What is another word for undulate?
Synonyms for undulate
ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtun·du·late
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
undulate
To fluctuate (Latin fluctus, a wave) is to move like a wave with alternate rise and fall. A pendulum oscillates; waves fluctuate or undulate; a light or a flame wavers; a frightened steed swerves from his course; a tool or weapon swerves from the mark or line; the temperature varies; the wind veers when it suddenly changes its direction. That which veers may steadily hold the new direction; that which oscillates, fluctuates, undulates, or wavers returns upon its way. As regards mental states, he who hesitates sticks (Latin hærere) on the verge of decision; he who wavers does not stick to a decision; he who vacillates decides now one way, and now another; one vacillates between contrasted decisions or actions; he may waver between decision and indecision, or between action and inaction. Persons hesitate, vacillate, waver; feelings fluctuate or vary. Compare SHAKE.
Synonyms:
fluctuate, hesitate, oscillate, swerve, vacillate, vary, veer, waverAntonyms:
abide, adhere, hold fast, persist, stand fast, stay, stick
Princeton's WordNet
undulateverb
having a wavy margin and rippled surface
Antonyms:
roughripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulateverb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Synonyms:
prance, flick, mix, flip, tittup, shuffle, rumple, ruffle up, ripple, cock, roll, sashay, flap, babble, knit, leaf, swagger, strut, pleat, riffle, gurgle, riff, cockle, burble, thumb, wave, crumple, pucker, ruffle, mess up, guggle, fluff, bubbleAntonyms:
roughroll, undulateverb
occur in soft rounded shapes
"The hills rolled past"
Synonyms:
ripple, wave, wrap, rove, hustle, range, turn over, wheel, ramble, cast, pluck, revolve, wind, roll up, flap, swan, roll, wander, stray, roam, drift, roll out, seethe, ruffle, twine, tramp, cockle, riffle, vagabondAntonyms:
roughroll, undulate, flap, waveverb
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
Synonyms:
vagabond, wind, ramble, pother, wrap, seethe, beat, stray, rove, wave, roll, twine, cast, flap, beckon, ruffle, wander, riffle, hustle, cockle, brandish, pluck, revolve, roll up, swan, roll out, tramp, turn over, flourish, dither, ripple, drift, curl, roam, wheel, rangeAntonyms:
roughundulateverb
increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
"The singer's voice undulated"
Synonyms:
ripple, ruffle, flap, roll, riffle, wave, cockleAntonyms:
rough
Dictionary of English Synonymes
undulateverb
Synonyms:
wave, fluctuate, move up and down
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
undulate
Synonyms:
Undulant
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#605 | range | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2152 | cock | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2456 | mix | |
#2595 | roll | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3043 | wheel | |
#3233 | wave | |
#3558 | vary | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5452 | wrap | |
#6808 | bubble | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#9932 | knit | |
#10368 | swan | |
#11779 | drift | |
#12222 | curl | |
#12304 | shuffle | |
#12724 | hesitate | |
#14613 | flap | |
#16465 | flick | |
#17234 | rove | |
#17542 | wander | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#22575 | riff | |
#22870 | strut | |
#23676 | ripple | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#25519 | roam | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#32248 | babble | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35564 | fluctuate | |
#36328 | revolve | |
#38590 | ramble | |
#39493 | vagabond | |
#40610 | veer | |
#43915 | twine | |
#56855 | pleat | |
#60871 | swerve | |
#64040 | waver | |
#64843 | swagger | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#70458 | pucker | |
#75259 | dither | |
#76976 | oscillate | |
#79860 | beckon | |
#87911 | cockle | |
#111189 | prance | |
#116185 | crumple | |
#129330 | gurgle | |
#159899 | brandish | |
#163284 | seethe | |
#198456 | sashay | |
#204476 | undulate | |
#206076 | burble | |
#214393 | rumple | |
#241885 | vacillate |
Translations for undulate
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- wellenförmig bewegen, wogen, schlängeln, ondulieren, wellen, schwingen, sich wellenförmig bewegen, undulieren, wallen, wiegenGerman
- ondear, ondulado, ondularSpanish
- ondoyer, ondulerFrench
- 흔들다, 흔들리다Korean
- māpunaMāori
- bølget, bølgeNorwegian
- zafalować, falujący, falisty, falować, pofałdowanyPolish
- волни́стый, волнообра́зныйRussian
- vzvalovatiSlovene
- böljaSwedish
- dalgalandırmak, dalgalanma, dalgalanmakTurkish
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