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Synonyms for falter
ˈfɔl tərfal·ter

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. falter

    Synonyms:
    halt, hesitate, hobble, slip, dubitate, stammer, demur, waver, flinch, vacillate

    Antonyms:
    proceed, run, speed, flow, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve, career

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hesitation, waver, falter, falteringverb

    the act of pausing uncertainly

    "there was a hesitation in his speech"

    Synonyms:
    disinclination, reluctance, flicker, wavering, indisposition, hesitation, flutter, faltering, vacillation, waver, hesitancy

  2. falter, waververb

    be unsure or weak

    "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

    Synonyms:
    waver, hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, vacillate

  3. falter, waververb

    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

    Synonyms:
    waver, hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, vacillate

  4. stumble, falter, bumbleverb

    walk unsteadily

    "The drunk man stumbled about"

    Synonyms:
    stutter, bollocks up, spoil, bobble, bungle, waver, bollix, mishandle, trip up, screw up, trip, foul up, bodge, flub, bollocks, slip up, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, bumble, hit, louse up, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, muck up, stammer, stumble, muff

  5. bumble, stutter, stammer, falterverb

    speak haltingly

    "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

    Synonyms:
    stutter, spoil, bobble, bungle, bollocks, mishandle, bollix, bumble, foul up, bodge, flub, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, screw up, stumble, waver, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, stammer, muck up, louse up, bollocks up, muff

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. falterverb

    Synonyms:
    hesitate (in speech), stammer, stutter

  2. falterverb

    Synonyms:
    fail, waver, tremble, totter

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. falterverb

    Synonyms:
    hesitate, tremble, waver, vacillate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "falter":

    waver, walter

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How to use falter in a sentence?

  1. Yoshinori Shigemi:

    People started to worry seriously that the global economy will falter.

  2. George W. Bush:

    We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

  3. Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1941:

    Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt... We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

  4. R. A. Butler:

    In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.

  5. Carly Fiorina:

    Ladies and gentlemen, we must win this job, we must win in 2016, and I promise you, and I hope you have seen, I am a fearless fighter, I will not falter, I have been tested, and I will fight this fight.


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