waver
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who communicates by waving
Types & categories
- communicator hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- falter derivation
- hesitation derivation
- vacillation derivation
- waverer derivation
- waffler derivation
- hesitant derivation
- doubt entails
Sense 3 noun
the act of pausing uncertainly
there was a hesitation in his speech
Types & categories
- pause hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be unsure or weak
Their enthusiasm is faltering
Types & categories
- waver hypernym
Related & opposite
- waverer derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of moving back and forth
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
the line on the monitor vacillated
Types & categories
- swing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
move back and forth very rapidly
the candle flickered
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
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Sense 9 verb
sway to and fro
Types & categories
- swing hypernym
Related & opposite
- flutter derivation
Sense 10 verb
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
Types & categories
- vocalize hypernym
Related & opposite
- quaver derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wave |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brandish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hesitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vacillation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waverer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waffler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hesitant |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | doubt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dwell on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boggle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vacillate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | falter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stammer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pause |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | waverer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | waver |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | weave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | swinging |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wavering |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | variation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuation |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | swing |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flapping |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | swing |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | quaver |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | vocalize |