Oscillate

/ˈɑsɪleɪt/

Synonyms for "oscillate" (174 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Verb(6 words)

vacillate vibrate alternated bobbed concertinaed eddying

alternateback and fillbe here againblow hot and coldbob bobble careen change circle cogglecome againcome and gocome aroundcome roundcome round againcome up againcycle dangle ditherebb and flow

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equivocate

Noun(7 words)

bobbing bobbles bobbling bobfloat bobolinkschanges in ratedancing

Adjective(1 words)

common rock

Strong matches (52)

flap flicker flounder fluctuate fluttergo through phaseshem and hawintermit librate lurch nutate pendulate pitch pulsate pulse quaver quiver reappear recur reel

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reoccur repeat resonate return revolvering the changes

Noun(15 words)

flitting flux fluxes fluxing heaving jitter jittering jitters lurchingpendulum swingsporpoise porpoises porpoising pulsing ranges

Verb(9 words)

fluctuated fluctuates fluctuating hover hovers porpoised reciprocating resonate resonating

Adjective(2 words)

fluctuating outputlabile affect

Related words (87)

Noun(31 words)

ripplerise and fallrocking rocks seesawing seesaws shakes squiggles swaying sways swinging swings teetering toggle toggles trillingundulating landscapevibrating stringwagging waggles

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wags wavering wavers whipsaw wiggle wigwag wigwagging wigwags wobbling zigzag zigzags

rock rollroll aroundrotate seesaw shake shiftshilly shallyshilly-shally shuffle spin stagger swag sway swing teeterteeter totterteeter-totter tergiversate toss

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totter turn undulate vacillate vary vibrate wag waggle wave waverwax and wanewheelwheel aroundwobble

Verb(22 words)

rocked seesawed shuttlecocked shuttled sway swing teetered teeters totters undulated undulates undulating vacillated vacillates vacillating vibrated vibrates vibrating volatilizes waffle

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wiggled zigzagged

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More general

11 entries

change hesitate motion movementsignal generationsway swing variation wafflewave generationwaver

More specific

9 entries

opinion flippendulum motionpolicy flipposition flipsine wave generationsquare wave generationswing motiontorsional oscillationtriangular wave generation

Collocations

6 entries

damped oscillationoscillation amplitudeoscillation frequencyoscillatory behaviorperiodic oscillationsustained oscillation

Inflections

3 entries

oscillated oscillates oscillating

Derivations

3 entries

oscillation oscillator oscillatory

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.

Source: wiktionary

By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency.

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The mood for change oscillated from day to day.

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