Synonyms & related words for hesitated

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of hesitated. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to hesitated

Explore words related to hesitated — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hesitates, hesitating, hesitant, waver, hesitation, hesitatingly, hesitance, hesitantly. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does hesitated come from?

The word hesitated breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root hesit-, from Latin haereo (“stick, be stuck”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.