Synonyms and Antonyms of hover

synonym (synonym of hover)

  • (verb.stative)
    oscillate, vacillate, vibrate
    be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    jiggle, joggle, linger, wiggle
    move to and fro (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    levitate
    be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    brood, bulk large, loom
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)
     

hypernym (hover IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • hang in the air; fly or be suspended above (verb.motion)
    fly, wing
    travel through the air; be airborne (verb.motion)
     
  • hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)
    hang
    be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive (verb.stative)
     
  • move to and fro (verb.stative)
    hesitate, waffle, waver, hesitate, waffle, waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness (verb.stative)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF hover relation)

  • be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)
    shillyshally
    be uncertain and vague (verb.stative)
     
  • hang in the air; fly or be suspended above (verb.motion)
    poise
    be motionless, in suspension (verb.motion)
     
  • hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing (verb.stative)
    dominate, eclipse, overshadow
    be greater in significance than (verb.stative)
     

entail (entailment relations of hover)

verb group (hover is verb group of ....)

  • (verb.motion)
    levitate
    cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity (verb.motion)
     

derivation (.... is derived from hover)

  • (noun.phenomenon)
    levitation
    the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action (verb.stative)
    hesitation, vacillation, wavering
    indecision in speech or action (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.person)
    hesitater, hesitator, vacillator, waverer
    one who hesitates (usually out of fear) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.process)
    oscillation
    the process of oscillating between states (noun.process)
     
  • (adj.all)
    vacillant, vacillating, wavering
    uncertain in purpose or action (adj.all)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym entail verb group derivation oscillate vacillate vibrate jiggle joggle linger fly wing hesitate hang poise shillyshally dominate arise come up go up lift move up rise levitate levitation hesitation hesitater hesitator oscillation vacillant
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Related Words

. oscillate, vacillate, vibrate . jiggle, joggle, linger, wiggle . levitate . brood, bulk large, loom . fly, wing . hang . hesitate, waffle, waver, hesitate, waffle, waver . shillyshally . poise . dominate, eclipse, overshadow . arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise . levitate . levitation . hesitation, vacillation, wavering . hesitater, hesitator, vacillator, waverer . oscillation . vacillant, vacillating, wavering


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