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RELATED WORD : new waver

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun waver has 3 senses

• waver(n = noun.person) Array - someone who communicates by waving; Array
is a kind of communicator
Derived forms verb wave₁, verb wave₂

• waver(n = noun.act) falter, faltering, hesitation - the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
is a kind of pause
Derived form verb waver₁

• waver(n = noun.act) flicker, flutter - the act of moving back and forth; Array
is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement
Derived forms verb waver₆, verb waver₄, verb waver₅, verb waver₃

Verb waver has 7 senses

• waver(v = verb.stative) hesitate, waffle - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
Derived forms noun waver₂, noun waverer₁, noun wavering₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

• waver(v = verb.stative) falter - be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
is one way to hesitate, waffle, waver
Derived form noun waverer₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• waver(v = verb.motion) falter - move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; Array
is one way to move
Derived form noun waver₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• waver(v = verb.motion) fluctuate, vacillate - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
is one way to swing
Derived forms noun waver₃, noun wavering₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• waver(v = verb.motion) flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver - move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
is one way to move back and forth
Derived form noun waver₃
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP

• waver(v = verb.motion) weave - sway to and fro; Array
is one way to sway, swing
Derived form noun waver₃
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• waver(v = verb.communication) quaver - give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency; Array
is one way to sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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THESAURUS

waver

alternate, back and fill, beat, beating, bicker, blench, bob, bobble, boggle, careen, change, coggle, dance, dangle, demur, dither, ebb and flow, equivocate, falter, fight shy of, flap, flick, flicker, flinch, flip, flit, flitter, flop, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, go pitapat, go through phases, gutter, halt, hang back, hang off, have qualms, hem and haw, hesitate, hold off, librate, lurch, make bones about, nutate, oscillate, palpitate, palpitation, palter, pause, pendulate, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, play, pull back, pulse, quail, quiver, recoil, reel, resonate, ring the changes, rock, roll, scruple, seesaw, shake, shift, shilly-shally, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy at, slat, splutter, sputter, stagger, stick at, stickle, strain, swag, sway, swing, swinging, teeter, teeter-totter, tergiversate, throb, toss, totter, trim, turn, vacillate, vary, vibrate, wag, waggle, wave, wax and wane, whiffle, wince, wobble

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Tergiversation

VB change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish, crawl, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.

Changeableness

VB fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about, waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute), oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as man phases as the moon.

Doubt

VB disbelieve, discredit, not believe, misbelieve, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, doubt, be doubtful, doubt the truth of, be skeptical as to, diffide, distrust, mistrust, suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat, have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions, have one's doubts, demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple, stop to consider, waver, hang in suspense, hang in doubt, throw doubt upon, raise a question, bring in, call in question, question, challenge, dispute, deny, cavil, cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion, ergotize, startle, stagger, shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief.

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