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headshake has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 1 sense. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
“I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for headshake come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.