Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to falter
Participle: faltered
Gerund: faltering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | falter |
| you | falter |
| he;she;it | falters |
| we | falter |
| you | falter |
| they | falter |
Perfect
| I | have faltered |
| you | have faltered |
| he;she;it | has faltered |
| we | have faltered |
| you | have faltered |
| they | have faltered |
Past
| I | faltered |
| you | faltered |
| he;she;it | faltered |
| we | faltered |
| you | faltered |
| they | faltered |
Pluperfect
| I | had faltered |
| you | had faltered |
| he;she;it | had faltered |
| we | had faltered |
| you | had faltered |
| they | had faltered |
Future
| I | will falter |
| you | will falter |
| he;she;it | will falter |
| we | will falter |
| you | will falter |
| they | will falter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have faltered |
| you | will have faltered |
| he;she;it | will have faltered |
| we | will have faltered |
| you | will have faltered |
| they | will have faltered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | falter |
| you | falter |
| he;she;it | falter |
| we | falter |
| you | falter |
| they | falter |
Perfect
| I | have faltered |
| you | have faltered |
| he;she;it | have faltered |
| we | have faltered |
| you | have faltered |
| they | have faltered |
Imperfect
| I | faltered |
| you | faltered |
| he;she;it | faltered |
| we | faltered |
| you | faltered |
| they | faltered |
Pluperfect
| I | had faltered |
| you | had faltered |
| he;she;it | had faltered |
| we | had faltered |
| you | had faltered |
| they | had faltered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would falter |
| you | would falter |
| he;she;it | would falter |
| we | would falter |
| you | would falter |
| they | would falter |
Perfect
| I | would have faltered |
| you | would have faltered |
| he;she;it | would have faltered |
| we | would have faltered |
| you | would have faltered |
| they | would have faltered |
Imperative
| you | falter |
| we | Let's falter |
| you | falter |
Verbs conjugated like 'falter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'falter'
alter,
balter,
faulter,
felter,
filter,
halter,
palter,
walter,
atter,
banter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination
- boggle, deliberate, demur, hesitate, hover, mammer, scruple, stand shilly-shally, stick, waver
- hesitate
- totter, fluctuate, tremble, vacillate, waver
- stammer
- stumble, stutter
Antonyms
- hesitate
- jump, attack, hasten, career
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1340, possibly from a Scand. source, or a frequentative of M.E. falden "to fold," infl. by fault.
2. From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and looked over the passage. She then read aloud, in a soft voice, and with a beauty of intonation that was peculiar, that touching account of anguish and of glory. Often, as she read, her voice faltered, and sometimes failed her altogether, when she would stop, with an air of frigid composure, till she had mastered herself. When she came to the touching words, “ Father forgive them, for they know [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)