vacillate

vacillate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
2. transitive verb. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
3. verb. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

   "the line on the monitor vacillated"

   Synonyms: fluctuate, waver

4. verb. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

   "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

   Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate

Synonyms

fluctuate, waver, hover, oscillate, vibrate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vacillate:

laticlave

Common word forms

vacillated, vacillates, vacillating

Words from these letters

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