waving

The word “waving” has 2 syllables: wav-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪvɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for waving?

In the thesaurus, “waving” has 122 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for 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

Antonyms for waving

cessation
discontinuance
ending
expiration
finish
halt
immobility
inertia
inertness
lapse
motionlessness
pause
shutdown
shutoff
stillness
stop
stoppage
straight
surcease
termination

Meanings of waving

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. The motion of something that waves.
2. Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.

Example Sentences

She stood at the door waving goodbye.
The flag was waving proudly in the wind.
Children were waving their hands excitedly at the parade.
He came running, waving his arms to get attention.
The girl was waving from the balcony with a big smile.

On this page you'll find 142 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waving, such as: acquainting, advising, aerial, aeronautical, airborne, avian, beckoning.

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