hesitation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
indecision in speech or action
Types & categories
- irresolution hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a certain degree of unwillingness
a reluctance to commit himself
Types & categories
- unwillingness hypernym
- sloth hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of pausing uncertainly
there was a hesitation in his speech
Types & categories
- pause hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacillate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | irresolution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indispose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hesitant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reluctant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reluctant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reluctant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unwillingness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sloth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stammer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pause |