Synonyms for waver

Most common

doubt · fluctuate · oscillate · vacillate · flicker · quiver · sway · falter

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

   Flowers wavered in the breeze.

2. v. 2

   To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.

3. v. 3

   To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.

   Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

4. n. 1

   An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.

Related words

Word family

waverer wavering wave

Phrases

sign waver

Forms

Plural

wavers → falterings, hesitations, waverers…

Past participle

wavered
e.g. wavered → vacillated, fluctuated, doubted, oscillated…

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Example sentences

• doubt There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
• fluctuate Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.
• flicker I noticed a flicker of hesitation in their eyes.
• quiver From tears to a kiss, there is naught but a quiver!

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

rock¹, wave¹, reel¹, sway¹

5 letters

doubt¹, stick¹, shake¹, pause¹, blink¹, weave¹, brawl¹, demur²

6 letters

waffle², wobble², quiver², falter², boggle², totter², quaver²

7 letters

vibrate², flutter², flicker², scruple², flitter, waverer

8 letters

hesitate³

9 letters

alternate³, fluctuate³, faltering³, oscillate³, vacillate³

10 letters

hesitation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demur² = 2 syllables).