gesture

Definition

Examples

Sending flowers was a kind gesture that the client truly appreciated.

Word Family

Synonyms

• signalany nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
• signa perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• motionthe use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

Collocations

• Easy friendly gesture
  describing friendly gesture (troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces)
• Medium gesture of goodwill in talks
  to gesture of goodwill in talks, meaning to show, express or direct through movement
• Hard symbolic gesture with no legal weight
  describing symbolic gesture with no legal weight (relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols)
• Very Hard empty diplomatic gesture masks hostility
  to empty diplomatic gesture masks hostility, meaning to make void or empty of contents