All flip-flopping synonyms
flip-flop
F f verb flip-flopping
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- bargain β Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- truck β a shuffling jitterbug step.
- castle β A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
- transact β to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- revise β to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- temporize β to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- revert β to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
- convert β If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- capsize β If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
- renege β Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
- backtrack β If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- modify β to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- flip β to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- introvert β a shy person.
- overturn β to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- alter β If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- upend β to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- argufy β to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- about-face β An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- recall β to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- countermand β If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- overthrow β to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- retract β to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- retrogress β to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- return β to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- relapse β to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- recur β to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- resume β a summing up; summary.
- lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- come back β If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
- fall off the wagon β (Idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.