waving
Definitions
Noun
- The act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Verb
- Signal with the hands or nod
- Move or swing back and forth
- Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- 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.
📰 This Word in the News:
Red Sox third base coach ends up waving runner home from fair territory in bizarre moment
Jun 4, 2026 Yahoo Sports
Jun 4, 2026 Yahoo Sports
Psychology explains why we keep waving goodbye even after someone can no longer see us, and why your brain
Jul 20, 2026 The Economic Times
Jul 20, 2026 The Economic Times
Miss Manners: Does no one follow tradition of waving when passing walkers, bikes on the road anymore?
Jul 17, 2026 Cleveland.com
Jul 17, 2026 Cleveland.com
The San Francisco Giants are waving the white flag on former Tennessee coach Tony Vitello's first season
Jun 15, 2026 Yahoo Sports
Jun 15, 2026 Yahoo Sports

