Wave

//weɪv//

Synonyms for "wave" (326 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (66)

Strong matches (97)

Related words (163)

Related word relations

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13 relation types

Translations

516 translations across 166 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • golf noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Albanian

3 entries
  • dallgë noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • valë noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • rendem verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ማዕበል noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ሞገድ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κλύδων noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • κῦμα noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Arabic

4 entries
  • موج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • موج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • موجة noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • مَوْج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ալիք noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • chimã noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • dalgã noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • tãlazi noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • undã noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Assamese

3 entries
  • ঢৌ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • তৰংগ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • লহৰ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܓܠܠܐ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ܓܲܠܸܠ verb (to produce waves to the hair)
  • ܛܲܪܛܸܥ verb (to produce waves to the hair)
  • ܠܲܦܹܐ verb (to produce waves to the hair)

Asturian

1 entries
  • onda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dalğa noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • тулҡын noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • тулҡын noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • тулҡын noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  • болғау verb (to wave one’s hand)

Basque

3 entries
  • olatu noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • uhin noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • uhin noun (moving disturbance in a field)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • хва́ля noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • хва́ля noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • ві́цца verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • маха́ць verb (to wave one’s hand)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ঢেউ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • তরঙ্গ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • হাত নাড়ানো verb (to wave one’s hand)

Bikol Central

3 entries
  • alon noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • balod noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • hukol noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Budukh

1 entries
  • лапа noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вълна́ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • вълна́ noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • ма́хане noun (sideways movement of the hand)
  • мексика́нска вълна́ noun (a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)

Burmese

2 entries
  • တံပိုး noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • လှိုင်း noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • махати verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • махнути verb (to wave one’s hand)

Catalan

4 entries
  • ona noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ona noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • ona noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • onada noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • balod noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • شەپۆل noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • olashi noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Chinese

2 entries
  • лон noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • 波浪 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 波浪 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • 波浪 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • валъ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • вльна noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ⰲⰾⱐⱀⰰ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • махати verb (to wave one’s hand)

Czech

3 entries
  • vlna noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • mávat verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • zamávat verb (to wave one’s hand)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • jonda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Danish

4 entries
  • bølge noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bølge noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • vaje verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • vifte verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Dari

1 entries
  • مَوْج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Dutch

4 entries
  • baar noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • golf noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • golf noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • golf noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)

Eastern Bontoc

2 entries
  • challoyon noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • onchoschos-or ay chanom noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • wA-A-w-mw noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ondo noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • svingi verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Estonian

1 entries
  • laine noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Even

1 entries
  • ота noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Fala

1 entries
  • onda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Faroese

2 entries
  • alda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bylgja noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Fijian

1 entries
  • biau noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aalto noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • aalto noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • aalto noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • aalto noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

French

4 entries
  • flot noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • onde noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • ondulation noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • vague noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Friulian

1 entries
  • onde noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Galician

4 entries
  • aceno noun (sideways movement of the hand)
  • onda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vaga noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • acenar verb (to wave one’s hand)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ტალღა noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ტალღა noun (moving disturbance in a field)

German

4 entries
  • Welle noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • Welle noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • Welle noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • Welle noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Greek

4 entries
  • κύμα noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • γνέφω verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • κυματίζω verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • κυματίζω verb (to have an undulating or wavy form)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • nalu noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גַּל noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • balod noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मौज noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • लहर noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • hullám noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • integet verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • leng verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • alda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bylgja noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ido

1 entries
  • ondo noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • allon noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • alun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • gelombang noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ombak noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • alto noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • laine noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • löyhyttää verb (to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • ravata verb (to wave one’s hand)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • unda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • خیزاب noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • مُوْج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Irish

4 entries
  • casadh noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • croitheadh noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • tonn (1,4) noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • croith verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Italian

4 entries
  • gesto noun (sideways movement of the hand)
  • onda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • onda noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • ondata noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 周波 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • 振り動かす verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • 振る verb (to wave one’s hand)

Javanese

2 entries
  • alun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ombak noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • ónda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Karachay Balkar

1 entries
  • толкъун noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Karaim

1 entries
  • tolhun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • толқын noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Khakas

1 entries
  • салғах noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Khmer

1 entries
  • រលក noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • ikũmbĩ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • нэ̄ммп noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Korean

4 entries
  • 물결 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • 파도 noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • 흔들다 verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • 흔들리다 verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • толкъун noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • толкун noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄື້ນ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • viļņs noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • maut verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • mest verb (to wave one’s hand)

Latin

4 entries
  • flūctus noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • unda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • quassō verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • vibrō verb (to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)

Latvian

4 entries
  • vilnis noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vilnis noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • vilnis noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • vilnis noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • лепе noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • banga noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vilnis noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Lubuagan Kalinga

1 entries
  • tuppiyak noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Well noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • бран noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • мавне verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • мавта verb (to wave one’s hand)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • alona noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Malay

4 entries
  • alun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bena noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • gelombang noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • gelombang noun (moving disturbance in a field)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തിര noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • തിരമാല noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Maltese

1 entries
  • mewġa noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ᡩᠣᠯᡤᡳᠨ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Manx

1 entries
  • tonn noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Mon

1 entries
  • လပှ် noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • долгион noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ᠳᠣᠯᠭᠢᠶᠠᠨ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Mwani

1 entries
  • luwimbi noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Māori

4 entries
  • ngaru noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • manana verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • ori verb (to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • pioi verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Nanai

1 entries
  • вата noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Navajo

2 entries
  • tó náádiidááh noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • tó yilkʼooł noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • onna noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Norman

2 entries
  • louême noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • poffer verb (to produce waves to the hair)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • waag noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • pêl noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • sîpel noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • pêl verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • vinke verb (to wave one’s hand)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • bølge noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bølge noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • vaie verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • bylgje noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bølge noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bølgje noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • bølgje noun (moving disturbance in a field)

Nupe

1 entries
  • wúgwa verb (to wave one’s hand)

Occitan

1 entries
  • èrsa noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • валъ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • вълна noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Old English

1 entries
  • ȳþ (1-3) noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • tonn noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • halun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Old Polish

2 entries
  • przewał noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • wełna noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • طالغه noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • طالغه noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • موج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • габа noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • габа noun (moving disturbance in a field)

Pashto

3 entries
  • باډاسکه noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • موج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • څپه noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wal noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Polish

4 entries
  • bałwan noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • fala noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • fala noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • fala noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aceno noun (sideways movement of the hand)
  • enxame noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  • leva noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  • ola noun (a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ondulație noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • undă noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • val noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ondula verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Romansch

1 entries
  • unda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Russian

4 entries
  • вал noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • волна́ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • волна́ noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • ви́ться verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Samoan

1 entries
  • galu noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • अर्णव noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ऊर्मि noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • तरंग noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • unda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • undha noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • unna noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • tonn noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • crath verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • smèid verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)
  • smèid verb (to wave one’s hand)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • tȁlās noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vȃl noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ва̑л noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • та̏ла̄с noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Shan

1 entries
  • လႅင်း noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • රැල්ල noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Slovak

3 entries
  • vlna noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • mávať verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • zamávať verb (to wave one’s hand)

Slovene

3 entries
  • val noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • mahati verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • pomahati verb (to wave one’s hand)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • толку noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • толкун noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries
  • tupiya noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ola noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ola noun (a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)
  • oleada noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  • onda noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • skwala noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Swahili

1 entries
  • wimbi noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bölja noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vink noun (sideways movement of the hand)
  • våg noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • våg noun (moving disturbance in a field)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • alon noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • alon noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • alun-alon noun (shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)
  • kaway noun (sideways movement of the hand)

Tahitian

2 entries
  • ʻare noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ʻaru noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tajik

1 entries
  • мавҷ noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அலை noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tatar

1 entries
  • дулкын noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Telugu

4 entries
  • అల noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • కెరటం noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • కెరటం noun (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  • తరంగం noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Ter Sami

1 entries
  • наммп noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tetum

1 entries
  • laloran noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Thai

3 entries
  • คลื่น noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • คลื่น noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • โบก verb (to wave one’s hand)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྦ་རླབས noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tongan

2 entries
  • ngalu noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • peau noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dalga noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • gom noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • tolkun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tuvaluan

1 entries
  • ngalu noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Tuwali Ifugao

3 entries
  • dalluyun noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • kibyayong noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • payapay verb (to signal with a waving movement)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • хви́ля noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • хви́ля noun (moving disturbance in a field)
  • хви́ля noun (a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)
  • ви́тися verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Unami

1 entries
  • tkuwe noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • žołma noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Urdu

2 entries
  • لَہْر noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • مَوج noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دولقۇن noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • dolgʻa noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • mavj noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • toʻlqin noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • sóng noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • vẫy verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • vẫy tay verb (to wave one’s hand)

Walloon

3 entries
  • houyon noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • wache noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • wague noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • balud noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwaneg noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • ton noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • golven verb (to have an undulating or wavy form)
  • wenken verb (to wave one’s hand)
  • wuiven verb (to move back and forth repeatedly)

Yakut

1 entries
  • долгун noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אינד noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • כוואַליע noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ìgbì noun (moving disturbance, undulation)
  • juwọ́ verb (to wave one’s hand)

Yámana

1 entries
  • čili noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • phêl noun (moving disturbance, undulation)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A cold wave passed over Japan.

Source: tatoeba (21120)

The earthquake created a tremendous sea wave.

Source: tatoeba (45129)

Quite a few people were killed on the cold wave that hit this area.

Source: tatoeba (57895)

A cold wave hit this district.

Source: tatoeba (57896)

Showing 4 of 46 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.