hesitate
How many syllables in hesitate?
There are 3 syllables in the word hesitate.Divide hesitate into syllables:
hes · i · tate
How to pronounce hesitate:
Definition of hesitate:
- hesitate:
- The past tense of Hesitate is hesitated.
Synonyms for hesitate:
boggle
doubt
dwell on
falter
hover
linger
linger over
oscillate
vibrate
waffle
waver
Antonyms for hesitate:
abbreviate
accelerate
accomplish quickly
achieve quickly
advance
aid
assist
boost
carry out
complete
dispatch
expedite
facilitate
fast track
fast-track
finish
finish quickly
forward
further
get on with
give a boost to
give a push to
hasten
help along
hurry
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Other 3-syllable words like hesitate
Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like hesitate does.
- hesitant
- exulting
- evaded
- indulged
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- instructed
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- alluring
- inculcate
- snickering
- multitude
- fitfully
- stubbornly
- despising
- reminisced
- visited
- speedily
- supervise
- tacitly
- acolyte
- impromptu
- unbeknown
- jubilant
- reliving
- sizable
- aquatic
- breathtaking
- emersion
- genial
- expanded
- baphomet
- intension
- accredit
- abrogate
- unadorned
- decreasing
- upbringing
- peacefully
- crazier
- antevert
- ectasis
- amazes
- alleyway
- theorized
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