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seesaw

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of seesaw

1 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 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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