| Main Entry: | vacillatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
Synonyms: |
afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillant, vacillating, wavering |
| Main Entry: | halting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bumbling, claudicant, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering, wooden |
Antonyms: |
flowing, smooth, unhesitating |
| Main Entry: | tentative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indefinite, uncertain |
Synonyms: |
backward, cautious, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, faltering, halting, hesitant, irresolute, reluctant, timid, undecided, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
certain, conclusive, definite, sure |
| Main Entry: | vacillant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
Synonyms: |
afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering |