Synonyms of seesaw

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verb

1

as in to rock

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rock
• sway
• lurch
• shake
• wobble
• roll
• jerk
• halt
• wabble
• careen
• toss
• vibrate
• tumble
• pitch
• vacillate
• reel
• teeter
• totter
• oscillate
• weave
• toddle
• falter
• waddle
• stumble
• flounder
• blunder
• hitch
• undulate
• waver
• jolt
• hobble
• wag
• dodder
• buck
• waggle
• stagger

2

as in to bob

to make short up-and-down movements

the price of the stock has been seesawing all week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bob
• pump
• jerk
• shake
• sway
• jounce
• wag
• jog
• swing
• bobble
• nod
• rock
• wobble
• oscillate
• duck
• wiggle
• jiggle
• wabble
• undulate
• drop

seesaw

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noun

as in rubber

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rubber
• runoff
• photo finish
• dead heat
• round-robin
• classic
• volley
• rally
• heat
• round
• race
• derby
• pentathlon
• marathon
• sudden death
• decathlon
• gymkhana
• open
• championship
• set
• run
• final
• outing
• semifinal
• biathlon
• triathlon
• heptathlon
• ultramarathon
• field day
• nightcap
• play-off
• national(s)