Thesaurus:hesitate

Thesaurus:hesitate

THESAURUS

hesitate

English

Synonyms

• boggle

• deliberate

• demur

• dither

• falter

• hesitate

• hover

• mammer (rare)

• scruple

• stand shilly-shally

• stick    [WS]

• swither (UK dialect)

• waver

Antonyms

• damn the torpedoes (idiomatic)

• decide

• brazen

• grasp the nettle (idiomatic)

• go big or go home (idiomatic)

• resolve

• shoot first and ask questions later (idiomatic)

• shoot from the hip (idiomatic)

• shoot from the lip (idiomatic)

• shoot one's mouth off (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• doubt

• stop    [WS]

• pause

Various

• think twice

• vacillate

Further reading

• “485. unbelief, doubt” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “70. discontinuity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hesitate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.