wavers
The word “wavers” has 2 syllables: wa-vers
It's pronounced as /ˈweɪvɚz/
What is synonym and antonym for wavers?
In the thesaurus, “wavers” has 70 synonyms and 5 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for wavers along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for wavers
- backs down
- balances
- bobs
- careens
- considers
- dallies
- dawdles
- debates
- delays
- deliberates
- dithers
- equivocates
- falters
- flaps
- flicks
- flounders
- flutters
- halts
- hangs back
- haws
- hedges
- hems
- hesitates
- jerks
- jiggles
- jolts
- lingers
- lurches
- nods
- oscillates
- oscillations
- pauses
- ponders
- procrastinates
- pussyfoots
- quakes
- quavers
- quivers
- reels
- rocks
- scruples
- shakes
- shilly-shallies
- shudders
- snaps
- staggers
- stumbles
- sways
- swings
- swishes
- switches
- teeters
- toddles
- totters
- trembles
- twitches
- vacillates
- vibrates
- wabbles
- waffles
- waggles
- wags
- waits
- waves
- weaves
- weighs
- whips
- whisks
- wiggles
- wobbles
Antonyms for wavers
- advances
- budges
- continues
- decides
- stirs
Meanings of wavers
- noun
- An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
- Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
- Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
- A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
- A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
- verb
- To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
- To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
- To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
- To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
- To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
- To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
Example Sentences
- She never wavers in her commitment to justice.
- His voice wavers when he gets emotional.
- The flame wavers slightly in the gentle breeze.
- He wavers between two job offers every day.
- Her determination wavers only when she's deeply tired.
On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wavers, such as: advances, backs down, balances, bobs, budges, careens, considers.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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vacillates
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- backs down
- balances
- be indecisive
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- change
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- considers
- dallies
- dawdles
- debates
- delays
- deliberates
- dither
- dithers
- equivocates
- falters
- fence-straddle
- fluctuate
- halts
- hangs back
- haws
- hedge
- hedges
- hem and haw
- hems
- hesitate
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- hover
- lingers
- oscillate
- oscillates
- pause
- pauses
- ponders
- procrastinates
- pussyfoot around
- pussyfoots
- reel
- rock
- run hot and cold
- scruples
- seesaw
- shilly-shallies
- shilly-shally
- stagger
- staggers
- straddle
- sway
- sways
- swing
- teeters
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- waver
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- weighs
- whiffle
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- yo-yo
wabbles
- agitates
- agitations
- backs down
- balances
- beats
- blunders
- buckets
- bucks
- careens
- chatters
- considers
- convulses
- dallies
- dawdles
- debates
- delays
- deliberates
- dithers
- dodders
- equivocates
- falters
- flickers
- flounders
- fluctuates
- fluctuations
- flutters
- halts
- hangs back
- haws
- hedges
- hems
- hesitates
- hitches
- hobbles
- jerks
- jiggles
- joggles
- jolts
- jounces
- judders
- lingers
- lurches
- oscillates
- oscillations
- palpitates
- palpitations
- pauses
- pit-a-pats
- pitches
- pitter-patters
- ponders
- procrastinates
- pulsates
- pulsations
- pulses
- pussyfoots
- quakes
- quavers
- quivers
- reels
- rocks
- rolls
- scruples
- seesaws
- shakes
- shilly-shallies
- shivers
- shudders
- staggers
- stumbles
- sways
- swings
- teeters
- thrills
- throbs
- toddles
- tosses
- totters
- trembles
- tremors
- tumbles
- twitches
- undulates
- vacillates
- vibrates
- vibrations
- waddles
- waffles
- waggles
- wags
- waits
- wavers
- waves
- weaves
- weighs