| VERB | motion | sway, rock, shake | move back and forth or sideways |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | sway, swing | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | |
| social | sway, carry, persuade | win approval or support for | |
| motion | sway, rock | cause to move back and forth | |
| NOUN | attribute | sway | controlling influence |
| act | sway, rock, careen, tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
| Sounds | swey' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | airway ... Zimbabwe: 74 rhymes with wey... | |
| Meaning | Controlling influence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Spanish | dominio, influencia, influjo | |
| Catalan | domini, influència, influx, prestigi | |
| Verbs | sway | move back and forth or sideways |
| sway | win approval or support for | |
| Meaning | pitching dangerously to one side. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rock, careen, tilt | |
| Broader | lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) |
| Catalan | escorar, inclinar-se | |
| Verbs | sway | move back and forth or sideways |
| sway | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | |
| sway | cause to move back and forth | |
| Meaning | move back and forth or sideways. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The crowds sway in the streets; The streets sway with crowds | |
| Example | "the tall building swayed" | |
| Synonyms | rock, shake | |
| Narrower | nutate | rock, sway, or nod |
| roll | Move, rock, or sway from side / side to side / side | |
| swag | sway heavily or unsteadily | |
| totter | Move without being stable, as if threatening to fall | |
| Broader | move back and forth | Move in one direction and then into the opposite direction |
| Similar to | rock, sway | Cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | agitar, balancearse, mecerse, mecer, oscilar, sacudir, tambalear | |
| Catalan | agitar, decantar-se, gronxar-se, gronxar, gronxolar-se, gronxolar, inclinar-se, oscil·lar | |
| Nouns | sway | pitching dangerously to one side |
| sway | controlling influence | |
| Meaning | Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | swing | |
| Narrower | brachiate | swing from one hold to the next |
| lash | Lash or flick about sharply | |
| oscillate, vibrate | Move or swing from side to side regularly | |
| waver, weave | sway to and fro | |
| Broader | move back and forth | Move in one direction and then into the opposite direction |
| Spanish | columpiarse, contonearse, inclinarse | |
| Catalan | contornejar-se, culejar, engronsar-se, gronxar-se, inclinar-se | |
| Nouns | sway | pitching dangerously to one side |
| Meaning | win approval or support for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "His speech did not sway the voters" | |
| Synonyms | carry, persuade | |
| Broader | influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
| Similar to | carry | win in an election |
| Spanish | convencer, persuadir | |
| Catalan | convèncer, persuadir | |
| Nouns | sway | controlling influence |
| Meaning | Cause to move back and forth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the wind swayed the trees gently" | |
| Synonym | rock | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | rock, sway, shake | move back and forth or sideways |
| Nouns | sway | pitching dangerously to one side |
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