What is another word for going up and down?

Pronunciation: [ɡˌə͡ʊɪŋ ˌʌp and dˈa͡ʊn] (IPA)

There are various synonyms that can be used for the phrase "going up and down". These include fluctuating, surging, oscillating, undulating, bobbing, seesawing, seesawing, teetering, swaying, wobbling, and seesawing. Fluctuating refers to an irregular rise and fall, while oscillating suggests a regular back-and-forth movement. Undulating implies a smooth, wave-like motion, while bobbing indicates a quick, short up-and-down movement. Seesawing suggests a steady, rhythmic motion, and teetering implies a precarious, unbalanced movement. Swaying and wobbling suggest a side-to-side motion, similar to rocking back and forth. Each of these synonyms can be used to convey the idea of going up and down across a range of different contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Going up and down?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    rise/fall, Ascend/descend, Climb/descend, Elevate/lower, Surge/decline.

What are the opposite words for going up and down?

The antonyms for the word "going up and down" are "stationary" or "level." These two words describe a state of being where there is no upward or downward movement. When something is stationary, it is not moving at all, while when it is level, it remains at a constant height or position. Both stationary and level are used to describe objects or structures that do not have the ability to fluctuate in height or position. On the other hand, when we use the term "going up and down," we imply that an object is moving in a vertical direction, either rising or descending.

What are the antonyms for Going up and down?

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  • However, there are all sorts of behaviours in the Bible that might be called mad now, but aren't designated as insanity by the text itself. People see visions — of angels going up and down ladders, of fiery chariots — and, like Moses, who hears a bush talking, and Balaam the prophet who has a conversation with his donkey, they hear voices of those who cannot be said to be present in any usual sense of the word. They also speak in tongues, as the disciples do at Pentecost. Like madness, the visions, the voices and the speaking in tongues are due to external and usually divine agencies. In a world so permeated with supernatural powers, there are no accidents, and in one so riddled with prophets — who went into a frenzy while prophesying — many more kinds of behaviour were accepted as normal, at least for a prophet or an inspired person, than would be the case now. John the Baptist, dressed in animal skins and wandering around in the wilderness denouncing his social superiors, was not thought of as a de-institutionalized street person who's gone off his medications, but as a saint. And this was the pattern for mediaeval views of aberrant behaviour — if you were acting crazy it was a divine punishment, or else you were possessed, by powers either divine or demonic — perhaps aided, in the latter case, by witches.
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