Synonyms of hesitate

1 Syllable

stop, weigh, hang, shift, balk, doubt, shrink

2 Syllables

flounder, whiffling, waffle, lingers, delay, retard, dally, recoils, balked, stumble, stumbled, demur, stickled, pause, paused, recoil, straddle, doubted, stutters, misdoubt, dither, totter, pausing, defer, totters, falter, swerve, fumble, scruple, stammer, linger, seesaw, demurs, hedge, whiffle, stammers, wavers, stagger, balking, hover, stumbling, falters, ponder, staggers, waver, stutter

3 Syllables

debate, staggered, stuttered, lingered, pussyfoot, retarding, recoiled, misgive, resiled, fluctuate, resiling, faltered, balance, fluctuating, demurring, fluctuated, resile, wavered, demurred, tottered, stammered, faltering, recoiling

4 Syllables

dillydally, alternate, oscillate, temporizing, dilly-dally, shilly-shally, dilly-dallying, vacillate, temporize, temporized, vacillated

5 Syllables

tergiversate, procrastinated, procrastinate, equivocate, procrastinating