| Main Entry: | waver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shift back and forth; be indecisive |
Synonyms: |
be irresolute, be unable to decide, blow hot and cold, change, deliberate, dilly-dally, dither, falter, flicker, fluctuate, halt, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, oscillate, palter, pause, pussyfoot around, quiver, reel, run hot and cold, seesaw, shake, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, trim, undulate, vacillate, vary, waffle, wave, weave, whiffle, wobble, yo-yo |
| Notes: | waver is a verb meaning to vacillate or be indecisive; a waiver is a relinquishment of a claim, privilege, or right |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take turns, change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
act reciprocally, alter, blow hot and cold, change, come and go, exchange, fill in for, fluctuate, follow, follow in turn, interchange, intersperse, oscillate, relieve, rotate, seesaw, shift, shilly-shally, substitute, sway, vacillate, vary, waver, yo-yo |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
Antonyms: |
continue |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
Synonyms: |
angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | demur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
Synonyms: |
balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, take exception, vacillate, wait and see, waver |
Antonyms: |
accept, agree, consent, go along |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack confidence in; question |
Synonyms: |
be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, misdoubt, misgive, mistrust, not buy, query, read differently, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticize, smell a rat, surmise, suspect, take dim view of, vacillate, waver, wonder at |
Antonyms: |
be certain, believe, not question, rely, trust |
| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
Synonyms: |
be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble |
Antonyms: |
continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | flare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erupt, blow |
Synonyms: |
blaze, boil over, break out, burn, burn up, burst, dart, dazzle, explode, fire up, flash, flicker, flutter, fume, glare, glow, go off, lose control, rant, seethe, shimmer, shoot, waver |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
Synonyms: |
blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, flitter, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | fluctuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vacillate, change |
Synonyms: |
alter, alternate, be undecided, blow hot and cold, ebb and flow, flutter, go up and down, hem and haw, hesitate, oscillate, rise and fall, seesaw, shift, swing, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wave, waver, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
hold, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | halt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hesitate, stutter |
Synonyms: |
be defective, dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle |
Antonyms: |
continue, speak smoothly |