Need another word that means the same as “wavy”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “wavy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Wavy” are: crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike, curling, curly, curvy, curving, curved, undulating, meandering, winding, squiggly, zigzag
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “wavy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| crinkled | Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves. A skirt in crinkled fabric. |
| crinkly | Full of creases or wrinkles; wrinkled. Brown crinkly paper. |
| curling | (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl. |
| curly | (of hair) having curls or waves. They envied her naturally curly hair. |
| curved | Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend. The curved tusks of a walrus. |
| curving | Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend. |
| curvy | (of a woman’s body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves. A settee with only one curvy end. |
| meandering | Proceeding in a convoluted or undirected fashion. A brilliant sample of meandering discourse. |
| rippled | Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves. The rippled surface of the pond. |
| squiggly | Wavy and twisting. |
| undulating | Having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline. The valley s undulating contours. |
| wavelike | Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves. |
| winding | Following a twisting or spiral course. Winding roads are full of surprises. |
| zigzag | Having the form of a zigzag veering alternately to right and left. When chased by a predator some animals take a zigzag course. |
| approximate | Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact. The approximate time was 10 o clock. |
| approximative | (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something. A crudely approximative outline. |
| asymmetric | Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components. |
| asymmetrical | Having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal. The church has an asymmetrical plan with an aisle only on one side. |
| blond | Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes. Blond Scandinavians. |
| bumpy | Covered with or full of bumps. Investors could be in for a bumpy ride. |
| circular | Having a circular shape. The reality of standard English rests on the circular argument that that is good which good users use. |
| curly | (of hair) having curls or waves. My hair is just naturally thick and curly. |
| distance | Beat a horse by a distance. They sped off into the distance. |
| erratic | Having no fixed course. An erratic comet. |
| hair | Hairs collectively especially those growing on a person s head. Thick black hairs on his huge arms. |
| hilly | Having hills and crags. A remote hilly district. |
| irregular | A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment. Their involvement in irregular financial dealings. |
| jagged | With rough, sharp points protruding. Her jagged nerves. |
| jaundice | Affect with or as if with jaundice. Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment. |
| line | Be in line with form a line along. Laughter lines. |
| lopsided | With one side lower or smaller than the other. A lopsided grin. |
| myopic | Lacking foresight or intellectual insight. Myopic thinking. |
| orange | A butterfly with mainly or partly orange wings. A slice of orange. |
| patchy | Not of the same quality throughout; inconsistent. Your coursework was patchy. |
| perm | Set the hair in a perm. She perms her hair. |
| proximity | A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit. Do not operate microphones in close proximity to television sets. |
| sinuate | Having a wavy or sinuous margin; with alternate rounded notches and lobes. |
| stripe | Mark with stripes. A pair of blue shorts with pink stripes. |
| toothed | Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed. Saw toothed. |
| unequal | A person or thing regarded as unequal to another in status or level. Unequal odds. |
| uneven | (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents. The uneven distribution of resources. |
| wanting | Inadequate in amount or degree. Tested and found wanting. |
| weal | Mark with a weal. His neck was wealed and raw. |
| yellow | Changed to a yellowish color by age. He d better get back there quick and prove he s not yellow. |
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