nodding

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of NODDING

bending downward or forward <some students, with nodding heads, were helplessly falling asleep during the boring lecture>

Synonyms bowed, bowing, declined, declining, descendant (also descendent), descending, drooping, droopy, hanging, hung, inclining, pendulous, sagging, stooping, weeping

Related Words floppy, limp; dangling, falling, pendent (or pendant), suspended; dipping, sinking, slumping

Near Antonyms erect, inflexible, rigid, stiff; elevated, raised, upraised

Antonyms unbending, upright

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