vacillation

The word “vacillation” has 4 syllables: va-cil-la-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌvæsɪˈleɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for vacillation?

In the thesaurus, “vacillation” has 4 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for vacillation

  • hesitance
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • pause

Antonyms for vacillation

  • certainty
  • certitude
  • confidence
  • determination
  • firmness
  • resolution

Meanings of vacillation

  • noun
    1. Indecision in speech or action.
    2. Changing location by moving back and forth.

Example Sentences

  • The leader's vacillation on important decisions created uncertainty among the team.
  • Her constant vacillation between career paths left her feeling lost.
  • The stock market experienced a period of vacillation due to economic uncertainty.
  • The student's vacillation between study methods hindered academic progress.
  • The company suffered setbacks as a result of management's vacillation in strategy.

On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vacillation, such as: certainty, certitude, confidence, determination, firmness, hesitance, hesitancy.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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dawdling

  • afraid
  • averse
  • belated
  • bumming
  • chilling
  • crawling
  • dallying
  • delayed
  • delaying
  • delinquent
  • dillydallying
  • doubt
  • doubtful
  • dragging
  • droning
  • easy
  • equivocation
  • footling
  • gradual
  • halting
  • heavy
  • hesitancy
  • idling
  • indecision
  • indecisive
  • lackadaisical
  • lagging
  • lazing
  • lazying
  • leisurely
  • lethargic
  • lethargy
  • lingering
  • loafing
  • loath
  • lolling
  • lounging
  • messing
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • moderate
  • mucking
  • overdue
  • passive
  • pause
  • playing
  • poking
  • procrastination
  • qualm
  • quiet
  • relaxing
  • reluctance
  • reluctant
  • resting
  • shy
  • skeptical
  • skepticism
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • sluggishness
  • stagnant
  • stagnation
  • strolling
  • tardy
  • tentative
  • timid
  • unsure
  • unwilling
  • unwillingness
  • vacillation

faltering

  • afraid
  • ailing
  • ambiguity
  • anemic
  • apprehension
  • averse
  • awkward
  • capricious
  • cautious
  • clumsy
  • confusion
  • decrepit
  • delicate
  • difficulty
  • dim
  • disbelief
  • disjointed
  • distant
  • distrust
  • doubt
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • dull
  • equivocation
  • erratic
  • far-off
  • fear
  • feeble
  • flimsy
  • frail
  • gentle
  • halting
  • hazy
  • hesitance
  • hesitancy
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hesitation
  • ill
  • inaudible
  • incoherent
  • incomprehensible
  • incongruous
  • indecision
  • indecisive
  • ineffective
  • insecure
  • intermittent
  • irrational
  • irresolute
  • jerky
  • jittery
  • jumbled
  • labored
  • loath
  • mild
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • moot
  • muddled
  • muffled
  • muted
  • nervous
  • pause
  • pending
  • precarious
  • problem
  • procrastination
  • puzzled
  • puzzling
  • qualm
  • questioning
  • rambling
  • reluctance
  • reluctant
  • remote
  • rickety
  • rocking
  • rocky
  • shaking
  • shuddering
  • shy
  • skeptical
  • skepticism
  • slight
  • slow
  • soft
  • soothing
  • sporadic
  • stifled
  • stumbling
  • suspense
  • suspicion
  • suspicious
  • tentative
  • timid
  • tottering
  • trembling
  • unanswered
  • uncertain
  • uncertainty
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undetermined
  • uneven
  • unreliable
  • unsettled
  • unsolved
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • unsure
  • unwilling
  • unwillingness
  • vacillating
  • vacillation
  • vague
  • wabbly
  • wavering
  • weak
  • wishy-washy
  • wobbling
  • wobbly

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