Waving

/ˈweɪvɪŋ/

Synonyms for "waving" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(3 words)

ambages anfractuosity brandish brandishing circuitousness circumambages circumbendibus circumlocution circumvolution convolution crinkle crinkling

Strong matches (21)

Verb(1 words)

flailed

Noun(10 words)

flailing flapping flutter fluttering gesticulate gesticulating gesturehand waveoscillation oscillatory

flaunt flaunting flexuosity flexuousness flourish flourishing intorsion involution meander meandering

Related words (36)

pendulous rivulation roll shaking sinuation sinuosity sinuousness slinkiness snakiness swing torsion tortility tortuosity tortuousness turning twisting undulant undulating undulation undulatory

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wavewave motionwinding

Noun(13 words)

refuse rippled shoo signal undulate undulated undulation undulatory wafture waggling waveform wavelike wrinkled

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More general

13 entries

activity contour gesture motion movement oscillation pattern phenomenon process signal surface texture undulation

More specific

20 entries

arm wavebanner wavingcorrugated paneldamped oscillationdismissive gesturefarewell waveflag waveflag wavinggrass wavinggreeting wavehand wavelight waveperiodic displacementrejection signalrippled surfaceseismic wave

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

12 entries

flag wavinggrass wavinghand wavehand wavingwave amplitudewave frequencywave of the handwaving flagwaving gesturewaving grasswaving handwaving motion

Inflections

4 entries

more wavingmost wavingwaved waves

Derivations

8 entries

wave waveform wavefront wavelet wavelike waver waviness wavy

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Who is that girl waving to you?

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Everybody started waving his flag.

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A man stood waving his hand to me.

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A traffic policeman signals directions to drivers by waving his hands and arms.

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