Synonyms for vibrate
Definitions
- v. 1
To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- v. 2
To resonate.
Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
Forms
- Past participle
- vibrated
e.g. vibrated → oscillated, shaken, trembled, vacillated…
Choose the right word
The pendulum of a clock may be said to swing, vibrate, or oscillate; a steel bridge vibrates under the passage of a heavy train; the term vibrate is also applied to molecular movements.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shake New GATT resolutions could create a real shake-up.
- tremble I tremble with my fingers crossed behind the door.
- quiver From tears to a kiss, there is naught but a quiver!
- thrill Yanni is thrill his daughter is gonna be with him.
- tickle She took her shoe off and began to tickle her foot.
By length
- 3 letters
- wag1
- 4 letters
- wave1, sway1
- 5 letters
- shake1, swing1, quake1, brawl1, hover2, waver2
- 6 letters
- thrill1, tickle2, wobble2, shiver2, quiver2, quaver2
- 7 letters
- flutter2, flicker2, shudder2, tremble2, librate
- 8 letters
- resonate3
- 9 letters
- fluctuate3, oscillate3, vacillate3, palpitate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hover2 = 2 syllables).