ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfalter
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falter
Meaning: to lose strength, confidence, or steadiness
falter in a sentence
How falter is used in real sentences:
Her voice did not falter during the final lines of the poem.
The team began to falter after three players were injured.
“During afternoon storms, the crew would sometimes falter, glancing at the exposed ridge before choosing a safe route down.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for falter
Other words for falter — hesitate, waver and stumble — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of falter
Words that mean the opposite of falter:
- persist
- steady
Where it comes from
From Middle English falteren, meaning 'to stumble or stagger.'
Memory hook
Falter sounds like 'fall-ter'; when you falter, you nearly fall off pace.