Synonyms for vibration
Most common
shaking flutter palpitation shakiness oscillation libration nutation
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
Related words
- Word family
- vibrant vibrate vibrato
- Phrases
- hand-arm vibration syndrome vibration white finger
Forms
- Plural
- vibrations → shakings, flutters, tremblings, palpitations…
Example sentences
- shaking I felt my hands shaking and my heart beating fast.
- flutter Ziri heard the soft flutter of a butterfly’s wings.
- shakiness The shakiness in Claudio's voice was too obvious.
- oscillation Its motion resembles the oscillation of a pendulum.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vibration | falling | |
| shaking | rising | |
| flutter | steady | |
| palpitation | falling | |
| shakiness | rising | |
| oscillation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vibe1
- 5 letters
- sound1, swing1
- 6 letters
- quiver2
- 7 letters
- shaking2, flutter2
- 8 letters
- nutation
- 9 letters
- trembling3, quivering3, shakiness3, libration3
- 11 letters
- oscillation4, palpitation4, vacillation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiver2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vibration
- Italiano
- vibrazione
- Español
- vibración
- Deutsch
- Vibration