Synonyms for waving
wav·ing

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1. wave, waving, wafturenoun

   the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

   Synonyms:
   wave, wafture, undulation, moving ridge

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1. List of paraphrases for "waving":

   brandishing, wielding, shaking, stirring, wave, unveiling, shake

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1. Lewis Carroll:

   Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this - when lovelier sights will meet your eyes than any waving trees or rippling waters - when angel-hands shall undraw your curtains, and sweeter tones than ever loving Mother breathed shall wake you to a new and glorious day - and when all the sadness, and the sin, that darkened life on this little earth, shall be forgotten like the dreams of a night that is past!

2. David Studinski:

   Gender nonconforming and transgender individuals face challenges within our own community, say nothing of the vast array of perceptions they experience outside of it. Compound that with the trials and tribulations of childhood and adolescence, and it's quite obvious why these amazing young people deserve to see 2 million people supporting them along Fifth Avenue, what the world will see in return are smiling young faces, lit up by the ecstatic energy of rainbow-flag-waving spectators. If they're OK with who they are, the world should be, too.

3. John Brennan:

   Nigeria's another country where Boko Haram is now Islamic State of West Africa, where you have several thousands of individuals who are also on the march waving the ISIL banner.

4. Alexian Lien:

   He was waving for other motorcyclist to come towards us. He was yelling at us, and he was threatening us, you can tell that he was screaming profanities at us, and he was also making gestures, slitting a throat gesture.

5. Abigail Spanberger:

   [A]fter first signaling her opposition to these reforms, the Speaker purportedly reversed her position, however, our bipartisan reform coalition was then subjected to repeated delay tactics, hand-waving gestures and blatant instances of Lucy pulling the football.