Synonyms & related words for hesitates

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of hesitates. 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 hesitates

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

Where does hesitates come from?

The word hesitates 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.