Word.ws English Dictionary

one who hesitates is lost

one who hesitates is lost is the alternative form of he who hesitates is lost.

Meaning of he who hesitates is lost

Proverb

he who hesitates is lost

  1. A person who spends too much time contemplating what to do may miss a valuable but fleeting opportunity.
    Synonyms:
    carpe diem

Questions about one who hesitates is lost

What is one who hesitates is lost the alternative form of?
One who hesitates is lost is the alternative form of he who hesitates is lost.

Words near one who hesitates is lost in the dictionary

  1. one way
  2. one way or another
  3. one way or other
  4. one way or the other
  5. one weird trick
  6. one who hesitates is lost
  7. one will know the reason why
  8. one with another
  9. one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
  10. one word leads to another
  11. one'd

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: one who hesitates is lost (page history and authors); he who hesitates is lost (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “one who hesitates is lost.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/one_who_hesitates_is_lost. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.