waverers
Those who hesitate
Waverers are people who vacillate or fail to commit to a position.
In political contexts, waverers are undecided voters or legislators whose support remains uncertain: The campaign focused on winning over waverers in swing districts.
The term often carries a mild note of criticism, suggesting weakness or indecision.
Those unable to commit
- fence-sittersPeople refusing to choose
- ditherersThose who hesitate endlessly
- undecidedNot having chosen
- irresoluteLacking firmness of purpose
torn · indecisive · noncommittal · wishy-washy · equivocators · wafflers · ambivalent · conflicted
People who delay deciding
- ditherersThose who hesitate endlessly
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- reluctantUnwilling to act
procrastinators · delayers · stallers · foot-draggers · dawdlers · second-guessers · doubters · skeptics
Those who reverse positions
- changelingsFairy-swapped offspring
- weather vanesWind direction indicators
- chameleonsColor-adapting lizards
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
unreliable · unpredictable · capricious · mercurial · erratic · unsteady · changeable · inconstant
vacillators
Those unable to commit
- fence-sittersPeople refusing to choose
- ditherersThose who hesitate endlessly
- undecidedNot having chosen
irresolute · torn · indecisive · noncommittal · wishy-washy · equivocators · wafflers · ambivalent · conflicted · uncommitted
hesitators
People who delay deciding
- ditherersThose who hesitate endlessly
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
reluctant · procrastinators · delayers · stallers · foot-draggers · dawdlers · second-guessers · doubters · skeptics · holdouts
flip-floppers
Those who reverse positions
- changelingsFairy-swapped offspring
- weather vanesWind direction indicators
- chameleonsColor-adapting lizards
fickle · unreliable · unpredictable · capricious · mercurial · erratic · unsteady · changeable · inconstant · fair-weather
- Indecisive peoplewafflers, ditherers, hesitators, fence sitters, doubters
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- hoverershummingbirds, dragonflies, helicopters, drones, quadcopters