Synonyms of wield

wield

verb

ˈwēld 

as in to exert

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively

wields considerable influence in the field of women's sports

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exert
• use
• apply
• employ
• utilize
• exercise
• ply
• put out
• misuse
• abuse
• misapply

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wield

Not just the supposedly existential risk that AI leaders started recently claiming required a slowdown, but also risks from bad actors like hackers or terrorists wielding AI to attack either country’s infrastructure. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies. — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Passports and other IDs are being wielded in similar ways to control the population. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

The Security Council’s choice this time will certainly reflect the usual backroom horse-trading among the body’s three major veto-wielding nations – Russia, China, and the United States. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026