One Word Substitution for Words Related to Nonverbal Communication

1. Beckoning - Making a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow.
2. Belching - Emit gas noisily from the stomach through
3. Blinking - Shut and open the eyes quickly.
4. Blushing - Showing embarrassment or excitement by becoming red in the face.
5. Bobbing - Move or make something move quickly up and down, especially in water.
6. Chewing - Biting and working food in one's mouth.
7. Chuckling - Laugh quietly or inwardly.
8. Clapping - Slapping the hands together to show approval or joy.
9. Crying - Shedding tears in distress, pain, or sorrow
10. Ducking - Lowering or moving one's head or body quickly to avoid impact.
11. Emoting - Displaying emotion visibly
12. Eye-rolling - Moving the eyes upwards or around in a circle, often to show annoyance.
13. Flinching - Making a quick, nervous movement due to fear or pain.
14. Fluttering - Waving or flapping quickly
15. Frowning - Furrowing the brows in an expression of disapproval or displeasure.
16. Gazing - Looking steadily, intently, and with fixed attention
17. Gesticulation - The act of making motions or gestures.
18. Gesturing - Making a motion to express thought or emphasize speech.
19. Giggling - Laugh lightly in a nervous, affected, or silly manner.
20. Glancing - Take a brief or hurried look.
21. Glaring - Staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner
22. Grimacing - Making a twisted face showing disgust or pain
23. Grinning - Smile broadly, especially unrestrained and with the mouth open.
24. Groaning - Make a deep inarticulate sound in response to pain or despair.
25. Growling - Make a low guttural sound in the throat.
26. Gurgling - Make a hollow bubbling sound.
27. Hissing - Make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s.
28. Hopping - Move by jumping on one foot.
29. Hugging - Squeezing someone tightly in one's arms
30. Humming - Make a low, steady, continuous sound.
31. Juggling - Continuously toss into the air and catch (several objects) to keep at least one in the air while handling the others.
32. Kissing - Touching with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, reverence, or greeting
33. Kneeling - Be in or assume a position in which the body is supported by a knee.
34. Laughter - The act of laughing, often indicating joy or amusement.
35. Laying - Put down, especially gently or carefully.
36. Leaning - Be in or move into a sloping position.
37. Leaping - Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.
38. Limping - Walking with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.
39. Marching - Walking with regular steps as a group.
40. Mimicry - The act of imitating someone or something
41. Miming - Using gesture and movement without words to make something understood
42. Moaning - Make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure.
43. Mouthing - Forming words with the lips without making sounds
44. Napping - Sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day.
45. Nodding - Moving the head up and down to signify agreement or understanding.
46. Nudging - Prodding someone gently, typically with one's elbow, to draw their attention to something.
47. Ogling - Staring at in a lecherous manner
48. Pantomime - Expressing or representing something by extravagant and exaggerated mime.
49. Peering - Look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something.
50. Pirouetting - Perform a pirouette, typically in ballet dancing.
51. Pointing - Directing someone's attention to something by extending a finger towards it.
52. Posturing - Behaving in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.
53. Pouting - Pushing one’s lips or bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or to look sexually attractive.
54. Prancing - Move with high springy steps.
55. Preening - Devote effort to making oneself look attractive and then admire one's appearance.
56. Roaring - Make a loud, deep, resonant sound.
57. Saluting - Raising a hand to the forehead in respect or greeting
58. Scowling - Frowning in an angry or bad-tempered way
59. Scratching - Rub (a part of one's body) with fingernails to relieve itching.
60. Shaking - Moving quickly and uncontrollably up and down or from side to side.
61. Shivering - Shaking slightly and uncontrollably due to being cold, frightened, or excited.
62. Shrugging - Raising and lowering the shoulders to express uncertainty or indifference.
63. Shushing - Urging or forcing to be quiet.
64. Shushing - Urging or forcing to be quiet.
65. Sighing - Emitting a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or contentment
66. Signalling - Using a gesture to convey information or instructions.
67. Sitting - Adopt or be in a position where one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet.
68. Skipping - Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.
69. Slobbering - Let saliva or food dribble from the mouth.
70. Slouching - Stand, move, or sit lazily, drooping.
71. Smiling - Forming one's features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression.
72. Smirking - Smiling in a smug or conceited way
73. Snarling - Making an aggressive grimace or facial expression
74. Sneering - Smiling or speaking contemptuously or mockingly.
75. Sneezing - Making a sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth due to irritation of one's nostrils.
76. Sniffing - Draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a smell.
77. Snuggling - Settle or move into a warm, comfortable position.
78. Spitting - Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.
79. Squawking - Make a loud, harsh noise.
80. Squeaking - Make a short, high-pitched sound.
81. Squealing - Make a long, high-pitched cry or noise.
82. Squinting - Partially closing the eyes.
83. Stammering - Speaking with sudden involuntary pauses or a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
84. Staring - Looking fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with eyes wide open.
85. Stroking - Move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface, especially hair, fur, or skin), typically repeatedly.
86. Sucking - Draw into the mouth by contracting the lip and mouth muscles to make a partial vacuum.
87. Sweating - Perspiring due to heat, exercise, or stress.
88. Swinging - Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
89. Tapping - Striking (someone or something) lightly and typically repeatedly.
90. Tickling - Touch (the body) lightly to cause laughter or twitching movements.
91. Touching - Coming into contact with.
92. Twitching - Making a sudden, slight jerky movement
93. Wandering - Moving haphazardly without a fixed destination.
94. Waving - Moving one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal
95. Whispering - Speaking softly with little or no vocal cord vibration.
96. Whistling - Make a high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth.
97. Wincing - Giving a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking body movement out of pain or distress.
98. Winking - Closing and opening one eye quickly as a signal
99. Wistful - Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
100. Yawning - Opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.