on the fence

1. 1.

   characterized by indecision

   “some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan”

   “too many voters still declare they are undecided”

   Synonymsundecided

   Similarindecisive

Questions about on the fence

What does on the fence mean?

on the fence means "characterized by indecision".

What is another word for on the fence?

Close synonyms include undecided. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is on the fence a common word?

on the fence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.