vacillant

1. 1.

   uncertain in purpose or action

   Synonymsvacillatingwavering

   Similarirresolute

Questions about vacillant

What does vacillant mean?

vacillant means "uncertain in purpose or action".

How many syllables are in vacillant?

vacillant has 3 syllables and divides as va-cil-lant under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for vacillant?

Close synonyms include vacillating, wavering. 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.