1. Uncertain in purpose or action
   "His wavering attitude made it difficult for others to rely on him";
   - vacillant, vacillating

1. Indecision in speech or action
   "His wavering before answering the question was noticeable";
   - hesitation, vacillation
    
2. The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
   "he kept a record of price waverings";
   - fluctuation

1. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
   "the line on the monitor wavered";
   - fluctuate, vacillate
    
2. Sway from side to side
   "The drunk man wavered as he walked";
   - weave
    
3. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
   "He wavered between two job offers";
   - hesitate, waffle [N. Amer, informal], balk, baulk [Brit]
    
4. Be unsure or weak
   "His resolve wavered when faced with the difficult choice";
   - falter
    
5. Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
   "Her confidence wavered before the important presentation";
   - falter
    
6. Move back and forth very rapidly
   "the candle wavered";
   - flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver
    
7. Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
   "The old radio's signal wavered in and out";
   - quaver

Derived forms: waverings

See also: irresolute

Type of: hesitate, indecision, indecisiveness, irregularity, irresolution, move, move back and forth, pause, sound, sway, swing, vocalise [Brit], vocalize, voice

Encyclopedia: Waver, Netherlands