haltingEnglishOxford American Thesaurushalting adjective 1 a rather halting conversation | he spoke to us in halting English: hesitant, disjointed, faltering, hesitating, stumbling, stammering, stuttering; broken, nonfluent, imperfect, labored. ▷antonyms fluent. 2 his halting gait: unsteady, awkward, uneven, faltering, stumbling, limping, hobbling. ▷antonyms steady, adroit, nimble.