Wave Synonyms and Antonyms

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A wall of water
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. roller
  2. ripple
  3. billow
  4. breaker
  5. comber
  6. swell
  7. heave
  8. tidal-wave
  9. tide
  10. surge
  11. crest
  12. bore
  13. waving
  14. moving ridge
  15. tube
  16. whitecap
  17. curl
  18. wafture
To move to and fro vigorously and usually repeatedly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. switch
  2. wag
  3. waggle
A movement suggestive of a wave
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. surge
  2. gush
  3. swell
  4. uprising
  5. onslaught
  6. influx
  7. tide
  8. flow
  9. stream
  10. come-and-go
  11. swarm
  12. drift
  13. rush
  14. crush
  15. line after line
  16. fluctuation
To flutter
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flap
  2. fly
  3. stream
  4. pulse
  5. flow
  6. shake
  7. dance
  8. flutter
  9. curl
  10. swish
  11. swing
  12. tremble
  13. whirl
Antonyms:
  1. droop
  2. fall
  3. hang listless
A line suggestive of a wave
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scroll
  2. kink
  3. convolution
  4. meander
  5. loop
  6. wavy line
  7. twist
  8. volute
  9. curlicue
To give an alternating movement
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. motion
  2. beckon
  3. call
  4. raise the arm
  5. signal
  6. greet
  7. return a greeting
  8. hail
To move or swing as in giving a signal:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flourish

Words Related to Wave

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. rock
  2. express
  3. repetition
  4. straight
  5. longitudinal wave transverse wave wave function
  6. vortex
  7. longitudinal wave
  8. squall
  9. swirling
  10. shock-wave
  11. jet-like
  12. cloud
  13. turbulence
  14. inertia-gravity
  15. anti-sunward

Wave Sentence Examples

  • Jackson felt an intense wave of emotion.

  • Dean asked, with a wave of his hands.

  • He indicated the space behind him with a wave of a hand.

  • On land only the grass and trees wave, but the water itself is rippled by the wind.

  • A wave of warmth rushed up her neck and broke over her cheeks.

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