gesturing
Moving hands meaningfully
Gesturing is making movements with your hands, arms, or body to communicate or emphasize something.
Someone gesturing wildly is using exaggerated motions, often in excitement or frustration: She kept gesturing toward the door.
Gesturing can substitute for speech or accompany it, adding emphasis or clarity to what's being said.
Unspoken physical expression
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- mimeWordless expressive performer
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
- charadesWordless guessing game
facial expressions · hand signals · semaphore · mudra · miming · signing · communicating · conveying
Sweeping hand gesture
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- shruggingShoulder gesture of uncertainty
- noddingMoving head affirmatively
flailing · gesticulating · sweeping · flicking · saluting · clapping · snapping · circling
Sweeping hand gesture
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- finger-waggingGestural scolding with digit
- thumbs-upGesture indicating approval
- hand-raisingGesture requesting recognition
finger-pointing · open-handed · clasping · wringing · dismissive · inviting · pleading · commanding
Directing attention somewhere
- indicatingShowing or pointing to
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- directingOverseeing a production
- denotingIndicating by name
designating · motioning · showing · guiding · referring · aiming · marking · beckoning
Full of life, or drawn moving
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- emphaticExpressed with force
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
vigorous · flamboyant · lively · spirited · passionate · fervent · vivid · energetic
body language
Unspoken physical expression
- sign languageVisual-gestural communication system
- mimeWordless expressive performer
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
charades · facial expressions · hand signals · semaphore · mudra · miming · signing · communicating · conveying · expressing
waving
Sweeping hand gesture
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- shruggingShoulder gesture of uncertainty
nodding · flailing · gesticulating · sweeping · flicking · saluting · clapping · snapping · circling · twirling
waving
Sweeping hand gesture
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- finger-waggingGestural scolding with digit
- thumbs-upGesture indicating approval
hand-raising · finger-pointing · open-handed · clasping · wringing · dismissive · inviting · pleading · commanding · warning
pointing
Directing attention somewhere
- indicatingShowing or pointing to
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- directingOverseeing a production
denoting · designating · motioning · showing · guiding · referring · aiming · marking · beckoning · summoning
animated
Full of life, or drawn moving
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- emphaticExpressed with force
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
exaggerated · vigorous · flamboyant · lively · spirited · passionate · fervent · vivid · energetic · sweeping
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- body languagefacial expressions, posture, nodding, pointing, waving
- performingperform, sing, play, act, dance
- signalssignal, signals, signaling, sign, waved
gesturingspeaking
Oral expression of language
talking · verbalizing · vocalizing · saying · articulating
gesturingstanding still
Absence of motion
freezing · stillness · immobility · holding still · motionlessness
gesture, gestures, gestured, gesticulate, gestural, gesticulation