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Synonyms for waver
ˈweɪ vərwa·ver

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. waver

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

    Antonyms:
    determine, decide, rest, repose, settle

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. waververb

    Synonyms:
    wave, undulate, float, flicker

  2. waververb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. waververb

    Synonyms:
    vacillate, fluctuate, veer, oscillate, hesitate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  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.


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  • balancearseSpanish
  • käherrin, epäröidä, värinä, väristä, epäröinti, huojua, viittoilija, lepattaa, lepatus, liehua, horjunta, liehunta, huojunta, heilua, täristä, heilunta, vilkuttaja, horjua, kähertäjäFinnish
  • waverFrench
  • 揺らぐJapanese
  • sakavoq, aalajavoq, isumaa oqippoq, sajuppoq, angaluppoq, ukamarpoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
  • wuiver, schudden, flitsen, twijfelen, zwaaien, wuiven, beven, variëren, schommelen, flikkeren, wiegen, zwaaier, weifelen, wankelenDutch
  • vacilarPortuguese
  • pokolebati se, kolebati se, treperiti, varirati, teturati se, njihati seSerbo-Croatian
  • skälvaSwedish

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