All gesture synonyms
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G g noun gesture
- nod β to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
- signal β anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- sign β a token; indication.
- token β something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
- indication β anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
- body language β Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- reminder β a person or thing that serves to remind.
- salute β Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- curtsy β If a woman or a girl curtsies, she lowers her body briefly, bending her knees and sometimes holding her skirt with both hands, as a way of showing respect for an important person.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- wink β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- mime β the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- intimation β the act of intimating, or making known indirectly.
- genuflection β an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- gesticulation β the act of gesticulating.
- shrug β to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- pantomime β the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- movement β the act, process, or result of moving.
- expression β The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- deed β A deed is something that is done, especially something that is very good or very bad.
- high sign β a gesture, glance, or facial expression used as a surreptitious signal to warn, admonish, or inform.
- sign language β Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
- kinesics β the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
verb gesture
- gesticulate β to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- motion β the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- point β a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- signalize β to make notable or conspicuous.
- act out β If you act out an event which has happened, you copy the actions which took place and make them into a play.
adjective gesture
- giggler β to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup β a cracking up
- chortler β One who chortles.
- crower β to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling β to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- shout β to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- cackler β A person or creature that cackles.