Synonyms for indecisive
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Vacillating
vacillating, undecided, hesitating, wavering, ambivalent, hesitant, unsettled, indefinite, irresolute, uncertain, doubtful
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person, not decisive, not marked by promptness or decision.
They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.
Related words
- Word family
- indecisiveness indecision
Example sentences
- undecided I wonder whether Tom and Mary are still undecided.
- wavering At present, trust in school education is wavering.
- hesitating I'm still hesitating whether to go there or not.
- vacillating After a lot of vacillating, I agreed to his request.
- inconclusive The result of the experiment was inconclusive.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indecisive | steady | |
| undecided | steady | |
| wavering | rising | |
| hesitating | rising | |
| vacillating | steady | |
| inconclusive | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- doubtful2, hesitant3, wavering3
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, undecided4, unsettled3
- 10 letters
- indefinite4, ambivalent4, hesitating4, irresolute
- 11 letters
- vacillating4
- 12 letters
- inconclusive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doubtful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- velléitaire
- Deutsch
- zaudernd