waver
waver is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
- intransitive verb. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
- verb. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
- noun. the act of moving back and forth
- noun. the act of pausing uncertainly
"there was a hesitation in his speech"
- noun. someone who communicates by waving
- verb. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- verb. sway to and fro
- verb. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
- verb. move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
- verb. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- verb. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
- verb. be unsure or weak
"Their enthusiasm is faltering"
Synonyms
flicker, flutter, falter, faltering, hesitation, quaver, weave, fluctuate, vacillate, flitter, quiver, hesitate, waffle
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in waver:
Common word forms
wavers, wavered, waverer, wavering, waverous, waverable
Words from these letters
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