nodding | Definition of nodding

Synonyms and Antonyms of nodding

bending downward or forward

some students, with nodding heads, were helplessly falling asleep during the boring lecture

Synonyms of nodding

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

Words Related to nodding

dangling, falling, pendent (or pendant), suspended

dipping, sinking, slumping

Near Antonyms of nodding

erect, inflexible, rigid, stiff

elevated, raised, upraised

Antonyms of nodding

unbending, upright