Synonyms for Hesitation

Synonyms for "hesitation" (229 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Noun(7 words)

delay hesitancy avoidance balking demurrer demurs dillydallying

abeyance averseness backwardness balbuties bashfulness boggle boggling break caesura calculation canniness capriciousness carecareful considerationcarefulness caution cautiousnesscease firecease-fire chance

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chanciness changeableness check circumspection compunction courtesanday offdelaydeliberate stagesdeliberateness deliberation demimondaine demimonde demirep demur demurral diffidence dilatoriness discretion

Strong matches (69)

Noun(16 words)

disfluency disinclination dither dithering dithers doubt falter faltering flinch flinches fumbles hesitance hold-up indisposition indispositions latency

distrust doubt drop dubiety dysphemia erraticism erraticnessfabian policyfalter falteringfancy womanfear fickleness gingerliness guardedness hedge hedging heed heedfulness hesitance

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Interjection(1 words)

er

Verb(3 words)

falters halting hawing

Related words (114)

lull micawberism mindfulness misgiving mistrust modesty mugwump objection palilalia pang pause pawkinessprior consultationprocrastination protest prudence prudentialness qualmqualm of consciencequalmishness

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Adjective(3 words)

mild uncooperativenessshort-term immobilitytemporary immobilities

Noun(26 words)

misgiving misgivings pause pauses pausingplanning difficultyprocrastinating qualms reluctanceremain undecidedreservationresponse lagreticencespeech hesitancyspeech pausestumbles tarrying timidity trepidation uncertainty

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unreadiness vacillation vacillations waver wavering wobbles

Determiner(1 words)

no tendency toward

Verb(2 words)

scruplingweaken resolve

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries

cognitive phenomenonindecision indecisiveness involuntariness irresolutionlinguistic phenomenonmental statepausespeech disfluencysystem latencytemporal delayunwillingness

More specific

9 entries

actuation delaybrief pausecommunication latencyfillers indecisionresponse latencysensor lagsilent pausesound prolongation

Collocations

5 entries

brief hesitationexpress hesitationhesitation timeprolonged hesitationspeech hesitation

Inflections

1 entries

hesitations

Derivations

3 entries

hesitant hesitantly hesitator

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You should make sure of the fact without hesitation.

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A moment's hesitation may cost a pilot his life.

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Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.

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After some hesitation, he laid the book on the desk.

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Hesitation