Sway Synonyms and Antonyms

swā
To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rock
  2. teeter
  3. totter
  4. vacillate
  5. waver
  6. weave
  7. wobble
  8. shake
Antonyms:
  1. stay
  2. steady
To fluctuate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swing
  2. oscillate
  3. bend
  4. affect
  5. authority
  6. bias
  7. clout
  8. carry
  9. command
  10. control
  11. direct
  12. divert
  13. dominance
  14. dominion
  15. swagger
  16. fluctuate
  17. fluctuation
  18. hang
  19. undulate
  20. vacillate
  21. persuade
To influence
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. affect
  2. influence
  3. persuade
  4. dispose
  5. incline
  6. divert
  7. predispose
Antonyms:
  1. leave-alone
To exercise the authority of a sovereign
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. govern
  2. reign
  3. rule
The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. authority
  2. command
  3. control
  4. domination
  5. dominion
  6. jurisdiction
  7. mastery
  8. might
  9. power
  10. prerogative
  11. sovereignty
  12. say-so
To swing back and forth or to and fro.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swing

Words Related to Sway

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sway Sentence Examples

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

  • The sun shines, warm breezes sway the trees.

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

  • 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.

  • 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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