gesture

Speech parts

1. gesture - Noun

2. gesture - Verb

Meaning

Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion.

To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.

To make gestures; to gesticulate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

motion gesticulate movement act signal wink sign wave expression indication token hint nod shrug beckon
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Antonyms

can product base bawl speech break
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Hypernyms

move movement motion communicate indication motility

Hyponyms

beck stroke wink sign wave extend

Phrases with the word

gesture towards kind gesture musical gesture expressing disagreement by a negative gesture rude gesture gesture of peace

Derivatives

gestured gesturing

Examples

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. Henri Matisse

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. Helen Hayes

You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture. Junot Diaz

I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words - the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture. Martha Graham

Every gesture is a revolutionary act. Fernando Pessoa

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself. John Kenneth Galbraith

Close letter words and terms

gesturality gesturally gesturalness gesture device gesture executed with the facial muscles gesture language