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

1 sense of gesticulate

Sense 1
gesticulate, gesture, motion -- (show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")

Antonyms of adj gesticulating

1 sense of gesticulating

Sense 1
gesticulating -- (making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary")

INDIRECT (VIA communicative) -> uncommunicative, incommunicative -- (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)

Similarity of adj gesticulating

1 sense of gesticulating

Sense 1
gesticulating -- (making gestures while speaking; "her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary")
       => communicative (vs. uncommunicative), communicatory -- (able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray)