HESITATERS Synonyms

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• waste time

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• act later than planned, scheduled, or required

• stop or halt

• slow the growth or development of

• an excited state of agitation

• act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain

• make a fuss; be agitated

• be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

• the act of pausing uncertainly

• be unsure or weak

• move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• speak haltingly

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• postpone doing what one should be doing

• postpone or delay needlessly

• to go stealthily or furtively

• a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

• speak haltingly

• having the characteristics of pitch or tar

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

• someone who communicates by waving

• the act of pausing uncertainly

• the act of moving back and forth

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• be unsure or weak

• move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

• move back and forth very rapidly

• sway from side to side

• give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

• an unsteady rocking motion

• move unsteadily

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• tremble or shake

• one who hesitates (usually out of fear)

• one who hesitates (usually out of fear)

• one who hesitates (usually out of fear)