nodding

The word “nodding” has 2 syllables: nod-ding

It's pronounced as /ˈnɑdɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for nodding?

In the thesaurus, “nodding” has 46 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for nodding

Antonyms for nodding

Meanings of nodding

  • verb
    1. To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
    2. To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
    3. To sway, move up and down.
    4. To gradually fall asleep.
    5. To signify by a nod.
    6. To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired.
    7. To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
    8. To allude to something.
    9. To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
  • noun
    1. The act by which one nods.
  • adjective
    1. Having the flower facing downwards.

Example Sentences

  • She kept nodding as he explained his idea.
  • The audience sat silently, nodding in agreement.
  • He caught himself nodding off during the long meeting.
  • The old man sat on the porch, nodding gently in the breeze.
  • By nodding, she showed she understood without interrupting.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nodding, such as: bobbing, bobbling, bowed, bowing, dangling, declined, declining.

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

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napping

  • absent-minded
  • abstracted
  • ad-lib
  • asleep
  • asleep at the switch
  • asleep on the job
  • at ease
  • at rest
  • bed
  • blundering
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  • caught off guard
  • comatose
  • comfortable
  • conked
  • couching
  • crashed
  • cursory
  • daydreaming
  • dazed
  • dead to the world
  • derelict
  • disregardful
  • dopy
  • dormant
  • doze
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  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • dropping off
  • drowse
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  • drowsy
  • drugged
  • fast
  • feckless
  • flaked out
  • flat-footed
  • foolish
  • forgetful
  • forty winks
  • getting shut-eye
  • half asleep
  • hasty
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • hibernating
  • hypnotized
  • ill-considered
  • impromptu
  • improvident
  • improvised
  • imprudent
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  • in dreamland
  • in repose
  • inaccurate
  • inactive
  • inadvertent
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  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • indelicate
  • indifferent
  • indiscreet
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  • inert
  • injudicious
  • insensitive
  • instinctive
  • irresponsible
  • kipping
  • lackadaisical
  • languid
  • lax
  • laying
  • lazy
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  • loose
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  • lulling
  • lying
  • lying down
  • mechanical
  • mesmerized
  • mindless
  • nap
  • negligent
  • nodding
  • nodding off
  • nonchalant
  • not on the job
  • not prepared
  • oblivious
  • off the cuff
  • offhand
  • on the kip
  • out
  • out cold
  • out like a light
  • out of it
  • outrageous
  • oversleeping
  • perfunctory
  • played by ear
  • pococurante
  • quiet
  • rapid eye movement
  • rash
  • recessing
  • reckless
  • reclining
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  • relaxing
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  • rest
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  • rude
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  • shut-eye
  • siesta
  • sleep
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  • snooze
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  • snoring
  • somnambulant
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  • soothing
  • soporific
  • sound
  • spaced out
  • spontaneous
  • stretched-out
  • surprised
  • tactless
  • taken off guard
  • taking a break
  • taking forty winks
  • taking it easy
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unalert
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  • uncaring
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  • unconcerned
  • unconscious
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unguarded
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  • unmeant
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  • unplanned
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  • unwatchful
  • unwinding
  • unwise
  • vacant
  • vulnerable
  • wasteful
  • winged
  • wink
  • witless
  • zoned out
  • zs

sacking out

  • catnapping
  • couching
  • dozing
  • dropping off
  • flopping
  • lying up
  • napping
  • nodding
  • oversleeping
  • resting
  • retiring
  • sleeping
  • sleeping in
  • slumbering
  • snoozing
  • turning in

sagging

  • abating
  • abject
  • ailing
  • all torn up
  • atrabilious
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bent
  • biconcave
  • billowing
  • black
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  • blob
  • bottomward
  • bowed
  • bowing
  • breaking down
  • broody
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  • bummed out
  • bump
  • bunch
  • bunching
  • burst
  • cascading
  • cast down
  • cheerless
  • clouded
  • collapsing
  • contracted
  • contracting
  • convexity
  • crestfallen
  • crummy
  • crumpling
  • cupped
  • dampened
  • dangling
  • dashed
  • de-escalating
  • decaying
  • declined
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • decrepit
  • degenerating
  • dented
  • depreciating
  • depressed
  • descendant
  • descendent
  • descending
  • despondent
  • deteriorating
  • dilation
  • diminishing
  • dimpled
  • dingy
  • dipped
  • dipping
  • disconsolate
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • distention
  • dog-eared
  • doleful
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • down-at-the-heel
  • downcast
  • downgrade
  • downhearted
  • downhill
  • downward
  • dragged
  • drained
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dropping
  • dwindling
  • dying down
  • earthward
  • ebbing
  • emaciating
  • empty
  • enervated
  • excavated
  • excess
  • excrescence
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • fading
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  • failing
  • falling
  • fatigued
  • flabby
  • flaccid
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  • flexuous
  • floppy
  • frowzy
  • gibbosity
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • going
  • gone to seed
  • gravitating
  • groundward
  • growth
  • grubby
  • hanging
  • heavy-hearted
  • hollow
  • hollowed
  • hump
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  • in a bad way
  • in the pits
  • inclining
  • incurvate
  • incurvated
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  • indented
  • inferior
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  • irresilient
  • jut
  • kaput
  • lagging
  • languid
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  • languorous
  • lassitudinous
  • lax
  • leaden
  • lessening
  • lethargic
  • letting up
  • lightening
  • limp
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  • low
  • low-spirited
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  • lump
  • mangy
  • melancholy
  • messy
  • miserable
  • moderating
  • moody
  • mopey
  • mopish
  • morose
  • narrowing
  • neglected
  • nether
  • nodding
  • nodulation
  • nodule
  • old
  • out of condition
  • out of shape
  • outgrowth
  • outthrust
  • overgrown
  • oversize
  • pendant
  • pendent
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  • plummeting
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  • poor
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  • pouch
  • precipitating
  • projection
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  • punctured
  • quieting
  • ragged
  • ratty
  • receding
  • relaxed
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  • roomy
  • rotting
  • round
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  • running down
  • rusty
  • sac
  • sad
  • saggy
  • salience
  • scooped
  • scruffy
  • shabby
  • shapeless
  • shot down
  • shrinking
  • shriveling up
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  • sinking
  • slack
  • slackening
  • slacking
  • sleazy
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • sloppy
  • slouching
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  • slovenly
  • slowing
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  • soft
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  • spiritless
  • squalid
  • stooped
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  • subjacent
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  • suspended
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  • tacky
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  • tired
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  • to the bottom
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  • tuberosity
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  • under
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  • yielding

wagging

waggling


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