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Term: waving

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "waving": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. waving

waving

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand

Verb

  1. Signal with the hands or nod
  2. Move or swing back and forth
  3. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  4. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
  5. Set waves in
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "waving".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 waving 2 13
2 microwaving 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "waving".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 working 2 151
2 waiting 2 110
3 watching 2 76
4 willing 2 69
5 walking 2 54
6 wearing 2 47
7 washing 2 44
8 swimming 2 37
9 wedding 2 32
10 winning 2 31
11 swinging 2 16
12 dwelling 2 13
13 sweeping 2 13
14 swelling 2 11
15 waking 2 11
16 whirling 2 10
17 weeping 2 8
18 awaiting 3 7
19 switching 2 7
20 whipping 2 7
21 whining 2 6
22 wiping 2 6
23 twirling 2 5
24 wailing 2 5
25 weaving 2 5
26 wishing 2 5
27 worrying 3 5
28 quitting 2 4
29 sweating 2 4
30 swirling 2 4
31 wetting 2 4
32 wording 2 4
33 quoting 2 3
34 swearing 2 3
35 swooping 2 3
36 twitching 2 2
37 wagging 2 2
38 waning 2 2
39 weaning 2 2
40 wheeling 2 2
41 whiting 2 2
42 whooping 2 2
43 wiring 2 2
44 quaking 2 1
45 quelling 2 1
46 swiping 2 1
47 waging 2 1
48 warring 2 1
49 weighting 2 1
50 welling 2 1
51 whaling 2 1
52 wheezing 2 1
53 whizzing 2 1
54 whopping 2 1
55 winging 2 1
56 buening 2 0
57 quashing 2 0
58 quilling 2 0
59 quiring 2 0
60 quizzing 2 0
61 schwering 2 0
62 swapping 2 0
63 swatching 2 0
64 sweeting 2 0
65 swerling 2 0
66 swilling 2 0
67 swooning 2 0
68 tweaking 2 0
69 twining 2 0
70 wading 2 0
71 waiving 2 0
72 walling 2 0
73 wapping 2 0
74 wareing 2 0
75 waring 2 0
76 webbing 2 0
77 weeding 2 0
78 wehling 2 0
79 wenning 2 0
80 werking 2 0
81 werling 2 0
82 werning 2 0
83 whacking 2 0
84 whitting 2 0
85 widing 2 0
86 wieting 2 0
87 wiling 2 0
88 wining 2 0
89 wirsing 2 0
90 wissing 2 0
91 witching 2 0
92 witting 2 0
93 wooding 2 0
94 worthing 2 0
95 zwilling 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "waving".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 having 2 279
2 wearing 2 47
3 saving 2 21
4 wing 1 18
5 waking 2 11
6 weaving 2 5
7 raving 2 3
8 waning 2 2
9 paving 2 2
10 waxing 2 1
11 waging 2 1
12 caving 2 1
13 whaling 2 1
14 waiving 2 0
15 weavings 2 0
16 wavering 3 0
17 waring 2 0
18 wading 2 0
19 wang 1 0
20 wain 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "waving" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "waving" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "waving" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 soldiers 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "waving".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 95

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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📰 This Word in the News:

FC Barcelona distances itself from star’s Palestinian flag-waving, amid Israeli anger
May 14, 2026 The Times of Israel
Schenectady Co. Man arrested for waving gun at drivers on I-90
Mar 27, 2026 NEWS10 ABC
Man in balaclava waving knife dragged girl, 15, from bus stop and raped her
Jul 27, 2026 Wales Online
Kittitas County deputy fired after waving gun, making threats while off-duty at Roslyn tavern
Jun 11, 2026 KIRO 7 News Seattle
Waving until the car disappears down the street isn't excessive — it's your body finishing the goodbye it started
Jul 18, 2026 leravi.org
1 arrested after waving gun on Hwy 58: CHP
Mar 20, 2026 KGET.com
Survivors of Sept. 2 boat strike were waving before second attack, sources say
Dec 5, 2025 CBS News

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