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Waver

noun
/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounAn act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
2.nounSomeone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
"I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd."
3.nounSomeone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
4.nounA tool that accomplishes hair waving.
5.nounA sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
6.verbTo sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
"Flowers wavered in the breeze."
7.verbTo flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
8.verbTo fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
9.verbTo shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
"His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic."
10.verbTo falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
11.verbTo be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
"Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs."

Synonyms

quaverfalterfalteringhesitationflutterhesitatevacillateflitterfluctuateflickerquiverweave

Rhymes With

savorquaveraverflavordisfavorsaverwaivershaver
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