Thesaurus:hesitate
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
Sense: to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- boggle
- deliberate
- demur
- dither
- falter
- hesitate
- hover
- mammer (rare)
- scruple
- stand shilly-shally
- stick [⇒ thesaurus]
- swither (UK dialect)
- waver
Antonyms[edit]
- 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[edit]
Various[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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.