Synonyms for falter
ˈfɔl tərfal·ter

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1. falter

   Synonyms:
   break, break down, despair, droop, fail, faint, fall, give out, give up, sink, succumb, surrender, yield

   Antonyms:
   abide, afford, allow, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, endure, permit, put up with, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, undergo

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1. falter

   Synonyms:
   halt, hesitate, hobble, slip, dubitate, stammer, demur, waver, flinch, vacillate

   Antonyms:
   proceed, run, speed, flow, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve, career

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1. hesitation, waver, falter, falteringverb

   the act of pausing uncertainly

   "there was a hesitation in his speech"

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, reluctance, flicker, wavering, indisposition, hesitation, flutter, faltering, vacillation, waver, hesitancy

2. falter, waververb

   be unsure or weak

   "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

   Synonyms:
   waver, hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, vacillate

3. falter, waververb

   move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

   Synonyms:
   waver, hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, vacillate

4. stumble, falter, bumbleverb

   walk unsteadily

   "The drunk man stumbled about"

   Synonyms:
   stutter, bollocks up, spoil, bobble, bungle, waver, bollix, mishandle, trip up, screw up, trip, foul up, bodge, flub, bollocks, slip up, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, bumble, hit, louse up, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, muck up, stammer, stumble, muff

5. bumble, stutter, stammer, falterverb

   speak haltingly

   "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

   Synonyms:
   stutter, spoil, bobble, bungle, bollocks, mishandle, bollix, bumble, foul up, bodge, flub, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, screw up, stumble, waver, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, stammer, muck up, louse up, bollocks up, muff

Matched Categories

1. • Hesitate
   • Move
   • Walk

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1. falterverb

   Synonyms:
   hesitate (in speech), stammer, stutter

2. falterverb

   Synonyms:
   fail, waver, tremble, totter

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1. falterverb

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, tremble, waver, vacillate

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1. List of paraphrases for "falter":

   waver, walter

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How to use falter in a sentence?

1. Victor Hugo:

   To be a saint is the exception to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation.

2. Jon Ralston:

   I have always believed that Mayor Pete's strategy here was to build a formidable infrastructure to capitalize on any momentum from Iowa and New Hampshire. And Mayor Pete has done so, mayor Pete meager standing in the polls here masks Mayor Pete commitment on the ground to use( Nevada) as a springboard. But Mayor Pete needs Joe Biden to falter before Nevada votes or this probably is moot.

3. Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941:

   We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

4. Winston Churchill:

   Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt... We shall not fail or falter we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

5. Hidenobu Tokuda:

   Current levels around 100 yen to the dollar won't deal a decisive blow to Japanese companies as a whole, nor will it cause the economy to falter.