butt
more ❯
Verb
▲
To range or occur within a continuous spectrum
vary between
go
extend
fluctuate
reach
stretch
alternate
oscillate
range
vary
run
differ
pass
diverge from
cover
continue
spread
span
last
head
lie
lead
bear
encompass
spread out
go on
proceed
creep
persist
persevere
trend
circulate
keep on
move past
go round
go around
unroll
unfold
expand
open
branch
enlarge
grow
fill
widen
broaden
be unbroken
burst forth
branch out
run on
go as far as
carry on
stretch out
Verb
▲
To have doubts or suspicions about
misdoubt
suspect
doubt
distrust
mistrust
disbelieve
question
dispute
discredit
query
challenge
wonder
misbelieve
impugn
misgive
skepticize
fear
scruple
fluctuate
hesitate
waver
wonder about
be wary of
smell a rat
shilly-shally
harbor suspicion
have qualms
not buy
call in question
be dubious
be uncertain
be undetermined
wonder at
be apprehensive of
give no credence
have doubts
have reservations about
be suspicious of
have doubts about
have misgivings about
feel uneasy about
harbour suspicions about
have no confidence in
have no faith in
cast doubt on
be chary of
have suspicions about
call into question
not believe
be unconvinced about
be unsure about
lack confidence in
be unsure of
be suspicious
regard with suspicion
harbour reservations about
be sceptical of
disbelieve in
be wary
be leery of
have qualms about
feel apprehensive about
scruple over
have reservations
be skeptical of
be sceptical about
feel chary about
smell a rat about
have doubt
have a funny feeling about
discount
look askance at
take with a grain of salt
take with a pinch of salt
be incredulous of
impeach
contest
oppose
oppugn
controvert
object to
entertain doubts about
beware
puzzle over
cast doubt upon
raise doubts about
have hesitations about
cast aspersions on
raise objections to
express reservations about
throw doubt on
express suspicions about
suspicion
be distrustful of
be mistrustful of
be uneasy about
contradict
debate
argue
deny
negate
gainsay
defy
take issue with
refute
rebut
disprove
reject
attack
resist
counter
protest against
interrogate
denounce
give no credence to
repudiate
criticize
US
not credit
litigate
confute
blast
criticise
UK
not accept
break
take issue
disaffirm
take exception to
call out
disagree with
scorn
struggle against
take on
strive against
push back
push back against
take a stand against
fly in the face of
stand up to
make a stand against
disconfirm
confound
grill
probe
scout
eschew
shoot down
argue about
discuss
quibble over
call in
make a nonsense of
raise doubt
raise a question
bring into question
disagree
quarrel
raise issue
raise concern
express concern
dare
zap
contravene
smear
slam
traduce
knock
negative
zing
assail
tar
trash
traverse
cross
disavow
be in contention
be at loggerheads
fail to agree
disaccord
be at odds
be at variance
be in dispute
differ from
diverge from
dissent from
throw down the gauntlet
run down
swipe at
skin alive
put down
unbelieve
not see eye to eye
withstand
combat
come down on
cast aspersions upon
stick it to
cut to shreds
throw the book at
pin on
thumb nose at
confront
contend with
battle
face
repel
contend
buck
rival
argue against
quarrel with
argue with
campaign against
fight
not swallow
scoff at
tangle with
speak against
put up an argument
oppose action
put up a fight against
set your face against
stand up and be counted against
compete against
compete with
spare no effort
inquire
US
test
investigate
address
remonstrate
accost
enquire
UK
demur against
disapprove of
demur about
be a dissenter from
throw down
call one's bluff
more ❯
Verb
▲
To show an inclination for, or against, something
bias
lean
incline
trend
gravitate
run
tend
veer
drift
slant
sway
angle
swing
bend
skew
turn
wheel
wind
load
tilt
tip
slope
list
cant
heel
careen
bank
pitch
bow
nod
curve
roll
dip
put
beetle
overhang
divert
decline
sag
sheer
sink
droop
deflect
bend over
bend forward
be slanted
be at an angle
recline
bevel
camber
aim
shelve
point
descend
grade
seesaw
toss
lurch
angle off
deviate
diverge
yaw
rise
fall
slouch
shift
direct
train
level
rake
lean over
splay
set at an angle
swerve
rock
keel over
wabble
wobble
ramp
plummet
plunge
heel over
swag
be askew
lie obliquely
tip over
put at an angle
go down
fall away
traverse
roll along
stoop
labor
US
reel
keel
labour
UK
lay
pitchpole
flounder
make heavy weather
more ❯
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