wave - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

Synonyms

• wave

More generic

• motility
• motion
• move
• movement

Noun

a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

Synonyms

• wave

More generic

• coif
• coiffure
• hair style
• hairdo
• hairstyle

More specific

• finger wave
• perm
• permanent
• permanent wave

Noun

the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

Synonyms

• wafture
• wave
• waving

More generic

• gesture
• motion

More specific

• brandish
• flourish

Noun

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

Synonyms

• undulation
• wave

More generic

• motion
• movement

More specific

• acoustic wave
• blast wave
• flap
• flapping
• fluctuation
• flutter
• fluttering
• gravitation wave
• gravity wave
• impulse
• oscillation
• pulsation
• pulse
• pulsing
• seiche
• shock wave
• sine wave
• sound wave
• standing wave
• stationary wave
• traveling wave
• travelling wave
• vibration
• wave form
• wave shape
• waveform

Noun

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Synonyms

• moving ridge
• wave

More generic

• motion
• movement

More specific

• backwash
• billow
• breaker
• breakers
• comber
• crestless wave
• lift
• riffle
• ripple
• rippling
• rise
• roll
• roller
• rolling wave
• surf
• surge
• swash
• swell
• tidal wave
• tsunami
• wake
• wavelet
• white horse
• whitecap

Noun

something that rises rapidly

Synonyms

• wave

More generic

• rise

Noun

a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch

Synonyms

• Wave

More generic

• adult female
• reservist
• woman

Noun

a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

Synonyms

• wave

More generic

• atmospheric condition
• conditions
• weather
• weather condition

More specific

• cold wave
• heat wave

Related

• wave front

Noun

an undulating curve

Synonyms

• undulation
• wave

More generic

• curve
• curved shape

More specific

• sine curve
• sinusoid

Verb

set waves in

Synonyms

• wave

More generic

• arrange
• coif
• coiffe
• coiffure
• do
• dress
• set

More specific

• gauffer
• goffer
• marcel
• perm

Verb

signal with the hands or nod

Synonyms

• beckon
• wave

More generic

• gesticulate
• gesture
• motion

Verb

twist or roll into coils or ringlets

Synonyms

• curl
• wave

More generic

• twist

More specific

• crape
• crimp
• frizz
• frizzle
• kink
• kink up

Verb

move or swing back and forth

Synonyms

• brandish
• flourish
• wave

More generic

• displace
• move

More specific

• wigwag

Related

• hold
• take hold

Verb

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

Synonyms

• flap
• roll
• undulate
• wave

More generic

• move

More specific

• luff

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