sway
Move side-to-side
The verb sway has two main meanings.
To sway is to move gently back and forth, like branches of a tree when there is wind.
To sway someone is to persuade or influence them so that their thinking changes: He attempted to sway voters.
The noun sway is rarely an instance of swaying in the first sense, more often a near synonym of power, authority, and dominion.
If you hold sway in a place or situation, you have the power to greatly influence what happens.
Suspended recreational seat
- rockSolid earthen material
- oscillateMove rhythmically between extremes
- undulateMove in waves
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
tilt · lean · lurch · reel · teeter · totter · pendulum · wave
Cause to believe
- convinceCause to believe
- affectProduce change upon
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- moveChange location or act
induce · win over · bring around · manipulate · coax · pressure · lobby · shape
Authority to rule
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
dominance · reign · governance · sovereignty · hold · grip · mastery · supremacy
Patterned stress and silence
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- movementChange in position
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- tempoRate of musical performance
beat · pulse · cadence · swing · glide · dip · twirl · salsa
Flexing without damage
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- limberBending without resistance
- willowyTall, slim, pliant
- lissomeGracefully flexible and slender
lithe · yielding · bending · fluid · graceful · sinuous · serpentine · flexing
Lacking balance or stability
- precariousDangerously insecure
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- wobblyTending to teeter
shaky · uncertain · faltering · teetering · off-balance · unstable · tipsy · vertiginous
swing
Suspended recreational seat
wobble · tilt · lean · lurch · reel · teeter · totter · pendulum · wave · ripple
persuade
Cause to believe
move · induce · win over · bring around · manipulate · coax · pressure · lobby · shape · guide
dominion
Authority to rule
command · dominance · reign · governance · sovereignty · hold · grip · mastery · supremacy · ascendancy
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
tempo · beat · pulse · cadence · swing · glide · dip · twirl · salsa · bachata
supple
Flexing without damage
lissome · lithe · yielding · bending · fluid · graceful · sinuous · serpentine · flexing
unsteady
Lacking balance or stability
- precariousDangerously insecure
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
wobbly · shaky · uncertain · faltering · teetering · off-balance · unstable · tipsy · vertiginous · dizzying
- balanceequilibrium, balancing, harmony, stability, symmetry
- vivid verbsshimmer, sparkle, gleam, glisten, glitter
- swayingoscillate, rock, swing, undulate, wobble
- standingstanding, status, stature, reputation, position
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating
- stage movementmovement, gesture, walk, turn, entrance
swaystillness
Complete lack of motion
steady · stay · stand firm · straighten · steadiness
swaypowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
impotence · helplessness · weakness · ineffectiveness · insignificance
- hold swayWield commanding influence
- swaying gently
- swaying branches
- sway barSuspension stabilizing rod
- swaying hips
- sway backAbnormal spinal curvature inward