vacillate | Definition of vacillate

Synonyms and Antonyms of vacillate

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision

Synonyms of vacillate

balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, waver, wobble (also wabble)

Words Related to vacillate

dally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, wait

back down, chicken (out)

consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weigh

oscillate, sway

equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle

Near Antonyms of vacillate

advance, continue

Antonyms of vacillate

dive (in), plunge (in)