| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
| Main Entry: | waver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shift back and forth; be indecisive |
| Synonyms: | be irresolute, be unable to decide, blow hot and cold, change, deliberate, dilly-dally, dither, falter, flicker, fluctuate, halt, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, oscillate, palter, pause, pussyfoot around, quiver, reel, run hot and cold, seesaw, shake, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, trim, undulate, vacillate, vary, waffle, wave, weave, whiffle, wobble, yo-yo |
| Notes: | waver is a verb meaning to vacillate or be indecisive; a waiver is a relinquishment of a claim, privilege, or right |
| Main Entry: | shilly-shally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | procrastinate |
| Synonyms: | be irresolute, blow hot and cold, dally, dawdle, dodge, fluctuate, halt, hesitate, stall, trifle, vacillate, waver |