vacillate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
Types & categories
- waver hypernym
- shillyshally hyponym
Related & opposite
- vacillation derivation
- waverer derivation
- oscillation derivation
- wavering derivation
Sense 2 verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
the line on the monitor vacillated
Types & categories
- swing hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waverer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | oscillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wavering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shillyshally |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swinging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wavering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | variation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swing |