Synonyms for waver
ˈweɪ vərwa·ver

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1. waver

   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, undulate, vacillate, vary, veer

   Antonyms:
   abide, adhere, hold fast, persist, stand fast, stay, stick

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1. waver

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, dubitate, halt, fluctuate, vacillate, alternate, scruple, be undetermined, totter

   Antonyms:
   determine, decide, rest, repose, settle

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1. wavernoun

   someone who communicates by waving

   Synonyms:
   faltering, hesitation, falter, flutter, flicker

2. hesitation, waver, falter, falteringnoun

   the act of pausing uncertainly

   "there was a hesitation in his speech"

   Synonyms:
   disinclination, falter, reluctance, flicker, wavering, indisposition, hesitation, flutter, faltering, vacillation, hesitancy

3. waver, flutter, flickerverb

   the act of moving back and forth

   Synonyms:
   commotion, fluttering, flapping, disturbance, flap, flicker, glint, flutter, falter, to-do, hurly burly, spark, faltering, hesitation, hoo-ha, disruption, kerfuffle, hoo-hah

4. hesitate, waver, waffleverb

   pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

   "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, waffle, weave, quiver, pause, flutter, flicker, flitter, falter, vacillate

5. falter, waververb

   be unsure or weak

   "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, falter, vacillate

6. falter, waververb

   move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

   Synonyms:
   hesitate, quaver, fluctuate, bumble, stutter, stammer, weave, waffle, quiver, flutter, flicker, flitter, stumble, falter, vacillate

7. fluctuate, vacillate, waververb

   move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

   "the line on the monitor vacillated"

   Synonyms:
   quaver, hesitate, falter, flicker, fluctuate, waffle, weave, flitter, quiver, flutter, hover, vibrate, oscillate, vacillate

8. flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiververb

   move back and forth very rapidly

   "the candle flickered"

   Synonyms:
   bat, quake, fleet, palpitate, quaver, flitter, flit, flick, flutter, falter, fluctuate, pulsate, flicker, beat, vacillate, weave, quiver, hesitate, dart, waffle

9. waver, weaveverb

   sway to and fro

   Synonyms:
   interweave, flitter, fluctuate, flicker, flutter, falter, wind, quaver, tissue, wander, vacillate, thread, weave, quiver, hesitate, meander, waffle

10. quaver, waververb

    give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

    Synonyms:
    trill, flitter, quaver, fluctuate, waffle, hesitate, weave, quiver, flutter, flicker, warble, falter, vacillate

Matched Categories

1. • Communicator
   • Move
   • Pause
   • Sound
   • Swing

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1. waververb

   Synonyms:
   wave, undulate, float, flicker

2. waververb

   Synonyms:
   vacillate, hesitate, fluctuate, be in suspense, be undetermined, be unsettled, be in doubt

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1. waververb

   Synonyms:
   vacillate, fluctuate, veer, oscillate, hesitate

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1. List of paraphrases for "waver":

   falter, wavering, hesitate, shake, vacillate, vacillation, dither

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How to use waver in a sentence?

1. Laurence Sterne:

   Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.

2. Xu Hairong:

   Some waver on clear cut issues of opposing ethnic division and safeguarding ethnic and national unity, and even support participating in violent terrorist acts.

3. General John Campbell:

   Now more than ever, the United States should not waver on Afghanistan, if we do not make deliberate, measured adjustments, 2016 is at risk of being no better, and possibly worse than 2015.

4. Mark Zandi:

   The consumer drives the economic train, if American households are out spending, the economy will remain intact. We'll avoid a recession. But if American households waver in their spending, it's game over -- we're in a recession.

5. Patrick Leahy:

   I consider holding the office of the president pro tempore and the responsibilities that come with it to be one of the highest honors and most serious responsibilities of my career, when I preside over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws.