oscillate

oscillate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
2. intransitive verb. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
3. verb. move or swing from side to side regularly

   "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

   Synonyms: vibrate

4. verb. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

   "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

   Synonyms: hover, vacillate, vibrate

Synonyms

vibrate, hover, vacillate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in oscillate:

localites, teocallis

Common word forms

oscillated, oscillates, oscillating

Words from these letters

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