Synonyms for wavering
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Vacillating — fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady
vacillating, weak, tremulous, indecisive, changeable, uncertain, unsteady, unsettled, fluctuating, inconstant, ambivalent, fickle, variable, unstable, mutable, flexible, infirm, irresolute, unsteadfast, shaky, undecided, fitful
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
Example sentences
- indecisive I used to be very indecisive, but I'm not anymore.
- changeable The weather is very changeable at this time of year.
- vacillating After a lot of vacillating, I agreed to his request.
- tremulous His tremulous voice betrayed his nervousness.
- oscillating A seiche is a standing wave oscillating in a body of water.
- faltering They walk without faltering.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wavering | rising | |
| indecisive | steady | |
| changeable | rising | |
| vacillating | steady | |
| tremulous | rising | |
| oscillating | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1
- 5 letters
- shaky2
- 6 letters
- fickle2, infirm2, fitful2
- 7 letters
- mutable3
- 8 letters
- variable4, flexible3, unstable3, unsteady3
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, unsettled3, undecided4, faltering3, tremulous3
- 10 letters
- ambivalent4, indecisive4, changeable3, inconstant, irresolute
- 11 letters
- fluctuating4, oscillating4, vacillating4, unsteadfast
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shaky2 = 2 syllables).