Hesitant синонимы

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• indecisive

  irresolute, decide

• hesitating

  participle, uncertain

• undecided

  unenthusiastic, uncertain

• timid

  uncertain, decide

• doubtful

  uncertain, irresolute

• irresolute

  uncertain, decide

• wavering

  retiring, irresolute

• shy

  lacking confidence, retiring

• reluctant

  unwilling, averse

• unsure

• vacillating

  irresolute

• faltering

  stammering

• uncertain

  unsure

• tentative

  decide

• diffident

  retiring, lacking confidence

• dubious

  indecisive

• loath

  averse, retiring

• unwilling

  averse

• halting

  decide

• disinclined

  contrary, averse

• ambivalent

  irresolute

• indisposed

  averse

• doubting

• stuttering

  stammering

• stammering

• slow

• afraid

• averse

• insecure

  lacking confidence

• bashful

  lacking confidence, slightly embarrassed

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English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus  

How is the word hesitant different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of hesitant are averse, disinclined, loath, and reluctant. While all these words mean «lacking the will or desire to do something indicated,» hesitant implies a holding back especially through fear or uncertainty.

In what contexts can averse take the place of hesitant?

The synonyms averse and hesitant are sometimes interchangeable, but averse implies a holding back from or avoiding because of distaste or repugnance.

When might disinclined be a better fit than hesitant?

The words disinclined and hesitant can be used in similar contexts, but disinclined implies lack of taste for or inclination.

When is it sensible to use loath instead of hesitant?

While the synonyms loath and hesitant are close in meaning, loath implies hesitancy because of conflict with one’s opinions, predilections, or liking.

When could reluctant be used to replace hesitant?

The words reluctant and hesitant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, reluctant implies a holding back through unwillingness.

What is another word for hesitant?

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• adj.

  • afraid (adjective)

  • un eager,
  • un-happier,
  • un willing,
  • un happiest,
  • un-willing,
  • un happier,
  • un-eager,
  • more uneager,
  • dis inclined,
  • dis-inclined,
  • unhappy,
  • un happy,
  • un-happiest,
  • most uneager,
  • un-happy.

  • all (adjective)

  • hesitant.

  • ambivalent (adjective)

  • more clashing,
  • more fluctuating,
  • most opposed,
  • most fluctuating,
  • in-conclusive,
  • in conclusive,
  • most clashing.

  • averse (adjective)

  • illdisposed,
  • un friendlier,
  • more ill disposed,
  • ill disposed,
  • un friendly,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • un-friendlier,
  • most disliking,
  • un-friendliest,
  • anti-pathetic,
  • dis-liking,
  • un-friendly,
  • most ill disposed,
  • anti pathetic,
  • un-favorable,
  • dis liking,
  • un friendliest,
  • most illdisposed,
  • un favorable,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • more disliking,
  • more illdisposed.

  • backward (adjective)

  • re-served,
  • re tiring,
  • de-mure,
  • de mure,
  • re served,
  • re-tiring.

  • balky (adjective)

  • in-flexible,
  • un predictable,
  • un bending,
  • more negativistic,
  • un-predictable,
  • in-tractable,
  • un manageable,
  • in flexible,
  • obstinate,
  • stubborn,
  • immovable,
  • most negativistic,
  • un-bending,
  • in tractable,
  • un-manageable.

  • broken (adjective)

  • in coherent,
  • dis jointed,
  • un-intelligible,
  • more muttered,
  • most mumbled,
  • more mumbled,
  • most muttered,
  • in-coherent,
  • un intelligible,
  • dis-jointed.

  • changing (adjective)

  • vacillating.

  • chary (adjective)

  • SAFER,
  • safest.

  • conflicting (adjective)

  • ambivalent.

  • cowardly (adjective)

  • recreant.

  • doubtful (adjective)

  • questioning,
  • doubting,
  • most agnostic,
  • dis trustful,
  • in quandary,
  • more unconvinced,
  • un settled,
  • un convinced,
  • more discomposed,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis composed,
  • most baffled,
  • more questioning,
  • dis-trustful,
  • most questioning,
  • un-convinced,
  • more agnostic,
  • most faltering,
  • more baffled,
  • most discomposed,
  • most unconvinced,
  • more faltering,
  • un-settled.

  • dubious (adjective)

  • un trustworthy,
  • more unassured,
  • un-reliable,
  • un trustier,
  • un dependable,
  • un clearer,
  • un-assured,
  • touch go,
  • un clearest,
  • un likely,
  • most trustless,
  • un-trustier,
  • un-likely,
  • fly by night,
  • un likeliest,
  • un-trustworthy,
  • un reliable,
  • un trustiest,
  • un-clearest,
  • Mootable,
  • un-dependable,
  • un trusty,
  • most unassured,
  • dubitable,
  • untrustiest,
  • un-likelier,
  • un likelier,
  • far fetched,
  • iffy,
  • un-clear,
  • un-trusty,
  • un assured,
  • un-likeliest,
  • un-trustiest,
  • more trustless,
  • un clear,
  • un-clearer,
  • untrustier.

  • fearful (adjective)

  • shaky,
  • aflutter,
  • have cold feet,
  • running scared,
  • shrinking,
  • rabbity,
  • in a dither,
  • goose-bumpy,
  • weak-kneed.

  • gingerly (adjective)

  • gingerly.

  • humble (adjective)

  • unpretentious,
  • reverential,
  • supplicatory,
  • unambitious,
  • self-conscious.

  • ill (at ease) (adjective)

  • ill.

  • ill at ease (adjective)

  • out of place,
  • fidgety,
  • on pins and needles,
  • on tenterhooks,
  • unrelaxed.

  • inarticulate (adjective)

  • unvocal,
  • speechless,
  • wordless.

  • incredulous (adjective)

  • SHOW-ME,
  • mistrustful,
  • unsatisfied.

  • indecisive (adjective)

  • in-decisive,
  • un-determined,
  • more waffling,
  • in determinate,
  • un-stable,
  • un stable,
  • un-stablest,
  • un determined,
  • wishy washy,
  • hemming hawing,
  • in decisive,
  • wishywashy,
  • un eventful,
  • wishy-washy,
  • un-stabler,
  • hot cold,
  • un-eventful,
  • un stabler,
  • un stablest,
  • most astraddle,
  • more astraddle,
  • most waffling.

  • indisposed (adjective)

  • more uninclined,
  • un-inclined,
  • un caring,
  • in disposed,
  • un inclined,
  • most uninclined,
  • un-caring,
  • in-disposed.

  • insecure (adjective)

  • in secure,
  • most unpoised,
  • up the air,
  • more unpoised,
  • un poised,
  • more choked,
  • up tight,
  • in securest,
  • most unconfident,
  • in-securest,
  • up-tight,
  • up in air,
  • most delphic,
  • in-securer,
  • un-poised,
  • in securer,
  • more unconfident,
  • Unpoised,
  • up air,
  • in-secure,
  • un confident,
  • more delphic,
  • most choked,
  • un-confident.

  • irresolute (adjective)

  • Shilly-shally,
  • volatile,
  • in firm,
  • infirm,
  • watery,
  • inconsistent,
  • Half-hearted,
  • on-the-fence,
  • capricious,
  • spineless,
  • unwilling,
  • double-minded,
  • shifty,
  • halfhearted,
  • erratic,
  • undependable,
  • dillydallying,
  • insipid,
  • Flitting,
  • yellow,
  • impulsive,
  • fickle,
  • fly-by-night,
  • wimpy,
  • hot-and-cold,
  • changeable,
  • irresponsible.

  • lukewarm (adjective)

  • uninterested,
  • un responsive,
  • un interested,
  • un-responsive,
  • un committed,
  • un-interested,
  • un-committed,
  • un-concerned,
  • un concerned.

  • nervous (adjective)

  • un strung,
  • unstrung,
  • most spooked,
  • more ruffled,
  • more unrestful,
  • most ruffled,
  • high strung,
  • taut,
  • ex-citable,
  • un-strung,
  • highstrung,
  • un-restful,
  • most unrestful,
  • un restful,
  • more nervous,
  • up-set,
  • ex citable,
  • more spooked.

  • on the fence (adjective)

  • not sure,
  • in the middle,
  • running hot and cold,
  • not definite,
  • betwixt and between.

  • opposing (adjective)

  • averse.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • dubious,
  • dummied up,
  • dithering,
  • undecided,
  • chary,
  • afraid,
  • unrestful,
  • pendent,
  • weak,
  • balky,
  • ill at ease,
  • negativistic,
  • over-wrought,
  • loath,
  • doubtful,
  • backward,
  • astraddle,
  • unresolved,
  • on the fence,
  • uneager,
  • unsolved,
  • untrusty,
  • of two minds,
  • unsure,
  • incredulous,
  • having no use for,
  • rootless,
  • open to question,
  • reticent,
  • hanging by thread,
  • without guts,
  • Fluctuant,
  • shy,
  • in dilemma,
  • irresolute,
  • uneffusive,
  • unassertive,
  • ashamed,
  • tentative,
  • in a quandary,
  • lukewarm,
  • inarticulate,
  • dried up,
  • hot and cold,
  • yellow-bellied,
  • uncertain,
  • unconfident,
  • broken,
  • indecisive,
  • unsocial,
  • clammed up,
  • hemming and hawing,
  • unassured,
  • on thin ice,
  • unconcluded,
  • reluctant,
  • ill-disposed,
  • not following,
  • touch and go,
  • insecure,
  • Trustless,
  • in clouds,
  • unconvinced,
  • unspeaking,
  • humble,
  • without belief,
  • uninclined,
  • up set,
  • nervous,
  • fearful.

  • recreant (adjective)

  • pigeonhearted,
  • meanspirited,
  • falsehearted.

  • reluctant (adjective)

  • laggard,
  • more disheartened,
  • more demurring,
  • most disheartened,
  • most grudging,
  • more grudging,
  • in-voluntary,
  • more laggard,
  • most demurring,
  • dis heartened,
  • most laggard,
  • dis-heartened,
  • in voluntary.

  • reticent (adjective)

  • more unforthcoming,
  • close mouthed,
  • more unspeaking,
  • most unspeaking,
  • un-speaking,
  • un forthcoming,
  • un-forthcoming,
  • tight lipped,
  • unforthcoming,
  • most unforthcoming,
  • un-communicative,
  • un speaking.

  • shy (adjective)

  • more unsocial,
  • un social,
  • un assertive,
  • most uneffusive,
  • un-social,
  • most introvert,
  • un effusive,
  • more unassertive,
  • recessive,
  • more introvert,
  • introvert,
  • most unsocial,
  • un-assertive,
  • more uneffusive,
  • un-effusive.

  • uncertain (adjective)

  • hanging by a thread,
  • unconfirmed,
  • unfixed,
  • up for grabs.

  • uncertain, waiting (adjective)

  • disinclined.

  • undecided (adjective)

  • un decided,
  • un finished,
  • more pendent,
  • un-finished,
  • most dithering,
  • more dithering,
  • un-decided.

  • unresolved (adjective)

  • un concluded,
  • in complete,
  • un resolved,
  • un solved,
  • un-resolved,
  • un-concluded,
  • most pussyfooting,
  • more unconcluded,
  • un-solved,
  • most unsolved,
  • more pussyfooting,
  • in-complete,
  • un-answered,
  • un answered,
  • more unsolved,
  • most unconcluded.

  • unsure (adjective)

  • un sure,
  • most rootless,
  • more rootless,
  • more fluctuant,
  • most fluctuant,
  • un-sure.

  • unwilling (adjective)

  • recalcitrant,
  • non-consenting,
  • unyielding,
  • uncooperative,
  • unconsenting,
  • squeamish,
  • Resisting,
  • irreconcilable,
  • defiant,
  • indisposed,
  • contrary,
  • unhelpful,
  • noncooperative,
  • opposed,
  • uncomplying.

  • vacillating (adjective)

  • more vibrating,
  • most oscillating,
  • most vibrating,
  • most swaying,
  • more swaying,
  • more oscillating,
  • most shifting.

  • weak (adjective)

  • laid back,
  • faint-hearted,
  • weakest,
  • Impuissant,
  • forceless,
  • out of gas.

  • weak-minded (adjective)

  • more yellowbellied,
  • more yellow bellied,
  • yellowbellied,
  • most yellowbellied,
  • weak minded,
  • most yellow-bellied,
  • weakminded,
  • most yellow bellied,
  • yellow bellied,
  • more yellow-bellied.

• n.

  •
  • alarmed,
  • troubled,
  • tense,
  • on edge,
  • anxious,
  • worried,
  • uneasy,
  • upset,
  • frightened.
  •
  • timid,
  • decide,
  • pendulous.

  • hesitant (noun)

  • incertain.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • halting,
  • diffident,
  • hesitating,
  • wavering,
  • groping.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Vacillatory,
  • emphatic,
  • vacillant.
  •
  • slow.

  • distant

  • unapproachable.

  • insistent

  • urgent.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • circumlocutory,
  • hypocritical,
  • wobbly,
  • shaking,
  • touch-and-go,
  • intimidated,
  • modest,
  • unready,
  • timorous,
  • variable,
  • be dilatory,
  • dicey,
  • undetermined,
  • impeach,
  • cynical,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • disbelieving,
  • uncommunicative,
  • sheepish,
  • jumpy,
  • deceitful,
  • apathetic,
  • politic,
  • circumspect,
  • careful,
  • stumbling,
  • unadventurous,
  • puzzled,
  • affected,
  • polysemous,
  • scrupling,
  • undaring,
  • leery,
  • artful,
  • pawky,
  • tremulous,
  • shy of,
  • cowardly,
  • hanging back,
  • unaccountable,
  • scrupulous,
  • agnostic,
  • Boggling,
  • untrusting,
  • faulty,
  • loth,
  • shivering,
  • skeptical,
  • apprehensive,
  • prudent,
  • mealymouthed,
  • quaking,
  • uneven,
  • reserved,
  • quavering,
  • stammering,
  • balking,
  • periphrastic,
  • cautious,
  • havering,
  • palpitating,
  • dawdling,
  • whimsical,
  • safe,
  • restive,
  • quivering,
  • Demurring,
  • sceptical,
  • guarded,
  • regardful,
  • stuttering,
  • retiring,
  • unclear,
  • judicious,
  • on guard,
  • coy,
  • Weak-minded,
  • incalculable,
  • mindful,
  • Equivocating,
  • equivocal,
  • mumbling,
  • queasy,
  • tottery,
  • changing,
  • resistant,
  • suspicious,
  • unenterprising,
  • vacillate,
  • indirect,
  • thorough,
  • Qualmish,
  • unobtrusive,
  • halt,
  • unpredictable,
  • jittery,
  • unctuous,
  • chancy,
  • unverifiable,
  • unforeseeable,
  • namby-pamby,
  • embarrassed,
  • oily,
  • noncommittal,
  • trembling,
  • panicky,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • pusillanimous,
  • antagonistic,
  • Jibbing,
  • Distrusting,
  • roundabout,
  • unbelieving,
  • shuddering,
  • inconstant,
  • sticking,
  • edgy,
  • canny,
  • distrustful,
  • inconclusive,
  • Stickling,
  • discreet,
  • straining,
  • tergiversating,
  • self-effacing,
  • euphemistic,
  • a-tremble,
  • slick,
  • mincing,
  • Indemonstrable,
  • unprovable,
  • shifting,
  • deliberate,
  • problematic,
  • enigmatic,
  • faltering,
  • lazy,
  • discomfited,
  • at loose ends,
  • muttering,
  • uncomfortable,
  • unpersuaded,
  • Delaying,
  • heedful,
  • wary,
  • vague,
  • fluctuating,
  • bashful,
  • lacking confidence,
  • indefinite,
  • obscure,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • awkward,
  • ambiguous,
  • pause,
  • unsteady,
  • unsettled.

How to use «Hesitant» in context?

The word hesitant is often defined as a person who is not sure about doing something, especially because it may be considered risky. In some cases, the person may be apprehensive about the potential consequences of acting in a certain way. Generally speaking, the term is used to describe somebody who is not keen on moving forward with something. In some cases, the person may be indecisive, while in others, they may be fearful. Regardless of the underlying reason, the hesitation can be a barrier to progress. For some people, it can be a sign that they are not up for the challenge or that they do not have the necessary conviction.

Paraphrases for Hesitant:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    irresolute, reluctant.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    afraid, averse, careful, cautious, dilatory, doubtful, dubious, halting, insecure, precarious, questionable, resistant, restrained, shaky, shy, unwilling, wary, Half-hearted.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    indecisive, loath, reticent, sceptical, tentative, timid, uncertain, unsure, wait-and-see.