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1. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
Synonyms
- comber
- roller
- whitecap
- roll
- rolling wave
- movement
- surge
- motion
- white horse
- lift
- rippling
- wavelet
- ripple
- riffle
- wake
- surf
- backwash
- breaker
- tsunami
- billow
- swell
- swash
- crestless wave
- breakers
- moving ridge
- rise
Antonyms
- lower
- begin
- unfold
- anesthetize
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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- misbehave
- shortwave
- aftershave
- mcclave
- kunaev
- enslave
- engrave
- deprave
- concave
- unfav
- lefave
- lafave
- forgave
- behave
- stave
- slave
- quave
- grave
- crave
- brave
- waive
- they've
- shave
- schave
- save
- rave
- pave
- nave
- mave
- lave
2. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] signal with the hands or nod.
Synonyms
- motion
- gesture
- beckon
Antonyms
- disarrange
- deglycerolize
- pressurize
- depressurise
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
Synonyms
- motion
- motility
- move
Antonyms
- opening
- retreat
- boo
- moving
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
Synonyms
- blast wave
- traveling wave
- gravitation wave
- travelling wave
- oscillation
- movement
- motion
- pulsation
- acoustic wave
- sine wave
- flapping
- stationary wave
- fluctuation
- flutter
- impulse
- wave form
- fluttering
- pulsing
- sound wave
- gravity wave
- shock wave
- standing wave
- pulse
- vibration
- seiche
- wave shape
- undulation
- flap
Antonyms
- stay
- ebb
- deflate
- worsen
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] move or swing back and forth.
Synonyms
- brandish
- take hold
- flourish
- displace
- move
- hold
Antonyms
- winterize
- summerize
- ascend
- rise
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.
Synonyms
- luff
- move
- flap
- roll
Antonyms
- unsettled
- unready
- disarranged
- soft
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] something that rises rapidly.
Antonyms
- cause to sleep
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] the act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
Synonyms
- flourish
- motion
- brandish
- waving
- gesture
Antonyms
- nonworker
- stay in place
- unwind
- uncoil
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
Synonyms
- hair style
- hairdo
- perm
- permanent wave
- coiffure
- coif
- finger wave
- permanent
Antonyms
- nonmoving
- regularity
- order
- adience
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. Wave
noun. a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch.
Synonyms
- reservist
- woman
Antonyms
- juvenile
- male
- husband