Synonyms and antonyms of Movements up and down or backwards and forwards in British Thesaurus

vibration (noun)

a very small, fast, and continuous shaking movement

sway (noun)

a slow swinging movement from side to side

quiver (noun)

a slight shaking movement or sound

wobble (noun)

a slight movement from side to side

wiggle (noun)

a short quick movement from side to side

oscillation (noun)

science a repeated movement from side to side at a steady speed

bounce (noun)

the movement of a ball or other object when it hits a surface and moves away again

roll (noun)

the action of turning over or of rolling from side to side

shake (noun)

the action of shaking

toing and froing (noun)

a lot of movement backwards and forwards between two places

agitation (noun)

formal the action of shaking something

bob (noun)

a short quick movement up and down

bounce (noun)

the quality of being able to bounce or to make other things bounce

to and fro (noun)

a continuous movement of people or things between different places