Find the word that fits

Vibrate: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Vibrate

of Vibrate

37 useful connections shown 37 reviewed relationships and 0 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 12

Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Hesitate 76% connected

To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sway 76% connected

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Swing 76% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Waffle 76% connected

A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Waver 76% connected

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manner of action 6

Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Librate 76% connected

To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Purr 76% connected

To murmur as a cat. See Pur.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Shimmy 76% connected

A chemise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Wobble 76% connected

See Wabble.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Derivationally related 14

Oscillation 74% connected

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Oscillation 74% connected

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Palpitation 74% connected

A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Palpitation 74% connected

A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibrancy 74% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibrancy 74% connected

The state of being vibrant; resonance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibrant 74% connected

Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibrant 74% connected

Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibration 74% connected

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibration 74% connected

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibratory 74% connected

Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Vibratory 74% connected

Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 5

Hover 92% connected

A cover; a shelter; a protection.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Oscillate 92% connected

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tickle 92% connected

To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vacillate 92% connected

To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.