| Main Entry: |
oscillate |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
be unsteady, dangle, fishtail,
flicker,
fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate,
pitch,
pivot, reel,
ripple,
rock,
roll, seesaw,
stagger,
sway,
swing,
switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter,
thrash,
toss, totter, undulate,
vacillate,
vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz,
wave,
waver,
whirl, wiggle,
wobble
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| Notes: |
oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay
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