wavy line
Oscillating drawn stroke
A wavy line is a line that curves back and forth in alternating directions, like a series of connected S-shapes or the surface of water.
Wavy lines appear in art, handwriting, and symbols—the tilde (~) is essentially a small wavy line.
She drew a wavy line under the important passage.
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- squiggleIrregular wavy mark
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
- water rippleSmall surface wave
- undulatingMoving in waves
sinuous · serpentine · oscillation · snake · ribbon · curl · meander · flowing · ocean · hair · hair strand · frequency · sound · radio signal · signal · sine · doodle · scribble
- linesdotted, dashed, curved, straight, solid
- wavy patternsundulation, ripple, ripples, serpentine, sinusoidal
- Curvy thingscurve, spiral, coil, loop, S-curve
- proofreading marksdele, stet, insert, transpose, caret
- punctuationperiod, comma, colon, apostrophe, semicolon
- symbolssymbols, runes, symbol, asterisks, national symbol
wavy linestraight line
Undeviated continuous path
straight · direct line · linear · horizontal line · as the crow flies
wavy linejagged line
Path with sharp turns
zigzag line · zigzag · sawtooth · broken line · angular
wavy, wave, waves, waved, waving, waviness, waver, line, lines