gesticulating

The word “gesticulating” has 5 syllables: ges-tic-u-lat-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɛstɪkjəˌleɪtɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for gesticulating?

In the thesaurus, “gesticulating” has 30 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gesticulating along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gesticulating

  • acquainting
  • act out
  • advising
  • beckoning
  • flag
  • flagging
  • flourishing
  • gesture
  • gesturing
  • indicate
  • informing
  • mime
  • miming
  • motion
  • motioning
  • nodding
  • pantomime
  • pantomiming
  • relating
  • shrugging
  • signal
  • signaling
  • signalize
  • signalizing
  • signalling
  • signing
  • telling
  • use sign language
  • wave
  • waving

Antonyms for gesticulating

  • speak

Meanings of gesticulating

  • verb
    1. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
    2. To say or express through gestures.

Example Sentences

  • He was gesticulating wildly to get everyone’s attention.
  • The speaker kept gesticulating to emphasize key points during the lecture.
  • She was gesticulating excitedly while explaining her idea.
  • The child stood there gesticulating, trying to communicate without words.
  • During the debate, the candidate was gesticulating to show passion for the topic.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gesticulating, such as: acquainting, act out, advising, beckoning, flag, flagging, flourishing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

pantomiming

  • acquainting
  • advising
  • beckoning
  • flagging
  • flourishing
  • gesticulating
  • gesturing
  • informing
  • miming
  • motioning
  • nodding
  • relating
  • shrugging
  • signaling
  • signalizing
  • signalling
  • signing
  • telling
  • waving

waving

  • acquainting
  • advising
  • aerial
  • aeronautical
  • airborne
  • avian
  • beckoning
  • bouncing
  • bouncy
  • bulgy
  • bumpy
  • coiled
  • convoluted
  • corkscrew
  • crimped
  • crimpy
  • crinkling
  • crinkly
  • crisp
  • curled
  • curling
  • curly
  • curved
  • dislocation
  • distended
  • drifting
  • ebbing and flowing
  • express
  • fiddling
  • fidgeting
  • flagging
  • flailing
  • flapping
  • fleet
  • flexuous
  • floating
  • flourishing
  • fluctuating
  • fluttering
  • frizzed
  • frizzy
  • fuzzy
  • gesticulating
  • gesturing
  • gliding
  • heaving
  • hovering
  • informing
  • kinky
  • locomotion
  • looped
  • mercurial
  • migration
  • miming
  • mobile
  • mobility
  • motility
  • motion
  • motioning
  • motivity
  • move
  • movement
  • nodding
  • on the wing
  • pantomiming
  • permed
  • plangent
  • plumed
  • puffy
  • quivering
  • relating
  • relocation
  • rippled
  • rippling
  • rising
  • rising and falling
  • rolling
  • shift
  • shifting
  • shrugging
  • signaling
  • signalizing
  • signalling
  • signing
  • sinuate
  • sinuous
  • snaky
  • soaring
  • speedy
  • spiralled
  • squiggly
  • squirm
  • squirming
  • stir
  • stirring
  • streaming
  • swaying
  • swelling
  • swirling
  • swollen
  • swooping
  • telling
  • twitching
  • undulant
  • undulate
  • undulated
  • undulating
  • undulatory
  • unstable
  • vermiculate
  • vibration
  • volant
  • volar
  • volitant
  • waved
  • wavy
  • winding
  • winging
  • wound
  • wriggling
  • writhing
  • zooming

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