Thesaurus:hesitate
English
Verb
Sense: to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination
Synonyms
- boggle
- deliberate
- demur
- dither
- falter
- hesitate
- hover
- mammer (rare)
- scruple
- stand shilly-shally
- stick [⇒ thesaurus]
- 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
Various
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.