Swing Synonyms

swĭng
To fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hang
  2. dangle
  3. depend
  4. sling
  5. suspend
To change the direction or course of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. avert
  2. deflect
  3. deviate
  4. divert
  5. pivot
  6. shift
  7. turn
  8. veer
To cause to swing, sense 1
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. twirl
  2. wield
  3. pivot
  4. flourish
  5. brandish
  6. whirl
  7. sweep
  8. wave
  9. hurl to and fro
  10. throw around in a circle
  11. wheel
  12. swing out
The patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. beat
  2. sway
  3. oscillation
  4. lilt
  5. undulation
  6. rhythm
  7. swinging
  8. motion
  9. fluctuation
  10. stroke
  11. cadence
  12. vibration
  13. free course
  14. cadency
  15. oscillate
  16. liberty
  17. lively
  18. measure
  19. vigorous
  20. pendulation
  21. animated
  22. without reserve
  23. meter
  24. sweep
  25. without restraint
  26. rock
  27. vibrate
  28. unrestraint
  29. waver
  30. vacillation
To change one's attitudes or policies, for example
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. vacillate
  2. waver
To execute by suspending by the neck
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gibbet
  2. hang
  3. string up
To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bring off
  2. carry out
  3. carry through
  4. effect
  5. effectuate
  6. execute
  7. put through
An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ambit
  2. compass
  3. extension
  4. extent
  5. orbit
  6. purview
  7. range
  8. reach
  9. realm
  10. scope
  11. sphere
  12. sweep
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. swing music
  2. jive
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. baseball swing
  2. cut
The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. golf stroke
  2. golf shot
Influence decisively
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swing over
Be a social swinger; socialize a lot
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. get around

Words Related to Swing

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Swing Sentence Examples

  • Cousin Arthur made me a swing in the ash tree.

  • She took a hacking swing at the grass.

  • His broad shoulders swayed with the swing of his stride.

  • It was the usual swing down to Norfolk.

  • He snatched her arm, and she took a swing at him.

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