Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brandish

1 sense of brandish

Sense 1
flourish, brandish -- (the act of waving)
       => wave, waving, wafture -- (the act of signaling by a movement of the hand)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brandish

2 senses of brandish

Sense 1
brandish, flourish, wave -- (move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 2
brandish -- (exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword")
       => expose, exhibit, display -- (to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship")