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seesaw

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Synonyms and Antonyms of seesaw

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

Their boat seesawed in the rough water.

Synonyms of seesaw

careen, lurch, pitch, rock, roll, sway, toss, wobble (also wabble)

Words Related to seesaw

blunder, buck, dodder, falter, flounder, halt, hitch, hobble, jerk, jolt, reel, shake, stagger, stumble, teeter, toddle, totter, tumble, vacillate, vibrate, waddle, waver, weave

oscillate, undulate, wag, waggle

2 to make short up-and-down movements

The price of the stock has been seesawing all week.

Synonyms of seesaw

bob, bobble, jog, jounce, nod, pump, wag

Words Related to seesaw

jerk, jiggle, shake, wiggle, wobble (also wabble)

oscillate, rock, sway, swing, undulate

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