halting

The word “halting” has 2 syllables: halt-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈhɔːltɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for halting?

In the thesaurus, “halting” has 203 synonyms and 63 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for halting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for halting

abandonment
abating
abolishing
abolishment
abolition
aborting
abortion
ambivalent
annulling
annulment
arresting
awkward
backing down
baffling
balancing
balking
biting the dust
blockading
blocking
blundering
bottlenecking
braking
breaking
breaking down
breaking off
breaking up
bringing up
bumbling
cagey
cagy
calling
calling off
cancelation
cancellation
canning
catching
ceasing
checking
choking off
clamping down
claudicant
clogging
closing
clumsy
completing
concluding
conflicted
considering
cutting off
cutting out
dallying
damming
dawdling
deactivating
dead-ending
debating
delaying
deliberating
demolishing
destroying
detaining
determining
diffident
discontinuing
disinclined
dissolving
dithering
doddering
doubtful
drawing up
dropping
dubious
dying
elapsing
ending
equivocating
expiring
faltering
fetching up
finishing
floundering
gauche
giving over
giving up
going
hanging back
having done with
hawing
hedging
hemming
hesitant
hesitating
hindering
hitching
hobbling
holding
holding back
holding up
impeding
imperfect
indecisive
indisposed
inept
infirm
insecure
invalidation
irresolute
kiboshing
killing
knocking off
labored
lapsing
laying off
leaving off
letting up
limping
lingering
loath
loathe
loth
lumbering
lurching
maladroit
neutralization
nullification
obstructing
oscillating
passing
pausing
pondering
procrastinating
pulling up
pussyfooting
putting the kibosh on
questioning
quitting
recall
recision
relinquishment
reluctant
repeal
repressing
rescission
reticent
reversal
revocation
rollback
ruining
scrupling
scuttling
shambling
shilly-shallying
shuffling
shutting off
skeptical
slow
snagging
snuffing
squashing
squelching
staggering
stalling
stammering
stamping
stanching
staunching
staying
stemming
stilling
stopping
stumbling
stunting
stuttering
suppressing
surrender
suspending
swaying
teetering
tentative
terminating
termination
tottering
turning back
uncertain
undecided
uneager
unenthusiastic
unhandy
unsure
vacillating
vacillatory
voidance
wabbling
wabbly
waffling
waiting
wavering
weighing
winding down
winding up
wobbling
wobbly
wooden

Antonyms for halting

actuating
adroit
advancing
assured
beginning
breezing
budging
carrying on
certain
clever
commencement
confident
continuation
continuing
convinced
decided
deciding
decisive
determined
dexterous
disposed
drawing out
driving
easy
engagement
extending
faring
flowing
gliding
goading
going along
graceful
hanging on
impelling
inclined
initiation
keeping up
marching
moving
persisting
positive
proceeding
progressing
prolonging
propelling
protracting
pushing
ready
resolute
running on
sailing
sanguine
self-assured
smooth
spurring
stirring
striding
sure
undertaking
unhesitating
unquestioning
wending
willing

Meanings of halting

verb
1. To limp; move with a limping gait.
2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
4. To waver.
5. To falter.
6. To stop marching.
7. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
8. To bring to a stop.
9. To cause to discontinue.
noun
1. The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
adjective
1. Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

Example Sentences

The speaker's halting speech revealed his nervousness in front of the audience.
She made a halting attempt to explain her ideas, but they were still unclear.
The halting progress of the project frustrated the team members.
His halting steps indicated that he was still recovering from the injury.
The halting rhythm of the music made it difficult to dance to.

On this page you'll find 266 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to halting, such as: abandonment, abating, abolishing, abolishment, abolition, aborting, abortion.

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