Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dither

1 sense of dither

Sense 1
dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap -- (an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft")
       => agitation -- (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dither

2 senses of dither

Sense 1
dither -- (act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain)
       => fret -- (be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details")

Sense 2
dither, flap, pother -- (make a fuss; be agitated)
       => fuss, niggle, fret -- (worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now")