waverer
One who vacillates
A waverer is someone who vacillates or fails to commit to a decision or position.
The term suggests repeated back-and-forth rather than a single moment of doubt: The candidate's speech was designed to win over waverers.
Political campaigns often target waverers as persuadable voters.
Failure to decide
- undecidedNot having chosen
- tornPulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
double-minded · irresolution · vacillating · dithering · shilly-shally · flip-flopping · wishy-washy · fence-sitter
Erratically disloyal in affection
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- changeableCapable of alteration
unpredictable · erratic · flighty · whimsical · mutable · variable · unstable · unreliable
Slow to act
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- uncertainNot firmly known
unsure · doubtful · second-guessing · procrastinating · stalling · delaying · foot-dragging · hanging back
One who doubts claims
- questionerOne who poses inquiries
- doubterOne who disbelieves
- mistrustfulLacking faith in others
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
cynical · disbelieving · unconvinced · agnostic · unpersuaded · incredulous · distrustful · leery
indecision
Failure to decide
- undecidedNot having chosen
- tornPulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
ambivalent · double-minded · irresolution · vacillating · dithering · shilly-shally · flip-flopping · wishy-washy · fence-sitter · noncommittal
fickle
Erratically disloyal in affection
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- mercurialProne to sudden change
changeable · unpredictable · erratic · flighty · whimsical · mutable · variable · unstable · unreliable · unsteady
hesitant
Slow to act
uncertain · unsure · doubtful · second-guessing · procrastinating · stalling · delaying · foot-dragging · hanging back · gun-shy
skeptic
One who doubts claims
- questionerOne who poses inquiries
- doubterOne who disbelieves
- mistrustfulLacking faith in others
suspicious · cynical · disbelieving · unconvinced · agnostic · unpersuaded · incredulous · distrustful · leery · dubious
- fence sittersfence sitter, hesitator, ditherer, swing voter, waffler
- hesitant typeshesitator, ditherer, fence-sitter, second guesser, dawdler
- Wishy-washy peoplewaffler, vacillator, ditherer, fence-sitter, flip-flopper
- contrarianscontrarian, dissenter, naysayer, skeptic, doubter
wavererdecider
One who resolves matters
decision-maker · go-getter · doer · man of action · leader
- white flag wavers
- flag waverArdent public loyalist
- never waver
- never wavering
- new waverEighties alternative music fan
- sign waverStreetside advertisement holder
waver, unwavering, wavering, wavers, wavered, unwaveringly, waveringly, waverers