Synonyms of signaling

signaling

verb

variants or signalling

present participle of signal

as in motioning

to direct or notify by a movement or gesture

signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• motioning
• waving
• gesturing
• beckoning
• flagging
• telling
• nodding
• informing
• signing
• signalizing
• gesticulating
• relating
• advising
• pantomiming
• miming
• shrugging
• flourishing
• acquainting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of signaling

The team at the University of California, San Francisco, who conducted the study, used blood tests to measure five different signaling molecules involved in inflammation in participants, both before and after two sessions with psilocybin. — Will Stone, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

The storied jeweler on Wednesday will open its new boutique on the city’s luxury shopping street Via Tornabuoni, signaling a further step in the brand’s expansion in Italy. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Actions by either side that are intended as limited coercion, signaling, or leverage might be misread, thus triggering a self-reinforcing action-reaction cycle in which each side’s effort to restore deterrence instead erodes it. — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026

Cells under stress release a signaling protein known as GDF15. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

These hero items’ particular funk is part of a new system of signaling in a more fashion-savvy digital age, one where a pair of pump’s contrasting teal toe cap says it all. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

The queen produces a pheromone that is passed among bees, signaling her presence throughout the colony. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Cellular refreshes every five to seven years, while signaling may run one standard for 20. — Stephen Farrugia, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Tucker pointed to studies that found that as little as 30 minutes of brisk walking every day can increase a signaling protein in the brain that contributes to neuroplasticity (forming and reorganizing synapses). — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2026