waver

1. 1.

   someone who communicates by waving

   Broadercommunicator
2. 2.

   the act of pausing uncertainly

   “there was a hesitation in his speech”

   Synonymshesitationfalterfaltering

   Broaderpause
3. 3.

   the act of moving back and forth

   Synonymsflutterflicker

   Broadermotion

Other forms of waver

plural

wavers·

past tense

waverred·

present participle

waverring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about waver

What does waver mean?

waver means "pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waver?

waver has 2 syllables: wa-ver. The stress falls on "wa". In IPA it is /ˈweɪvɚ/.

What is another word for waver?

Close synonyms include hesitate, waffle, falter, falter, fluctuate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is waver a common word?

waver is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with waver?

1 word rhymes with waver. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.