A cold wave passed over Japan.
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Wave
/weɪv/
Synonyms for "wave" (381 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (77)
accostaddressadvertiseaffectafroairambagesamplitudeanfractuosityantinodebarberbe poisedbeatbeat the drumbetokenbickerbillowblazonblazon forthbob
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bobbleborebowbrandishbrandishingbreakbreakersbreathebring forthbring forwardbring into viewbring outbring to noticecareenchopchoppinesschopping seacircuitousnesscircumambagescircumbendibuscircumlocutioncircumvolutioncogglecoifcoiffurecold wavecombcomberconkconvolutioncrashcrestcrinklecrinklingcurtsydancedangledashde broglie wavedemonstratedevelopdiffractiondipdirty waterdisclosedisplay
Verb(5 words)
Strong matches (114)
divulgedramatizeeagreebb and flowelectromagnetic radiationelectromagnetic waveemblazonembodyembraceenactevidenceevinceexchange colorsexhibitexpose to viewexpressflagflag downflapflash
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flauntflauntingflexuosityflexuousnessflickflickerflipflitflitterfloatflopflourishflourishingfluctuateflutterflyfrequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumgive a signalgive signgive the nodgive tokenglancego pitapatgravity wavegreetingground swellguided wavegutterhailhail and speakhaircuthairdohairstylehalf-masthand clasphand-clasphandlehandshakeheaddressheaveheavy seaheavy swellhellohighlighthoist a bannerhold uphome permanenthow-do-you-dohugilluminatein phaseincarnateindicateinterferenceintorsioninvolutionkickkisslashleerlibrateliftlightlongitudinal wavelop
Noun(20 words)
epidemicepidemicsflailflappingflapsfloodflourishesflurryfluttergerman gestegesturegesture of thanksgesture signalinggesture to modify seatinggesturesgreetinggroundswellgroundswellshand gesturelapping
Related words (190)
lurchmake a show ofmake a signmake clearmake plainmanifestmaterializemeanmeandermeanderingmechanical wavemotionnaturalnodnodenudgenutateoscillateout of phasepalpitate
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paradepeakpendulateperformperiodperiodic wavepermanentpermanent wavepitchpitter patterpitter-patterpokepompadourpopplepresentprocessproducepulseput forthput forwardradio waveraise a cryrashrayreelreinforcementrepresentresonanceresonance frequencyresonaterevealrifflerippleriserise and fallrivulationrockrollroll outrollerrough watersalutationsalutescendseaseismic wavesendset forthshakeshakingshingleshock waveshowshow forthsignsignalsignalizesinuationsinuositysinuousnessslatslinkinesssmashsmilesmile of recognitionsnakinesssnapsound an alarmsound the trumpetsound wavespeakspluttersportspotlightsputtersurfsurface wavesurgeswagswayswellswingswingingswitchthrobtidal boretidal wavetide wavetokentorsiontortilitytortuositytortuousnesstosstouchtransverse wavetrimtrot outtroughtrumpettrumpet forthtsunamiturningtwistingundulateundulationunfoldunfurl a flagvacillatevauntvibratewagwagglewater wavewave a flagwave equationwave motionwave numberwave the handwavelengthwaveletwaverwavingwhite horseswhitecapswieldwigwagwindingwinkwobble
Noun(31 words)
make a gesturemotion changedmotion verbmotion wordmotioningmoving ridgeolaonrushpermpermingpermspulsesrampagesripplesripplingsignalsurgesurgingswayswell
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Adjective(2 words)
mechanical signalmotionless state
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
37 entriesadult femalearrangeatmospheric conditioncoifcoiffecoiffureconditionscurvecurved shapedisplacedisturbancedodressgesticulate
Showing 16 of 37 words.
More specific
13 entriesapplause wavebreakerfarewell wavefear wavefriendly wavehand wavehello waveprotest wavesalutesurfswelltidal waveundulation
Collocations
10 entriesarm wavebrain wavehand waveocean waveradio wavesound wavetidal wavewave heightwave motionwave pattern
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 36 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rendem verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܪܲܦܪܸܦ verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Bashkir
4 entries- елберләү verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- елпелдәү verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- ялпылдау verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- өлтәнләү verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Belarusian
2 entries- ві́цца verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- развява́цца verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ве́я се verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Danish
2 entries- vaje verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- vifte verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Dutch
3 entries- wapperen verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- zwaaien verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- zwenken verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Esperanto
1 entries- svingi verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Finnish
3 entries- aaltoilla verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- hulmuta verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- liehua verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
French
1 entries- flotter verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Galician
1 entries- ondular verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
German
4 entries- flattern verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- schwenken verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- wedeln verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- wogen verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Greek
1 entries- κυματίζω verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Hungarian
1 entries- leng verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Ingrian
1 entries- viuhkaa verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Irish
1 entries- croith verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Italian
1 entries- ondeggiare verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Japanese
1 entries- 揺れる verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Korean
1 entries- 흔들리다 verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Latin
1 entries- quassō verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Latvian
1 entries- viļņot verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Māori
4 entries- manana verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- pioi verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- pīoi verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- pīwari verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- pêl verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vaie verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vaie verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Polish
3 entries- falować verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- powiewać verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- łopotać verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Portuguese
1 entries- ondular verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Romanian
3 entries- ondula verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- undui verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- învălura verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Russian
2 entries- ви́ться verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- развева́ться verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- crath verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- smèid verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lepršati verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- vihoriti verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- вихорити verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- лепршати verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Spanish
3 entries- olear verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- ondear verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- ondular verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Swedish
1 entries- vaja verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Tagalog
4 entries- ikampay verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- ikaway verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- iwagayway verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- kumampay verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ви́тися verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- майорі́ти verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
- розвіва́тися verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wuiven verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
Sample sentences
46 total sentences available.
The earthquake created a tremendous sea wave.
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Quite a few people were killed on the cold wave that hit this area.
Source: tatoeba (57895)
A cold wave hit this district.
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