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All waver synonyms

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noun waver

  • quaver β€” to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.

verb waver

  • dither β€” a trembling; vibration.
  • hesitate β€” to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
  • vacillate β€” to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
  • shilly-shally β€” to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
  • falter β€” to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • hem and haw β€” the utterance or sound of β€œhem.”.
  • fluctuate β€” to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
  • hedge β€” a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
  • oscillate β€” to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
  • pause β€” a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
  • quiver β€” a case for holding or carrying arrows.
  • seesaw β€” a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
  • shake β€” to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • sway β€” to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • teeter β€” to move unsteadily.
  • tremble β€” to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
  • vary β€” to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
  • waffle β€” waffling language.
  • wobble β€” to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
  • change β€” If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
  • deliberate β€” If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
  • dilly-dally β€” to loiter or vacillate
  • flicker β€” to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
  • halt β€” to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • palter β€” to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
  • reel β€” a lively Scottish dance.
  • stagger β€” to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
  • totter β€” to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
  • trim β€” to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
  • undulate β€” to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
  • wave β€” a member of the Waves.
  • weave β€” to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
  • yo-yo β€” a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
  • blow hot and cold β€” to vacillate
  • whiffle β€” to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
  • shudder β€” to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
  • flutter β€” to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
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