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Synonyms for shillyshally
verb procrastinate

blow hot and cold
dally
dawdle

dodge
fluctuate
halt

hesitate
stall
trifle

vacillate
waver
be irresolute

Synonyms
verb take turns, change back and forth

rotate
vary
intersperse
waver
alter
interchange

vacillate
exchange
shift
relieve
sway
seesaw

substitute
follow
fluctuate
change
oscillate
blow hot and cold

shilly-shally
yo-yo
act reciprocally
come and go
fill in for
follow in turn

Antonyms

remain
persist

stay
hold

keep
continue

Synonyms
verb lack confidence in; question

hesitate
distrust
suspect
impugn
vacillate
demur
challenge
mistrust
discredit
disbelieve

insinuate
waver
imagine
query
fear
dispute
fluctuate
scruple
surmise
shilly-shally

misdoubt
misgive
be apprehensive of
be curious
be dubious
be in a quandary
be puzzled
be uncertain
be undetermined
call in question

give no credence
harbor suspicion
have qualms
not buy
read differently
skepticize
smell a rat
take dim view of
wonder at

Antonyms

remain
rely
trust
stay

agree
go along
answer
believe

be certain
not question

Synonyms
verb hesitate, stutter

pause
vacillate
limp
stammer

hobble
stagger
waver
falter

stumble
dither
shilly-shally
be defective

whiffle
wiggle-waggle

Antonyms

persist
remain
continue

stay
carry on
forge

forward
push
speak smoothly

Synonyms
verb avoid, dodge

sidestep
fudge
waffle
pussyfoot
shuffle
temporize
equivocate
stonewall

tergiversate
evade
prevaricate
stall
flip-flop
quibble
duck
shuck

blow hot and cold
cop out
hem and haw
pass the buck
shilly-shally
jive
cop a plea
be noncommittal

beat around the bush
give the run around
run around
sit on the fence
tergiverse

Antonyms

confront
release

face
meet

Synonyms
verb delay, put off doing

hesitate
dawdle
defer
retard
suspend
poke
linger
temporize

cool
tarry
goldbrick
pause
stay
prolong
drag
stall

loiter
adjourn
protract
postpone
dally
lag
wait
shilly-shally

be dilatory
give the run around
hang fire
hold off
let slide
play a waiting game
play for time
drag one’s feet

Antonyms

expedite
hasten
hurry
complete
persist
shorten
further
carry out

accelerate
go ahead
quicken
advance
forge
forward
help
push

continue
finish
go
rush
leave
abbreviate
do

Synonyms
verb go back and forth

waffle
seesaw
waver
fluctuate
dither
oscillate
hesitate

hover
reel
rock
alternate
straddle
stagger
pause

swing
hedge
sway
change
hem and haw
shilly-shally
be indecisive

be irresolute
change mind
fence-straddle
pussyfoot around
run hot and cold
whiffle
yo-yo

Antonyms

remain
persist

stay
continue

hold

Synonyms
verb change

differ
divide
modify
diverge
range
diversify
fluctuate
alter
mutate

interchange
convert
depart
separate
variegate
alternate
disagree
transform
displace

turn
assort
part
digress
dissent
deviate
swerve
blow hot and cold
hem and haw

shilly-shally
inflect
divaricate
be unlike
permutate
take turns
yo-yo

Antonyms

disorganize
remain
wait
concur
consent
agree

conform
join
hold
keep
maintain
retain

stay
arrive
come
continue

Synonyms
verb hesitate

equivocate
shilly-shally
back and fill

beat around the bush
beg the question
dance around

euphemize
fudge and mudge
hum and haw

mince words
tapdance

Synonyms
verb idle away time

dally
dawdle
delay
dillydally
goof off
kill time

linger
loiter
procrastinate
shilly-shally
tarry
burn daylight

fiddle about
fritter away time
lollygag
lose time
pass the time
piddle

while away the time
take one’s own sweet time
take one’s time

Synonyms
noun hesitation

oscillation
fluctuation
qualm
dubiety
pause
reluctance
delay
doubt
wavering
timidness

vacillation
timidity
indecision
misgiving
equivocation
irresolution
hesitancy
scruple
irresoluteness
unwillingness

mistrust
indisposition
skepticism
averseness
delaying
shilly-shally
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
to-and-fro

dawdling
demurral
faltering
procrastination
fumbling
hemming and hawing
stumbling

Antonyms

certainty
belief

confidence
faith

trust

Synonyms
noun hesitation

oscillation
fluctuation
irresolution
dubiety
pause
reluctance
delay
doubt
wavering
indecisiveness

timidness
vacillation
timidity
indecision
misgiving
qualm
hesitancy
scruple
equivocation
unwillingness

mistrust
indisposition
skepticism
averseness
delaying
shilly-shally
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
to-and-fro

dawdling
demurral
faltering
procrastination
fumbling
hemming and hawing
stumbling

Antonyms

certainty
belief

confidence
faith

trust

Synonyms
noun hesitation

oscillation
fluctuation
dubiety
pause
reluctance
delay
doubt
wavering
indecisiveness
timidness

vacillation
timidity
indecision
misgiving
equivocation
qualm
hesitancy
scruple
irresoluteness
unwillingness

mistrust
indisposition
skepticism
averseness
delaying
shilly-shally
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
to-and-fro

dawdling
demurral
faltering
procrastination
fumbling
hemming and hawing
stumbling

Antonyms

certainty
belief

confidence
faith

trust

Synonyms
verb doubt

challenge
demur
disbelieve
discredit
dispute
distrust
fear
fluctuate
hesitate
imagine
impugn

insinuate
mistrust
query
question
scruple
shilly-shally
surmise
suspect
vacillate
waver
wonder

be apprehensive of
be curious
be dubious
be in a quandary
be puzzled
be uncertain
be undetermined
call in question
give no credence
harbor suspicion
have qualms

misgive
not buy
read differently
skepticize
smell a rat
take dim view of
wonder at
have one’s doubts

Synonyms
noun hesitation

averseness
delay
delaying
doubt
dubiety
equivocation
fluctuation
hesitancy
indecision
indecisiveness

indisposition
irresoluteness
irresolution
misgiving
mistrust
oscillation
pause
qualm
reluctance
scruple

shilly-shally
skepticism
stammering
stuttering
timidity
timidness
to-and-fro
unwillingness
vacillation
wavering

dawdling
demurral
faltering
fumbling
hemming and hawing
procrastination
stumbling

Synonyms
noun hesitation

oscillation
fluctuation
qualm
dubiety
pause
reluctance
delay
doubt
wavering
indecisiveness

vacillation
timidity
indecision
misgiving
equivocation
irresolution
hesitancy
scruple
irresoluteness
unwillingness

mistrust
indisposition
skepticism
averseness
delaying
shilly-shally
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
to-and-fro

dawdling
demurral
faltering
procrastination
fumbling
hemming and hawing
stumbling

Antonyms

certainty
belief

confidence
faith

trust

Synonyms
noun hesitation

averseness
delay
delaying
doubt
dubiety
equivocation
fluctuation
hesitancy
indecision
indecisiveness

indisposition
irresoluteness
irresolution
misgiving
mistrust
oscillation
pause
qualm
reluctance
scruple

shilly-shally
skepticism
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
timidity
timidness
unwillingness
vacillation
wavering

dawdling
demurral
faltering
fumbling
hemming and hawing
procrastination
stumbling

Synonyms
adj hesitant

afraid
averse
backward
delaying
diffident
disinclined
doubtful
doubting
half-hearted

halting
hesitating
indecisive
irresolute
lazy
loath
pendulous
reluctant
shilly-shally

shy
skeptical
slow
tentative
timid
unpredictable
unsure
unwilling
vacillating

vacillatory
wavering
dawdling
faltering
hanging back
lacking confidence
uneager

Synonyms
adj hesitant

afraid
averse
backward
delaying
diffident
disinclined
doubtful
doubting
half-hearted

halting
hesitating
indecisive
irresolute
lazy
loath
pendulous
reluctant
shilly-shally

shy
skeptical
slow
tentative
timid
unpredictable
unsure
unwilling
vacillant

vacillating
wavering
dawdling
faltering
hanging back
lacking confidence
uneager