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Detailed Synonyms for vacillate in English

vacillate:

to vacillate verb (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)

  1. to vacillate
    to hesitate; be indecised; to procrastinate; to question; to waver; to tarry; to vacillate; to put off
    • hesitate verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • question verb (questions, questioned, questioning)
    • waver verb (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • vacillate verb (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • put off verb (puts off, put off, putting off)
  2. to vacillate
    – move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern 1
    to waver; to fluctuate; to vacillate
    – move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern 1
    • waver verb (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • fluctuate verb (fluctuates, fluctuated, fluctuating)
    • vacillate verb (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
      • the line on the monitor vacillated1
  3. to vacillate
    – be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action 1
    to hover; to oscillate; to vacillate; to vibrate
    – be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action 1
    • hover verb (hovers, hovered, hovering)
    • oscillate verb (oscillates, oscillated, oscillating)
      • He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement1
    • vacillate verb (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • vibrate verb (vibrates, vibrated, vibrating)

Conjugations for vacillate:

present
  1. vacillate
  2. vacillate
  3. vacillates
  4. vacillate
  5. vacillate
  6. vacillate
simple past
  1. vacillated
  2. vacillated
  3. vacillated
  4. vacillated
  5. vacillated
  6. vacillated
present perfect
  1. have vacillated
  2. have vacillated
  3. has vacillated
  4. have vacillated
  5. have vacillated
  6. have vacillated
past continuous
  1. was vacillating
  2. were vacillating
  3. was vacillating
  4. were vacillating
  5. were vacillating
  6. were vacillating
future
  1. shall vacillate
  2. will vacillate
  3. will vacillate
  4. shall vacillate
  5. will vacillate
  6. will vacillate
continuous present
  1. am vacillating
  2. are vacillating
  3. is vacillating
  4. are vacillating
  5. are vacillating
  6. are vacillating
subjunctive
  1. be vacillated
  2. be vacillated
  3. be vacillated
  4. be vacillated
  5. be vacillated
  6. be vacillated
diverse
  1. vacillate!
  2. let's vacillate!
  3. vacillated
  4. vacillating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "vacillate":

  1. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern1
    • the line on the monitor vacillated1
  2. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action1