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Another word for sway

sway Synonyms

sway

n.

Fluctuation
swaying, swinging, swing, leaning, oscillation, vibration, undulation, wave, wavering, pulsation.
Authority
power, jurisdiction, rule; see dominion 1, government 1, power 2. See syn. study at power.

hold sway

rule, control, dominate; see govern 1, reign.

sway Synonyms

sway

v.

To fluctuate
bend, oscillate, swagger; see swing 1, wave 3.
To influence
persuade, affect, divert; see affect 1, influence. See syn. study at affect, swing.

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Another word for sway

verb

To move rhythmically back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above:
oscillate, swing. See move, repetition
To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall:
teeter, totter, vacillate, waver, weave, wobble. See repetition
To have an impact on in a certain way:
dispose, incline, influence, predispose. See affect, like
(Archaic)
To exercise the authority of a sovereign:
govern, reign, rule. Idiom: wear the crown (or purple). See over

noun

The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:
authority, command, control, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, mastery, might, power, prerogative, sovereignty. (Informal) say-so. See over
The power to produce an effect by indirect means:
influence, leverage, weight. (Informal) clout. (Slang) pull. See affect
The act of exercising controlling power or the condition of being so controlled:
command, control, dominance, domination, dominion, mastery, reign, rule. See over

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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.
It eventually passed under the sway of the rulers of Khwarizm (Khiva).
She held no sway in what happened or played no larger part in their twisted doings.
It was thus natural, for these reasons, that the conquest of the Holy Land should gradually become an object for the ambition of Western Christianity - an object which the papacy, eager to realize its dream of a universal Church subject to its sway, would naturally cherish and attempt to advance.

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