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Definitions for Waver

[1] to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
[2] to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
[3] become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered.
[4] to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered.
[5] to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination.
[6] (of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered.
[7] to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
[8] an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.
[9] a person who waves or causes something to wave: Election time brings out the wavers of flags and haranguers of mobs.
[10] a person who specializes in waving hair.
[11] something, as a curling iron, used for waving hair.
[12] to be irresolute; hesitate between two possibilities
[13] to become unsteady
[14] to fluctuate or vary
[15] to move back and forth or one way and another
[16] (of light) to flicker or flash
[17] the act or an instance of wavering

Words related to Waver

hesitate, pause, vacillate, tremble, shake, vary, waffle, sway, seesaw, teeter, falter, quiver, hedge, fluctuate, wobble, dither, oscillate, totter, trim, halt

Words nearby Waver

wavelet, wavell, wavellite, wavemeter, waveoff, waver, waverley, waves, wavey, wavy, waw

Origin of Waver

2First recorded in 1550–60; wave + -er1

Other words from Waver

wa·ver·er , noun
wa·ver·ing·ly , adverb
non·wa·ver·ing , adjective
un·wa·vered , adjective
un·wa·ver·ing , adjective
un·wa·ver·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Waver

C14: from Old Norse vafra to flicker; related to German wabern to move about

Synonyms for Waver

dither, falter, fluctuate, hedge, hesitate, oscillate, pause, quiver, seesaw, shake, sway, teeter, tremble, vacillate, vary, waffle, wobble, change, deliberate, dilly-dally, flicker, halt, palter, reel, stagger, totter, trim, undulate, wave, weave, yo-yo, be irresolute, be unable to decide, blow hot and cold, hem and haw, pussyfoot around, run hot and cold, whiffle