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Another word for sway

Verb

  1. To move rhythmically back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above

    2. See also:

    repetition

    move

  2. To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall

    3. See also:

    repetition

  3. To have an impact on in a certain way

    4. See also:

    like

    affect

  4. To exercise the authority of a sovereign

    5. Idioms:
    See also:

    over

Another word for sway

Noun

  1. The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge

    2. See also:

    over

  2. The power to produce an effect by indirect means

    3. See also:

    affect

  3. The act of exercising controlling power or the condition of being so controlled

    4. See also:

    over

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Another word for sway

Verb

  1. To fluctuate

    2. See also:

    wave

    swing

  2. To influence

    3. See also:

    swing

    affect

    influence

    affect

Idioms:

    hold-sway

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Sentence Examples

  • The horses' croups began to sway in the front line.

  • He thus holds sway over two domains: he had the adherence of the lovers of fact and of the children of fancy.

  • These were motionless at first, but soon began to flicker more brightly and to sway slowly from side to side and then up and down.

  • She held no sway in what happened or played no larger part in their twisted doings.

  • It eventually passed under the sway of the rulers of Khwarizm (Khiva).

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