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Detailed Synonyms for vacillate in English

vacillate:

to vacillate verbe (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)

  1. to vacillate
    to hesitate; be indecised; to procrastinate; to question; to waver; to tarry; to vacillate; to put off
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • be indecised verbe
    • procrastinate verbe (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • question verbe (questions, questioned, questioning)
    • waver verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • vacillate verbe (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • put off verbe (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 verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • fluctuate verbe (fluctuates, fluctuated, fluctuating)
    • vacillate verbe (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 verbe (hovers, hovered, hovering)
    • oscillate verbe (oscillates, oscillated, oscillating)
      • He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement1
    • vacillate verbe (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • vibrate verbe (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