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tentativeness synonyms

Trying to find another word for tentativeness in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of tentativeness in 37 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for tentativeness alphabetically.

  • aversion
  • disinclination
  • dislike
  • distaste
  • indisposition
  • loathing
  • loathness
  • opposition
  • reluctance
  • repugnance
  • amble
  • bum around
  • dally
  • diddle-daddle
  • dilly-dally
  • drag
  • fool around
  • fritter away
  • get no place fast
  • goof off
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • idle
  • lag
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • demurral
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • filibuster
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • hold-up
  • dilatory
  • procrastinating
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • filibuster
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • hold-up
  • holding
  • agnosticism
  • ambiguity
  • apprehension
  • confusion
  • demurral
  • difficulty
  • diffidence
  • dilemma
  • disbelief
  • discredit
  • disquiet
  • distrust
  • dubiety
  • dubiousness
  • doubtfulness
  • dubiousness
  • incertitude
  • indecision
  • uncertainty
  • ambiguity
  • amphibology
  • casuistry
  • coloring
  • con
  • cop out
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • deceit
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • delusion
  • dissimulation
  • distortion
  • be undecided
  • bobble
  • break
  • drop the ball
  • flounder
  • fluctuate
  • fluff
  • halt
  • hem and haw
  • hesitate
  • lurch
  • quaver
  • reel
  • rock
  • change
  • inconstancy
  • variation
  • bollix
  • botch
  • bungle
  • err
  • feel
  • flounder
  • flub
  • fluff
  • goof
  • grapple
  • grope
  • lose the handle
  • louse up
  • misfield
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • indecisiveness
  • indecision
  • irresolution
  • reluctance
  • skepticism
  • uncertainty
  • doubt
  • indecisiveness
  • irresolution
  • uncertainty
  • vacillation
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • affliction
  • ailment
  • averseness
  • discomfort
  • disinclination
  • disorder
  • illness
  • infirmity
  • malady
  • malaise
  • reluctance
  • resentment
  • sickness
  • unwillingness
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • apprehensiveness
  • distrust
  • doubt
  • fear
  • foreboding
  • hesitation
  • mistrust
  • premonition
  • prenotion
  • presage
  • presentiment
  • qualm
  • apprehension
  • chariness
  • concern
  • distrust
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • dubiosity
  • fear
  • foreboding
  • incertitude
  • misgiving
  • presentiment
  • scruple
  • skepticism
  • quivering
  • swaying
  • vibration
  • waving
  • abeyance
  • break
  • break-off
  • breathing space
  • breathing spell
  • caesura
  • cessation
  • coffee break
  • comma
  • cutoff
  • deadlock
  • discontinuance
  • downtime
  • freeze
  • dabbling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • dilly-dallying
  • frittering
  • frivoling
  • idling
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • playing
  • poking
  • procrastinating
  • puttering
  • toying
  • agitation
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • compunction
  • conscience
  • demur
  • disquiet
  • foreboding
  • hesitation
  • indecision
  • insecurity
  • misdoubt
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • doubt
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • objection
  • qualm
  • questioning
  • unwillingness
  • anxiety
  • caution
  • censor
  • compunction
  • conscience
  • demur
  • difficulty
  • faltering
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • pause
  • perplexity
  • qualm
  • reconsideration
  • be irresolute
  • blow hot and cold
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • dodge
  • fluctuate
  • halt
  • hesitate
  • stall
  • trifle
  • vacillate
  • waver
  • agnosticism
  • apprehension
  • disbelief
  • distrust
  • dubiety
  • dubiousness
  • faithlessness
  • hesitation
  • indecision
  • lack of confidence
  • leeriness
  • questioning
  • reluctance
  • suspicion
  • faltering
  • halting
  • hesitation
  • lurch
  • pause
  • repetition
  • splutter
  • sputtering
  • stoppage
  • stumble
  • stutter
  • stuttering
  • wobble
  • blunder
  • bumble
  • careen
  • err
  • fall
  • fall down
  • falter
  • flounder
  • hesitate
  • limp
  • lose balance
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • muddle
  • faltering
  • halting
  • hesitation
  • lurch
  • pause
  • repetition
  • splutter
  • sputtering
  • stammering
  • stoppage
  • stumble
  • stutter
  • wobble
  • bashfulness
  • quiet
  • reserve
  • timidness
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • averseness
  • dawdling
  • delay
  • delaying
  • demurral
  • doubt
  • dubiety
  • equivocation
  • faltering
  • fluctuation
  • fumbling
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitancy
  • indecision
  • alienation
  • antipathy
  • averseness
  • aversion
  • demur
  • disfavor
  • disinclination
  • dislike
  • disliking
  • displeasure
  • disrelish
  • dissatisfaction
  • distaste
  • hatred
  • doubt
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • inconstancy
  • indecision
  • indecisiveness
  • irresoluteness
  • tentativeness
  • uncertainty
  • fickle
  • fluctuating
  • hesitating
  • irresoluteoscillating
  • undecided
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • unsure
  • vacillating
  • variable
  • waffling
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