waves

The word “waves” has 1 syllable: waves

It's pronounced as /weɪvz/

What is synonym and antonym for waves?

In the thesaurus, “waves” has 119 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for waves

abundance
acquaints
actualization
advises
after-effects
aftereffect
aftermath
backlash
backwash
beckons
being
billows
blue
bottom line
bounding main
breakers
brine
briny
briny deep
can of worms
causatum
chain reaction
combers
conclusion
consequence
consequences
corollary
curls
deep
denouement
development
drink
echo
effect
end
end product
event
eventuality
expanse
fallout
feedback
flags
flak
flourishes
follow-up
fruit
gesticulates
gestures
ground swells
harvest
impact
imprint
influence
informs
issue
kickback
lake
main
mark
mimes
motions
multitude
nods
number
ocean
outcome
outgrowth
pantomimes
payback
payoff
plethora
pond
precipitate
profusion
pursuance
ramification
reaction
realization
rebound
recoil
reflex
relates
remainder
repercussion
residual
residuum
response
result
resultant
results
reverberation
riffles
ripples
rollers
seas
sequel
sequence
sequent
sheet
shrugs
side effect
signalizes
signals
signs
spin-off
spinoff
splash
surf
surfs
surges
swell
swells
tells
tidal waves
tsunami
tsunamis
upshot
wavelets
whitecaps

Antonyms for waves

beginning
cause
commencement
foundation
inception
insignificance
lack
land
origin
question
rise
source
start
unimportance
worthlessness

Meanings of waves

verb
1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
2. To put aside, avoid.
3. To outlaw (someone).
4. To abandon, give up (someone or something).
5. To move from side to side; to sway.
6. To stray, wander.
7. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
8. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
9. (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
10. To have an undulating or wavy form.
11. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
12. To produce waves to the hair.
13. To swing and miss at a pitch.
14. To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
15. (metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
16. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
17. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
noun
1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
2. The ocean.
3. A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
4. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
6. A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
7. A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
8. (by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
9. (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.

Example Sentences

The waves crashed loudly against the rocks.
She loves watching the waves roll in at sunset.
Surfers waited patiently for the biggest waves.
The storm brought powerful waves to the shore.
Gentle waves lapped at the edge of the boat.

On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waves, such as: abundance, acquaints, actualization, advises, after-effects, aftereffect, aftermath.

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