Synonyms for wavering
wa·ver·ing

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1. wavering

   Synonyms:
   capricious, faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy

   Antonyms:
   devoted, faithful, firm, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering

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1. hesitation, vacillation, waveringnoun

   indecision in speech or action

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, falter, reluctance, fluctuation, indisposition, hesitation, swinging, swing, faltering, vacillation, waver, hesitancy

   Antonyms:
   resolute

2. fluctuation, waveringadjective

   the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

   "he kept a record of price fluctuations"

   Synonyms:
   hesitation, fluctuation, vacillation, variation

   Antonyms:
   resolute

3. vacillant, vacillating, waveringadjective

   uncertain in purpose or action

   Synonyms:
   vacillant, vacillating

   Antonyms:
   resolute

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1. • Indecision

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1. waveringnoun

   Synonyms:
   vacillation, fluctuation, indecision, indetermination, hesitancy, uncertainty

2. waveringadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unsteady, unstable, changeable

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1. waveringadjective

   Synonyms:
   vacillating, fluctuating, oscillating, unstable, irresolute, uncertain

2. waveringnoun

   Synonyms:
   vacillation, fluctuation, indecision, irresolution, oscillation, hesitancy

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1. List of paraphrases for "wavering":

   waver, shake, vacillation

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How to use wavering in a sentence?

1. Nelson Wiseman:

   What Trudeau did was surprise the field, and he stiffened the spine of a lot of liberals who were wavering.

2. Karen Wiesemann:

   I had been wavering on Biden, but the debate took him off my list, it's time for new leadership.

3. Fawn M. Brodie:

   Richard Nixon lied to gain love, to shore up his grandiose fantasies, to bolster his ever-wavering sense of identity. He lied in attack, hoping to win and always he lied, and this most aggressively, to deny that he lied.

4. Carly Fiorina:

   We are going to have to be more aggressive in helping our allies in the region push back against new Chinese aggression, whether those allies are Australia, or Japan, or the Philippines, now that China's economy is wavering a bit, I would be conducting more flyovers on the South China Sea. We cannot permit China to control a trade route through which passes $5 trillion worth of goods and services every year.

5. Laura Cooper:

   I mean, so DOD was concerned about the obligation of funds, policy, my team, Defense Department officials were also concerned about any signal that Defense Department officials would send to Ukraine about a wavering in Defense Department officials commitment.... They are trying to negotiate a peace with Russia, and if they are seen as weak, and if they are seen to lack the backing of the United States for their Armed Forces, it makes it much more difficult for them to negotiate a peace on terms that are good for Ukraine.