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: va-cil-lant. The stress falls on "va".

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.

Is vacillant a common word?

vacillant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.